Last Updated: 12 February 2026
Groundbreaking Kostnatění Album – Úpal – Streaming Now!
KOSTNATĚNÍ, the Death-obsessed black metal band, is pleased to announce the exclusive, pre-release premiere of their second full-length album, Úpal.
Stream it below.
Úpal will be out on CD, gatefold vinyl and digital formats on May 26 via Willowtip Records. Pre-order the album at kostnateni.bandcamp.com.
Úpal (“heatstroke”) is a story of the human condition as a function of heat. The rise of consciousness in warm-blooded creatures has given rise to impossibly dense, illogical webs of thought that can completely divorce our lived experience from the physical world around us.
Anxiety, fixations, and hallucinations can appear without material basis, setting our overactive neurones on fire. To bring this vivid scene to life, KOSTNATĚNÍ has become both more meditative and more chaotic, introducing influences from sources as varied as African folk and noise rock into its technical black metal basis. Evoking both the searing rays of the desert sun and the melting of one’s sanity, Úpal walks the fine line between burning up and burning out.
Tracklist (titles in Czech and English)
1. Řemen (The Belt)
2. Hořím navždy (I Burn Forever)
3. Rukojmí empatie (Hostage of Empathy)
4. Opál (Opal)
5. Skrýt se před Bohem (Hide from God)
6. Nevolnost je vše, čím jsem (Nausea Is All I Am)
7. Slunce svázáno s krvácející Zemí (Sun Bound to the Bleeding Earth)
Úpal was written and recorded from October 2020 to October 2021. Vocals were recorded in late 2021-early 2022. The drums were mixed and recorded in the fall of 2022 at The Weeb Dungeon by Andrew Lee. The album was mastered by Jacob Buczarski.
