As featured on the full length 'Evil Spirits' available on Bandcamp NOW!

Welcome. One and all...

Seeing as 'Evil Spirits' is Infernal Symphony's 30th Album release, marking 6 years of constant releases and a full evolution of the band's recognisable and unique sound, we bring you this second EP as a companion piece to the first, as well as the full album - to give you a devilish taste of what's to come from the record proper...

Given the demonic nature of the album, it's esoteric subject matter and the central concept of 3s which is essential to the record's core and themes... We decided it was only fitting to celebrate by making it a 3-part staggered release, to truly immerse you in the rich and layered magnitude of such Satanic soundscape. Which only now becomes more fitting when you consider that a 'Triptych' is a series of connected paintings which depict a full image - Truly, a work greater than the sum of it's parts.

'Triptych Of The Ancients' is a trilogy of connected tracks which forms the back portion of Evil Spirits, which also stands alone as a solitary short-form release as well. These three tracks are distinctly linked by a common thread of three dichotomys - Freedom... vs. Slavery, Christianity vs. Wicca/Paganism, and Pleasure vs. Pain.

Part one of the trilogy explicitly references the magic and cultural practices of wiccans during the medieval ages, including an actual recitation of the magical chant that Witches of the time uttered when practicing their craft. This represents the freedom they had to practice their culture until the Christians came along to strip them of it and indoctrinate them, taking away their culture and identity in the process to be replaced with sacrifice and piety in the name of 'progress'.

Part two deals with the fact that slavery is actually endorsed in the Old Testament of the Bible, as well as the fact that every sin can ultimately be forgiven with one exception - blasphemy. Practicing witchcraft was seen as blasphemy against the mercy of Christ and therefore an offence which damned your soul to an eternity of torture and flames in the fires of Hell.

Lastly, the final track of this EP expresses the agonising and unbearable infinite pain of knowingly being tortured by a supposedly loving, merciful and all-knowing creator - one who proclaims love in one breath and damnation in the next. Truly a painful pandemonium to be burnt to a crisp and back again, forever in an endless cycle of suffering.

Perhaps the ancient wisdoms and cultures which predate Christianity and all other Abrahamic faiths were right all along?

I hope you enjoyed this collection, and if you enjoyed it, check out the sister EP 'The Lesser Key Of Solomon' or the entire album EVIL SPIRITS...

Ave Satanas!more

released April 9, 2023

All tracks written and recorded entirely on a mobile phone by Demonic Bishop circa September 2022 - January 2023. As featured on the full length 'Evil Spirits' available on Bandcamp NOW!

All tracks originally appear on 'Evil Spirits' which can be found on our discography page.

Thanks to Mum, Dad, Satan and Chan.