LP - $15.95
STREET DATE: 10/31/25
CAT#: PRO-106
LABEL: Protagonist Music
From Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge come Spiritiste, an occult-influenced emotional hardcore band. Spiritiste's politically charged debut album, Excommunication Hymns, is a rage-filled effort that rallies against religious and political oppression, and reflects on the emotional trauma of trying to survive in the current fetid political climate/environment. Still, across these ten very expressive, cathartic tracks, the band does ultimately retain hope for a better world.
Sonically, Spiritiste have crafted a fresh, but identifiable, sound with dynamics that shift between steady and composed to chaotic sonic bedlam. Spiritiste draw upon core influences that include '90s hardcore bands like Shotmaker and Portraits of Past, but also salute noise rock mainstays Jesus Lizard and Chat Pile, and contemporary screamo acts like State Faults, Habak, and Frail Body.
Recorded and produced by Matt Bear, and mastered by Alan Douches, Excommunication Hymns presents a fully realized vision out-of-the-gate and establishes a musical call-to-arms for those marginalized and traumatized by a deeply rooted authoritarian culture.
TRACK LISTING:
01. Tumor
02. Sympathetic Resonance
03. Now I Am Become...
04. The Dead Travel Fast
05. Children of Kali
06. Transagion Prayer
07. Samsara Would Be Easier
08. Throwing Stones
09. In Memory of the Occultural Engineers
10. A Sheep's Last Defense
MARKETING POINTS:
- Packaged in matte board covers with silver embossed lettering.
- Members of With Arms Still Empty, Heavy Mantle, Shipwrecked, Hey Thanks!
FOR FANS OF:
Saetia, Portraits of Past, Habak, Shotmaker, Frail Body