{"id":29841,"date":"2026-03-05T22:57:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=29841"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:57:51","slug":"occult-hand-order-new-album-and-single-announced-on-totem-cat-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/occult-hand-order-new-album-and-single-announced-on-totem-cat-records\/","title":{"rendered":"OCCULT HAND ORDER: new album and single announced on Totem Cat Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

French psychedelic doom conjurers OCCULT HAND ORDER return with their new album “Meaningless Monuments” this April 17th on Totem Cat Records, and unveil the eerie and mystique-laden first video and single “Novo Mesto” on all platforms today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd2e Get in a trance with new Occult Hand Order single Novo Mesto<\/a> \ud83d\udd2e<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyon-based trio Occult Hand Order<\/strong> crafts a heavy and introspective sound at the crossroads of doom, post-rock and ethereal soundscapes. Their music balances crushing weight and cosmic elevation, ritualistic tension and introspective drift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Meaningless Monuments<\/em>, the band delves into themes of apocalypse, inner collapse and the search for meaning. Darker, slower, and more cinematic, the record unfolds through long, hypnotic structures where massive riffs meet meditative, atmospheric passages. Occult Hand Order<\/strong> emerges as a sonic ritual: a journey through inner ruins, a quest for what remains when everything falls apart.

About the new single, the band says: “Novo Mesto acts as a catharsis. The song evokes purification through hardship, pain washed away by time and the elements, and the idea that destruction and rebirth are intimately linked. Between fatalism and acceptance, it questions what remains after chaos, and how experience transforms those who go through it. Fire and rain become symbolic forces, both destructive and regenerative.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OCCULT HAND ORDER “<\/strong>Meaningless Monuments”<\/strong>
Out April 17th on Totem Cat Records<\/strong>
Preorder from March 9th at this location<\/a>



TRACKLIST:<\/strong>
1. Bledow
2. Brno
3. Mollerussa
4. Novo Mesto
5. Gerlach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formed in the French city of Lyon in 2018, heavy psychedelic trio Occult Hand Order<\/strong> marry the crushing weight of doom with an ethereal cosmic drift, all lifted by soaring vocal harmonies that conjure arcane rituals and otherworldly mysticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a striking self-titled debut in 2019, the band teamed up with the aptly named Interstellar Smoke Records to unleash The Chained, The Burned, The Wounded<\/em>. The EP was hailed by critics, and the roar from the underground blasted open the doors to Europe\u2019s finest stages, where the trio now stands, locked in and levitating. They’re now ready to propel their unique soundscapes into outer space again, with the release of their sophomore album Meaningless Monuments<\/em> on Totem Cat Records this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Occult Hand Order links<\/strong>
Facebook<\/a>\u239cInstagram<\/a>\u239cBandcamp<\/a>\u239cYoutube<\/a><\/strong>

Totem Cat Records links
Website<\/a>\u239cFacebook<\/a>\u239cBandcamp<\/a>\u239cInstagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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