On September 25th, AMAROK will unleash Overcome, a massive double album featuring remixed and reimagined tracks by members of Vastum, Primitive Man, Mizmor, Gridfailure, and more, through Canada’s Hypaethral Records.

An epic doom and black metal project based in Northern California, AMAROK combines the sustained drones and crushing weight of doom metal with the intricate melodies, layered guitar harmonies, and blistering intensity of black metal. Taking their name from the giant wolf of Inuit mythology – a creature said to be capable of ripping a person’s soul from their body – AMAROK channels immense sonic power into music that is both emotionally devastating and spiritually transcendent.

Their self-titled debut full-length, a monumental work of funeral doom, was released in 2011. In the years that followed, the band collaborated with friends across the extreme metal underground on a series of split releases before unveiling the ambitious 2xLP Devoured in 2018, further refining their expansive and immersive sound. Each release explores different facets of the band’s nature-inspired themes, with every epic composition representing a chapter in an ongoing story of transcendence, marked by a continuous Roman numeral sequence.

Released in 2024, the double album Resilience stands as AMAROK‘s most fully realized statement to date. A deeply personal meditation on climate catastrophe, existential dread, grief, and perseverance, the album transforms crushing heaviness into a powerful expression of endurance and hope in the face of overwhelming darkness. Decibel Magazine hailed a, “massive, slow-burn offering,” while BrooklynVegan lauded its distinct brand of  “slow-paced, heavy/beautiful post-metal.”  

In 2026, AMAROK returns to Resilience with Overcome, a companion 2xCD featuring ten remixed and reimagined interpretations of the album by artists from across the experimental and extreme metal spectrum. Featuring contributions from Ethan Lee McCarthy (Primitive Man), Leila Abdul-Rauf (Vastum), Andrew Black (Mizmor / Hell), and others, Overcome reframes the emotional core of Resilience through diverse sonic perspectives, revealing new dimensions within its towering compositions while remaining true to the album’s central themes of transformation and survival.

In advance of the record’s release, today AMAROK unveils “Penance” as reimagined by Leila Abdul-Rauf.

“When AMAROK first contacted me to remix the mammoth ‘Penance,’ I asked them if they would be fine with me re-envisioning the song as a whole to which they replied, ‘do anything you want with it!,’” recalls Abdul-Rauf. “What first drew me in were the lyrics, expressing the pain of having grown up with organized religion forced upon you which I immediately connected with personally. The gorgeously harmonic guitar melodies I knew I had to do justice to in some way. I thought I could best do that with turning them into vocal melodies, which lent themselves well to the Eastern European folk edge I brought to them, overlaid with minimal synth drones so that the impactful lyrics were front and center – I love how it all turned out and I’m grateful to Amarok for trusting me in this process!”

Stream AMAROK’s “Penance,” as reworked by Leila Abdul-Rauf, HERE.

Overcome will be released as a 2xCD (Ltd. 200) and digitally. Additionally a CD edition of Resilience, limited to 200 copies, will also be available. 

Find physical preorders at the Hypaethral webshop HERE and digital orders at Bandcamp HERE.  

Overcome Track Listing:
Disc 1
1. Charred – Remixed by Sinuous Void
2. Ascension – Remixed by Only Now
3. Interlude – Remixed by Collapse
4. Penance – Remixed by Gridfailure
5. Legacy – Remixed by Ethan Lee Mccarthy
Disc 2
1. Charred – Remixed by Dj Eons One
2. Ascension – Remixed by Mirroriddian
3. Interlude (Kali Yuga) – Remixed by Auto Seer
4. Penance – Reimagined by Leila Abdul-Rauf
5. Legacy – Remixed by Andrew Black

AMAROK:
Brandon Squyres – bass/vocals
Kenny Ruggles-Alaniz – guitar/vocals
Nathan Collins – guitar
Colby Byrn – drums
 

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