After teasing the arrival of his next album earlier in the spring, Blackbraid is officially back. The indigenous black-metal trailblazer has just unveiled his first original song since 2023, a monstrous return titled “Wardrums at Dawn on the Day of My Death.”
The new single teases Blackbraid’s much-anticipated Blackbraid III full-length, which is out later this summer. While the solo black-metal artist dropped a cover of I’s “Warriors” last year, “Wardrums at Dawn on the Day of My Death” marks the first Blackbraid-penned crusher since his II LP from 2023.
Accordingly, the song hurtles out the gate with a series of fiery blasts, lacerating guitar trills and Blackbraid’s powerful screechings on blood, chaos and the drums of war battering themselves through the wind. A concert video that incorporates a smudging ritual was directed by Marshmallows, and it can be seen up above.
As revealed in April, Blackbraid’s third full-length is being self-released on August 8th, and it will be supported by a fall North American tour. You’ll find the album’s tracklisting and cover art, as well as the tour dates, down below.
Earlier this year, Blackbraid made an appearance on SpiritWorld’s ultra-thrashing Helldorado track, “Oblivion.”
Blackbraid III tracklisting:
Dusk (Eulogy)
Wardrums at Dawn on the Day of My Death
The Dying Breath of a Sacred Stag
The Earth is Weeping
God of Black Blood
Traversing the Forest of Eternal Dusk
Tears of the Dawn
Like Wind Through The Reeds Making Waves Like Water
And He Became the Burning Stars…
Fleshbound (Lord Belial cover)