In 2018, the ongoing work of Arckanum (Official) was formally concluded following the release of ‘Den Förstfödde’ (2017). The project’s sole member, Shamaatae, withdrew from musical activity to focus on his esoteric endeavors within the Thursatru Tradition and the writing of a series of books pertaining to his Thursian Workings.
After an extended creative and spiritual withdrawal, we are proud to announce, one decade later, that Shamaatae has now become musically active again and inspired to continue the legacy of Arckanum.
The musical material has been developed sporadically since 2016, in parallel with ongoing and corresponding esoteric practices. What has emerged is not the result of a conventional writing period, but of a longer process aligned with the same current that has always defined Arckanum, serving as one of the tools of its outward manifestation.
Two new albums have thus far been written, and the generation of material for a third is currently in progress. The first of these, entitled ‘Beswærilsin’, will be released in 2026 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. Shamaatae is currently in the studio concluding the recording of this album.
‘Beswærilsin’ marks the opening of Arckanum’s third phase, an initiation arising from a deeper stratum of the Thursian current. It is not a return, nor a repetition, but an emergence shaped by what has been forged and endured through previous workings. Across eleven ritualistic compositions, the past is not revisited as nostalgia but reawakened as an anti-cosmic force.
Further details, including formats and exact release date, will be announced in due course.
Þæt ær æi en beswærilse sum koma skal.
Þæt ær beswærilsin af þæt som æn ær.
