Crypt Sermon to Release Saturnian Appendices EP Aug. 8
Posted in Whathaveyou on June 27th, 2025 by JJ Koczan
While the heavy metal underground continues to reel from Crypt Sermon‘s 2024 album, The Stygian Rose (review here) — the band were confirmed for Descendants of Crom in Pittsburgh the other day and are not lacking for goings-on besides — the Philadelphia-based classic/epic doom metallers are moving forward with a new four-song EP comprised of tracks from the album’s sessions.
Ah, the leftovers, right? Yeah, I expect that’s how you think about it sometimes until you’ve made a record and come up against killing your babies because you can only fit 45 minutes on a 12″ platter. The first single from the upcoming Saturnian Appendices EP is called “Only Ash and Dust,” it’s just a bit under eight minutes long and it’s shredded enough that it could probably put ‘influencer’ on its business card. Headbangers, former headbangers, prospective headbangers and others who might be headbanging but for the pinched nerves from all the headbanging they’ve already done will want to take note.
The PR wire has the relevant details, and I snuck in the stream of The Stygian Rose, in case you want to dive in there too:
Crypt Sermon announce Saturnian Appendices, share “Only Ash and Dust” visualizer
The 4-song EP is out August 8 on Dark Descent
Pre-order: https://www.darkdescentrecords.com/shop/
On the heels of an album widely considered to be one of 2024’s best releases, Philadelphia’s Crypt Sermon return with a new EP: Saturnian Appendices. A collection of B-sides taken from The Stygian Rose album sessions, this new EP offers a deeper look into the psyche behind the story, extending the arc of its predecessor with a darker, more introspective lens.
“Conceptually, the new tracks ‘Only Ash and Dust’ and ‘A Fool to a Believe’ illuminate the shadowed thoughts of the narrator from ‘The Stygian Rose,’ expanding on the tensions that arise as one confronts the conflicts between orthodoxy and occult,” offers vocalist Brooks Wilson.
Today, the EP opener “Only Ash and Dust” arrives.
Listen / share “Only Ash and Dust” on DSP’s: https://linktr.ee/cryptsermon
Sonically, Saturnian Appendices is firmly rooted in the band’s signature doom-laden dark heavy metal sound. Grandiose melodies wrap around a crushing volley of monolithic riffs for a commanding and epic performance.
Featuring three, brand-new, original tracks and a transcendental revisioning of Mayhem’s “De Mysteriis Doom Sathanas” (first heard as part of Decibel Magazine’s flexi-disc series), Saturnian Appendices offers fans a compelling experience steeped in grandeur and philosophical unrest.
Saturnian Appendices tracklist:
1. Only Ash and Dust
2. A Fool to Believe
3. Lachrymose
4. De Mysteriis Doom Sathanas
Pre-order Saturnian Appendices here: https://www.darkdescentrecords.com/shop/
Crypt Sermon, live:
Aug 07 Brutal Assault Festvial (CZ)
Aug 08 Party San (GER)
Aug 09 Alcatraz (BE)
Aug 10 London, UK — The Black Heart w/ Horrendous
Aug 28 Madison, WI — Blades of Steel Fest
Sep 26 New York, NY — Gold Sounds
Sep 27 Pittsburgh, PA — Descendants of Crom Fest
Sep 28 Philadelphia, PA — Johnny Brenda’s w/ Sonja
Lineup:
Brooks Wilson (Vocals)
Steve Jannson (Lead Guitar)
Frank Chin (Rhythm Guitar)
Matt Knox (Bass Guitar)
Tanner Anderson (Synths)
Enrique Sagarnaga (Drums)
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