SACRIVERSUM were formed in 1992 in Łódź (Poland), playing old school death metal with progressive elements and atmospheric sounds, making their complex mixture special and unique. Their debut album „The Shadow Of The Golden Fire“ was released in 1994, at a time when a lot of Death Metal bands started to push their boundaries and became more experimental. Their music was a perfect fit along with legendary bands like PESTILENCE, DEATH, GOREFEST & ATHEIST. And this counts for SACRIVERSUM and their upcoming new album „Before The Birth Of Light“ even more.
„Before The Birth Of Light“ will be released on May 8th, by their new label FIREFLASH RECORDS. With the signing, another circle closes for the band. „For us, signing a contract with Fireflash Records is not only an honor or an undeniable artistic success. It is also a kind of return to the past. At the end oft he 90s and the beginning of the millennium, Sacriversum was fortunate to receive assistance from Markus Wosgien, who was then a promotion specialist at Last Episode/Serenades Records. Two of our albums, the second and third, “Soteria” (1998) and “Beckettia,” (2000) were released on the German market and worldwide by this label. So together we have a history of good, friendly cooperation. Equally important, we trust and respect each other. In the meantime, Markus has gained a wealth of experience in his professional work in the music market. Sacriversum, after 17 years of its hiatus, have returned to the stage, so we are confident that this alliance is bound to work out. We are very happy and excited about the possibility of this collaboration“, explains founding member and vocalist/bass player Remigiusz „Remo“ Mielczarek.
„Sometimes the past catches up with you in a positive way. Those new Sacriversum songs simply blew me away and catapulted me straight back to the 90s. Raw, old-school death metal with those incomparable Hammond organs. Death meets Deep Purple. The album captivated and completely enthralled me from the very first moment, similar to how I felt when I listened to the latest Blood Incantation album. Two bands that are not so far apart and both combine tradition with fiction. You have to hear this death metal gem, immerse yourself in it, and experience it with full concentration“, adds Markus Wosgien from Fireflash Records.
Since 2022, SACRIVERSUM are back and continue, where they ended up with their debut album, with old school death metal and an incredible atmosphere. Guitarist MacKozer is the man who kept the band alive after the time of its coma: he persuaded Remo to revive SACRIVERSUM when an offer came to reissue the band’s first album. MacKozer‘s unique guitar playing can already be heard on the last albums before the band decided to keep stopping and his playing also largely determines the band’s current musical identity. „It’s as if we removed the entire “middle period” from our history, and our new album “Before The Birth Of Light” was released as the second, right after “The Shadow…”. Now we are mature, even older gentlemen, Baran has returned to the band, so we can start again where we left off in 1994.“
Those nine new tracks are possibly the best songs SACRIVERSUM ever composed – once you got into it, they don’t let you go. It is a dark ride into another dimension, another time and another space. You are captured in their own world, in a time before the birth of light.
On February 13th, the first single „Let Us Ride The World” will be released. More news to follow.
SACRIVERSUM – Before the Birth of Light Tour 2026
May, 8th Warszawa (PL), VooDoo Club (w/ Aion, Wieczny Mróz)
May, 9th Łódź (PL), Browar Warkot (w( Aion, Wieczny Mróz)
May, 15th Bielsko-Biała (PL), Rude Boy (w/ Sadist, Tenebris)
May, 16th Tarnów (PL), Przepraszam (w/ Sadist, Tenebris)
May 22nd Toruń (PL), Dwa Światy (w/ Corruption, BOCC)
May 23rd Białystok (PL), Podlaska Adamczycha (w/ Corruption, BOCC)
May 29th Szczecin (PL), Krzywy Gryf (w/ Aion & Guest)
May 30th Piła (PL), Yogi Club (w/ Aion & Guest)
SACRIVERSUM online:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=sacriversum
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sacriversum2023/
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@sacriversumofficial
X https://x.com/sacriversum
SACRIVERSUM is:
Remigiusz „Remo” Mielczarek – bass, vocals
Krystian „MacKozer” Kozerawski – guitars
Olaf “Olafsson” Kozerawski – guitars
Krzysztof „Baran” Baranowicz – keyboards
Jan „Trocin” Traciński – drums
Fotocredit: Krzystof Jester Baran
