Swedish Death-Doom Unit ETERNAL DARKNESS Drops Long-Awaited Debut Album After 35 Years & Call It Quits

A debut album 35 years in the making is finally seeing the light of day—just as the band behind it prepares to fade into the shadows. Sweden’s cult death-doom outfit Eternal Darkness just released their long-overdue full-length, Eternal Darkness and it’s a perfectly dark, doom swan song.

Formed in 1990 in Eskilstuna, Eternal Darkness has long been revered as one of Scandinavia’s earliest and most uncompromising death/doom entities. Known for their raw, slow-burning heaviness and a series of demo releases that gained underground acclaim, the band’s legacy has remained frozen in time — until now.

Produced, recorded, and mixed by longtime collaborator Peter Bjärgö (Tyrant, Crypt of Kerberos) at the band’s former K-13 rehearsal space, Eternal Darkness features eight new tracks drenched in death metal’s morbidity and doom metal’s crushing atmosphere.

The lineup for this final incarnation includes original members drummer Make Pesonen and vocalist Janne Heikkinen, joined by John Carlsson (Eternal Autumn), Kristian Henriksson (Unpure & Svartsyn), and bassist Jeff Hausel, who has been with the band since 2019.

The songs were written over a five-year stretch between 2019 and 2024, shaped by personal tragedy and a thematic focus on “the process of death, loss, and grief.” The album’s cover artwork — a stark rendering of the 14^th-century Italian tapestry Triumph of Death — mirrors its finality.

Described by writer Olivier “Zoltar” Badin as “probably the heaviest, as in HEAVIEST, thing you’ll hear this year,” the album is a final exhale from a band that stood resolute in the underground. Get it here.