OFFICIAL NEWSBLOG OF PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ

Sunday, March 16, 2025

ABSU RECRUITS BACKING VOCALIST FOR UPCOMING HELL’S HEROES APPEARANCE

Mythological occult metal act & Agonia Records recording act ABSU (featuring ZEMIAL) will be joined by backing vocalist Adrianna Cabrera for Hell’s Heroes VII Festival in Houston, Texas on March 21, 2025. Her live appearance will be the first time the band has incorporated a female vocalist to replicate the lines/narrations originally implemented on “The Sun of Tiphareth” released in 1995.


Proscriptor remarks: “We warmly welcome Adrianna in joining us on stage to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ABSU’s second album, as it is our intention to translate the studio recording to a live atmosphere as close as possible. This will most likely be the only time this will ever occur.”

Additional/confirmed dates for 2025:

April 10 – IT Roma – Traffic Live Club
April 11 – IT Bologna – Alchemica Club
April 12 – IT Paderno Dugnano – Slaughter Club
April 20 – DE Munich – Dark Easter Metal Meeting
May 16 – FI Hyvinkaa – Steelfest Open Air
June 5 – PL Gdansk – Mystic Festival
June 20 – PT Beja – NADA Festival
June 21 – AT Abtenau – Houses Of The Holy
August 1 – NO Bergen – Beyond The Gates
August 7 – CZ Josefov – Brutal Assault
August 8 – BE Kortrijk – Alcatraz Festival
September 6–7 – MX Leon, Guanajuato – Candelabrum Metal Fest
September 21 – UK London – Cosmic Void Festival



Tuesday, February 4, 2025

OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS TO RELEASE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF "THE SUN OF TIPHARETH"

Osmose Productions is proud to announce the re–release of Absu’s sophomore achievement The Sun of Tiphareth – 30th Anniversary Edition.

Supplying the original DAT tape by Proscriptor himself, this majestic edition of cult, mid–90’s mythological occult metal has been newly mastered for LP & CD. Proscriptor quotes in regards to the new master’s sound: “Now, the entire album is nothing more than spellbinding and bludgeoning, as our second full–length conquest has never sounded ANY better!” The companion album features an alternate 2012 stereo mix from the original recordings, which presents the album within a broader, dynamic spectrum.

This special edition Double LP and Double CD includes extensive liner notes, artwork and a comprehensive essay regarding Absu’s logo evolution. The special Gatefold LP includes two full–color posters.

RELEASE DATE: MARCH 28, 2025
Available To Order Here.

TRACKLISTING
[CD I: Original 1995 Studio Album]
[Re-Mastered version 2025]

1. Apzu [11:17]
2. Feis Mor Tir Na N’Og (Across The North Sea To Visnech) [8:04]
3. Cyntefyn’s Fountain [3:46]
4. A Quest Into The 77th Novel [5:48]
5. Our Lust for Lunar Plains (Nox Luna Inlustris) [1:49]
6. The Coming Of War [5:15]
7. The Sun Of Tiphareth [7:10]

[CD II: Companion Album]
[Re-Mastered version 2025]

1. Cyntefyns Fountain [Alternate 2012 Sequence Mix] [3:44]
2. Apzu [Alternate 2012 Sequence Mix] [11:00]
3. Fèis mór Tír na nÓg (Across the North Sea to Visnech) [Alternate 2012 Sequence Mix] [8:10]
4. A Quest into the 77th Novel [Alternate 2012 Sequence Mix] [5:46]
5. The Coming of War [Alternate 2012 Sequence Mix] [5:11]
6. The Sun of Tiphareth (Abridged) [Alternate 2012 Sequence Mix] [4:38]
7. Never Blow Out the Eastern Candle [Alternate 2012 Sequence Mix] [5:35]