Haunted Cenotaph – Abyssal Menace MC

“Organic, heavy, a bit raw with enough bite and snarl, which is the obvious choice since HAUNTED CENOTAPH dwells into that 90s Scandinavian sound right before the NWOSDM hit. Something between TREBLINKA, MORBID and ETERNAL DARKNESS.Overall, “Abyssal Menace” is one hell of a Death / Doom album that, besides the obvious influences, sounds different from a lot of copycats out there and, best of all, has its own identity.”
– Voices From the Darkside

“In an old school way, the cover of this debut album by the Polish Haunted Cenotaph is fantastic. As well as the band’s own sound that mixes death with doom metal in a way that we’ve seen many times before but that always feels good to come back. Sound that is not for everyone – in fact, this type of thing has always been a niche within the niche that is extreme music – but that has enormous nostalgic power for those interested in the heavy music of the nineties. Vintage production, which, yes, could be better, but which manages to perfectly capture the perfect environment for these themes. Good debut and good band.”
– World of Metal 8/10

“Haunted Cenotaph knows how to get hold of me inexorably with their secretly catchy yet heavy metal. Very nice introduction!”
– Wings of Death

Forming in 2017, ‘Abyssal Menace’ is Polish Death /Doom outfit, Haunted Cenotaph’s first full length. The band sound so authentically from the early 90’s you may not know they were a modern era band unless you were told. The combination of Death & Doom here is not the modern one you are accustom to either – think Treblinka, Eternal Nightmare (SE), demo-era Cianide, and even slower moments of Baphomet (NY).

Originally released via Fallen Temple on October 1, 2020Coffin Crawler – Cry from the Crypt
Jakub ‘Golem’ Sęp – Hand of Doom
Michał ‘Brewhammer’ P. – The Krusher
Abyssal Conqueror – Battering RamDrums Recorded at Roslyn Studio
Guitars and Bass recorded at Antisound Studio
Vocals recorded and engineered by Peter Krieg
Mixing and Mastering by Michał “Neithan” KiełbasaAll Music and Lyrics by Haunted Cenotaph, except for “The Music of Erich Zann” by Michał “Neithan” Kiełbasa.
Cover art by: Maciej Gulak from Breakin’ Ink Tattoo
Lyrics to “Cursed Abomination” by Scholomance