MERCIFUL NUNS: Abysmal darkness

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With the new single “Occvlanth”, Merciful Nuns provide a further insight into their new album “Finistère”, which will be released on November 20, 2025. On the trail of a lost civilization, Merciful Nuns lead us into a complex story and also offer space for the personal dark abysses that lie within us.

“Her eyes were black – not from their color, but from their emptiness, as if they contained absence itself. In her left hand she carried the Occvlanth: a ring of burnt iron, animated by pulsing runes that spun even when the hand was still. The elders called it the First Compass, a compass for the afterlife, the last relic of Kvltan – that lost civilization whose priests could bend time and conjure memories from stone. No one taught her the rituals. But she knew. And the Occvlanth hummed.” (Artaud Seth)

In our winter issue, we conduct an in-depth interview with mastermind Artaud Seth.

Watch the epic video for “Occvlanth”, which was shot in an extraordinary location (Dans la Crypte Rosa†Crvx) in Rouen:

Merciful Nuns – Tourdates:
November 15, 2025 ES-Madrid, Santuario Festival
10. January 2026 DE-Detmold, Bats&Owls
27. June 2026 BE-Izigem, Pekkersfeesten
16. July 2026 PL-Bolkow, Castle Party
September 11, 2026 DE-Bochum, Convention
12. September 2026 DE-Erfurt, Convention
19. September 2026 UK-Morecambe, Alhambra
September 25, 2026 CH-Aarau, Convention
26. September 2026 IT-Modena, Convention

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