Description
Thematically, the Ad Silvam album explores both the entropy of life and the atrophy of death. The temptations of the immortality that only death can offer, the terror of the concept of eternity, and the divinity of nature; the great equaliser, where men, beasts and gods are all destined to return, as one, to the soil. Musically, each track tells a story. A saga that weaves between moments of unbridled rage, the peaks of epic grandeur and the depths of melancholic introspection. Soaring melodies, monolithic riffs and blistering aggression with moments of brief, quiet reflection. Written over the span of 12 months by Nagington, then with the aid of the rest of Oakenthrone, Ad Silvam was recorded by the band themselves and mixed and mastered by Sam Turbitt at Ritual Studios in the spring of 2026. The album artwork is an original oil painting created for the album by Simon Chognot. This year Oakenthrone joined Saor on their Amidst The Ruins tour, appeared at Fortress Presents: Tynebound, and will headline across the UK this December.
