Listen to The Black Thunder's new album "Time Obliteration", out now via Pagan Records!

Polish doom/alternative metal act The Black Thunder released their third full-length album, "Time Obliteration", on October 16th, 2026 through Pagan Records. The album is available digitally, on CD and LP.

Following 2017's "Visions in Black" and 2021's "Into the Darkness We All Fall", "Time Obliteration" takes The Black Thunder into considerably darker and heavier territory.

Where the band's earlier material leaned more heavily on stoner and groove elements, the new album combines black metal atmospheres, sludge weight, technical precision, strong grooves and avant-garde touches.

The Black Thunder have always approached their music from a DIY perspective and deliberately avoided an overly clean or polished production. For "Time Obliteration", the band wanted something brutal, intense and gritty, with traces of crust running through the record.

To preserve that live energy, the entire album was tracked as a live session at Dobra 12 Studio in Białystok, Poland by Piotr Polak. The recordings were then mixed and mastered by Haldor Grunberg.

Lyrically, "Time Obliteration" revolves around existential anxiety, internal conflict and distorted perception. The lyrics were written and performed by frontman Marcin Szczepański, primarily in English, with sections in Polish adding further intensity to the material.

The visual side of the record follows the same uncompromising approach, with hand-painted cover artwork by Rok, known for his work with Sadistik Exekution and Sadistik Art, and graphic design by Łukasz "Pachu" Pach of Hostia.