OAKENTHRONE Stream New Single “Monolith” From Debut Album “Ad Silvam”

OAKENTHRONE unveil debut album “Ad Silvam” and stream new track “Monolith”

Debut full-length from the atmospheric black metal band to be released via Vendetta Records
First single “Monolith” out now on all major streaming services

Oakenthrone also announce UK headline tour for December; following Fortress Presents: Tynebound performance in September 

Manchester, UK; 1 September 2026: British atmospheric black metal band Oakenthrone will release their debut album “Ad Silvam” on 27 November via Vendetta Records. In anticipation of the release, the band has unleashed the first track “Monolith”, which was premiered via the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. 

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4pUYnM5QOZN63gvFw18a0i?si=Zj7tysgtQie4fIlTKnpQwA&utm_source=copy-link
• Bandcamp: https://oaken-throne.bandcamp.com/album/ad-silvam

According to the band’s mastermind Simon Nagington, “‘Monolith’ deals with the magnitude of death, the eternity of the post-mortem abyss, and the terror that it imparts on us. Yet we are forever caught in its magnetic pull, the call to the void. For true immortality lies in the memories of our loved ones, and its gateway is found in an early grave.”

“Monolith” is a glimpse of what “Ad Silvam” offers. Thematically, the album explores both the entropy of life and the atrophy of death. The temptations of the immortality that only death can offer, the terror of the concept of eternity, and the divinity of nature; the great equaliser, where men, beasts and gods are all destined to return, as one, to the soil. Musically, each track tells a story. A saga that weaves between moments of unbridled rage, the peaks of epic grandeur and the depths of melancholic introspection. Soaring melodies, monolithic riffs and blistering aggression with moments of brief, quiet reflection.

Written over the span of 12 months by Simon Nagington, now with the aid of the rest of Oakenthrone, “Ad Silvam” was recorded by the band themselves and mixed and mastered by Sam Turbitt at Ritual Studios in the spring of 2026. The album artwork is an original oil painting created for the album by Simon Chognot.

Formed in 2022 as a solo project, Oakenthrone built early momentum through two sold-out cassette releases, “Embers of Reverie” (2024) and “Astral Binding & The Oathsworn” (2025), which pushed Oakenthrone to the top of the Bandcamp UK Black Metal page. The project expanded into a full four-piece live unit in 2025 with the addition of Nathan Caven (ex-Sathamel), Andrew Hunt (ex-Pist) and Ant Hurlock (ex-Mairu), and performed their debut performance at the Call of The Crow festival to huge praise. What followed was a festival-exclusive split cassette with fellow festival performers and dungeon synth stalwarts, Gate Master, and the release of “Paths Once Trodden (2024-2025)” for Darkwoods Records. In March 2026, a pivotal moment came for the band when Oakenthroned joined Saor on the UK leg of their Amidst the Ruins tour.

In December 2026, Oakenthrone will head out on a headlining UK tour alongside special guests. Ahead of that, the atmospheric black metal band will perform at Fortress Presents: Tynebound at Anarchy Brew Co. on 5-6 September in Newcastle.