Italian sludgy death metal outfit HIEROPHANT are now unleashing the first track from their forthcoming album 'Mass Grave'. The band will release their fourth full-length on November 4th.

Regarding "Mass Grave", HIEROPHANT comment: "This song expresses the path we took in the best way. It represents a new chapter for the band since we have had changes in our line-up. The world is falling apart day by day and we are all part of this enormous and disgusting mass grave."

The artwork of 'Mass Grave' has been created by the renowned Italian painter Paolo Girardi (INQUISITION, THE LION'S DAUGHTER) and can be viewed together with the now revealed track-list below.

HIEROPHANT comment: "The track 'Forever Crucified' is a message of 100% pure hatred against humanity and all the scum that constantly surrounds us. Music is the only real weapon that we have to express our feelings and reaching every single one of you. Don't conform! Thanks a lot for premiering and listening to it!"

Darkness comes crushing down like an avalanche of despair, misery, and pain. While an undercurrent of harsh brutality is tangible within each note, there is also a black void clawing at sanity and trying to drag all emotion into the lurking abyss. HIEROPHANT conjure a bleak sonic landscape on their fourth full-length 'Mass Grave'.

HIEROPHANT were conceived in the classic Adriatic city of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna in 2010.

The band quickly left a mark as one of the leading exponents of extreme Italian music. A first self-titled full-length was released in the same year as their founding and the band started to constantly play all over Europe. HIEROPHANT were also picked up on the other side of the pond. Following the EP 'Son of the Carcinoma' (2013), their sophomore album 'Great Mother: Holy Monster' (2013) was also released in North America.

Several tours and festival performances later, the Italians showed no sign of relenting. Their third full-length 'Peste' (2014) rather increased the band's massive sonic impact, amalgamating sludge, black and death metal as well as a manifest punk attitude.

Now HIEROPHANT take their extreme brand of hard music a step further with the ominously titled 'Mass Grave'. No pink unicorns here.

Track-list
01. Hymn of Perdition
02. Execution of Mankind
03. Forever Crucified
04. Mass Grave
05. Crematorium
06. In Decay
07. Sentenced to Death
08. The Great Hoax
09. Trauma
10. Eternal Void