Këkht Aräkh announces new album for Sacred Bones: ‘Morning Star’

Këkht Aräkh announces Morning Star, an album which finds him arriving at a truer, more refined version of himself. It will be released via Sacred Bones on March 27 [pre-order].

Recorded between Berlin and Stockholm, the album emerges from a period of intense personal and artistic growth, blending aggressive black metal passages with textured, immersive soundscapes that feel both intimate and vast. The lo-fi warmth of the tape Portastudio imbues the record with a tangible, analog immediacy, lending grit and character to every note while allowing drifting, melancholic melodies to linger. 

Today, Këkht Aräkh shares the track "Three winters away" and the artist comments: "This song was written by me in 2024, while I was writing drafts that would eventually become the new album. I recorded all of the instruments myself except for the drums, which were recorded by my friend Jonathan (of Spira Me, Vanskapth, Olycka) in spring 2025, along with his drumming for all the other songs on the new album. The recordings took place between the cities of Berlin and Stockholm. The soundscape was shaped by VS--55 and Varg2™, who did the sound design / mastering on a tape Portastudio (for this song and for the whole upcoming record). The final mastering work was done by James Ginzburg (of Emptyset, Osmium)."  

He continues: "The song’s lyrics show  me reflecting on changes in my life since 2021, when my previous album Pale Swordsman was released, as well as reflecting on the passage of time and the changes it brings. That said, the meaning still stays very much open. “Three winters away from my old life I look back and I smile”, one line says. It doesn’t reveal whether those changes were for better or for worse. The following lyrics suggest doubt, leaving space for listeners to interpret the story in their own way."