PALE HORSEMAN ANNOUNCE NEW FULL-LENGTH ALBUM RUIN OF SOULS, ARRIVING DECEMBER 4
Chicago Sludge Metal Veterans Descend Deeper Into Darkness With a Crushing New Album of Industrial Brutality, Bleak Melody, and Existential Dread
For Fans Of: Godflesh, Neurosis, Obituary
Chicago sludge metal veterans Pale Horseman will unleash their latest full-length album, Ruin of Souls, on December 4, 2026, delivering a devastating new chapter from a band that has spent more than sixteen years forging an increasingly massive and unsettling sound.
The album will arrive digitally across streaming platforms on December 4, with a physical vinyl release expected shortly thereafter.
On Ruin of Souls, Pale Horseman descend even deeper into the darkness they have cultivated throughout their career. Crushing sludge riffs collide with bleak melody, industrial brutality, dissonant tension, and an overwhelming sense of dread, creating music that is as hypnotic as it is punishing.
This is heavy music stripped down to its most primal and unsettling form. Ruin of Souls doesn't simply soundtrack the end times. It makes you feel like you're already living through them.
For more than sixteen years, Pale Horseman have carved out a colossal form of Chicago sludge defined by crushing riffs, cinematic weight, and an atmosphere that is equal parts savage and hypnotic. Their music explores psychological ruin, paranormal mystery, mythic violence, existential dread, and the raw burden of human suffering, delivering a sound that can be punishing one moment and strangely beautiful the next.
The band's members bring decades of experience from Chicago's underground metal community, with roots in acts including Couldron, Maimed, Souls Demise, Doomsday, Making Ghosts, Abortus, Deep Space Pilots, and Johnny Vomit. That history feeds into a sound that feels meticulously constructed while remaining relentlessly destructive.
Pale Horseman have also earned a reputation for intense, engulfing live performances. Throughout their career, they have shared stages with Acid King, Earthride, Crowbar, Whores., Bongripper, Coroner, Trouble, Vio-Lence, Karma To Burn, Eyehategod, Church of Misery, and many others, appearing at clubs, DIY spaces, and festival stages throughout the Midwest and beyond.
Drawing from the sheer weight of Neurosis, the mechanical brutality of Godflesh, and the unearthly heaviness of Obituary, Pale Horseman exist at the intersection of primal force and unsettling beauty.
With Ruin of Souls, Pale Horseman continue pushing their sound into darker, more punishing territory. The album's December 4 release also falls on Bandcamp Friday, giving listeners an opportunity to support the band directly as the new record arrives.
PALE HORSEMAN
Chicago Sludge Metal | Est. 2010
Andre Almaraz - Guitar & Vocals
Eric Ondo - Guitar & Vocals
Rich Cygan - Bass
Jason Schryver - Drums
Album: Ruin of Souls
Format: Full-Length Album
Genre: Sludge Metal
Digital Release Date: December 4, 2026
Vinyl: Expected November 24 to December 15, 2026
For Fans Of: Godflesh, Neurosis, Obituary
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https://www.facebook.com/PaleHorsemanSludge
https://www.instagram.com/pale_horseman/
https://palehorseman.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6BEZtiJJg28KoUkhEveZ7a
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/pale-horseman/886069680
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/29522/pale-horseman-announce-new-full-length-album-ruin-of-souls-arriving-december-4?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
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