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Testimony Records proudly announces the new full-length of Dutch Blackened Death Metallers Soulburn, entitled ‘Quantifying Cosmic Doom’, set for release on June 12th 2026.

The album’s opening track and leadoff single ‘The Braveheart of Nightmares’ has been released as streaming teaser for the album

Vocalist Twan de Geel comments: ‘The single edit of ‘The Braveheart of Nightmares’ retains the unique, dark, and journey-like feel of the song. Its Dna derives from the fabric of dreams and nightmares. The combination of epic storytelling with an eerie, melancholic vibe turns it into such a stand-out song that has somehow kept me intrigued during the whole creation process. The album version is actually extended, you just have to wait a bit to hear this song in full.’

Eric Daniels adds: ‘The presence of this song lingers long after the final note has faded, as if it opens a door to some hidden inner world’, the guitarist states. ‘This track drifts into the space between fear and fascination.’

Behind the fifth Soulburn album, ‘Quantifying Cosmic Doom’, lies a long journey that never followed a straightforward road but travelled through many dimensions and took hidden paths. Yet the Dutch metal extremists have undeniably reached a dark and beautiful peak.

Built upon a solid foundation of Death Metal, ‘Quantifying Cosmic Doom’ seamlessly adds walls of melancholy that are chiselled out of Doom bedrock and crowns towering riffs with the fierce and spiritual flames of Black Metal. A wide range of musical variability as well as the masterful storytelling that runs like a golden thread through the epic songs give Soulburn away as experienced veterans who are utterly confident and passionate about their extreme craft.

Soulburn rose from the ashes of Asphyx in 1996, one of the times when the Dutch Death Metal pioneers fell apart before reuniting sooner or later. This involved some back and forth until guitarist and mastermind Eric Daniels, drummer Bob Bagchus, and Pentacle frontman Wannes Gubbels firmly settled under the new band name. Their acclaimed debut album ‘Feeding on Angels’ (1998) doubled up as a statement of musical intent as it contained a stripped down but deadly concoction of Doom-laden Black Metal, which quickly established them as a devastating musical force. Following an extended period of consolidation, Soulburn gradually coalesced into solid core with Daniels, Bagchus, Graceless guitarist Remco Kreft, and former Legion of the Damned member Twan van Geel (also Gott) as vocalist and bass player. This manifested physically into the sophomore full-length ‘The Suffocating Darkness’ that was released in 2014 and again widely praised, particularly for its ostensive old school ethics. Finally, Soulburn were on track, pushing forward hard, and only two years later followed up with the vicious third album ‘Earthless Pagan Spirit’ (2016) and cemented their growing reputation with the two-track EP ‘Carpe Noctem’ (2018). The following switch from Bagchus to Graceless drummer Marc Verhaar could not stop this deadly bullet-train either. Building upon their, by then, well-established fanbase, Soulburn emphasised the old school and raw aspect of their sound, which was seamlessly joined with a wide range of metallic influences across genres, with the next full-length ‘Noa’s D’ark’ (2020). The Dutch also established themselves firmly as a sought-after live act performing across Europe as well as overseas. Highlights include sharing stages with Unleashed, Asphyx, and God Dethroned as well as touring in South America with Mork and in Germany with Sodom.

With ‘Quantifying Cosmic Doom’, Soulburn renew the dark pact with their loyal following of delivering extreme and harsh Metal that always pushes to new frontiers while staying true to its core values of Black Metal, Death Metal, and Doom.