Darkness Surrounding – Is There Salvation 2025

Release: September 19th, 2025 Label: SAOL Edgewalkers of Melodic Death Following the success of their recently released single “Choke On Your Mistakes”, in which they openly and harshly criticize today’s cancel culture, DARKNESS SURROUNDING now deliver another impressive preview of their upcoming album “Is There Salvation?”
(release date: September 19): “Achromatica” (release date: August 29). With “Achromatica” the Wuppertal-based quintet brings another multi-layered track between melodic death and metalcore, accompanied by a creative and symbolic single video that both musically and visually captures the state of an increasingly polarized world.

“’Achromatica’ is about increasingly pronounced black-and-white thinking as well as the inability to see the big picture and perceive nuances”, explains the band. The song thus reflects a social climate so characterized by sensory overload and algorithmic simplification that nuances are lost, while the common ground seems increasingly unattainable. The accompanying music video plays with contrasts, abstraction, and isolation, translating this feeling into powerful imagery.

Musically, “Achromatica” opens with a driving intro that immediately builds tension and captivates the listener with energetic, melodic riffs giving the track a powerful underlying mood. As the song progresses, a dynamic interplay of clean vocals and deep growls unfolds, running like a thread through the entire piece and providing emotional depth and aggressive intensity. The catchy chorus sticks in your head, and a technically demanding guitar solo rounds off the song, once again impressively demonstrating Darkness Surrounding’s musical prowess.

1. Darkness Surrounding – Is There…
2. Darkness Surrounding – Old Minds Go Blind
3. Darkness Surrounding – Choke On Your Mistakes
4. Darkness Surrounding – Achromatica Focus track
5. Darkness Surrounding – Virtue’s End
6. Darkness Surrounding – Chained Eternally
7. Darkness Surrounding – Through History´s Lens
8. Darkness Surrounding – Portrait Of Solitude
9. Darkness Surrounding – Lethargy
10. Darkness Surrounding – …Salvation?