Alkhemia

The rising force in the French Black Metal scene, crafted in Lille in 2021, with members from Azziard, Virgil, Paths to Deliverance... continues the expansion of its sonic empire, joining Non Serviam Records to release its second album In march 2026, two years after the success of their debut album Abraxas (2024), acclaimed by both critics and audience, that has cemented Alkhemia’s place as one of the most compelling acts in modern black metal. While preserving the raw, aggressive and abrasive roots of their first offering, the band now evolves toward a richer, more modern and introspective form of black metal. Häxen is a multi-faceted album: violent yet melancholic, fast yet melodic, driven by a constant tension between rage and lucidity. A piece of occult, modern and incisive black metal that will resonate with fans of Mgła, Naglfar, Gaerea, Der Weg einer Freiheit or Sargeist. This is a philosophical journey into witchcraft and the decay of a civilization collapsing into Orwellian dystopia - a world where the ones who refuse to conform become outcasts. Through its new tracks, Alkhemia embodies the oppression of these “modern sorcerers” - marginal, dissident, unyielding – stigmatized for rejecting the norms they despise. Häxen is a cry of revolt for the voluntary loners, a sonic march for the defiant and the free.