Journey to the Sargasso Sea

from Lurkers of Languid Waters

May 22nd, 2026
8 tracks
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Lurkers of Languid Waters
Lurkers of Languid Waters
Journey to the Sargasso Sea
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Journey to the Sargasso Sea
Escaping Aghartha
From the beginning of a life From eggs that carry the life of the future From those who die to give birth From the slow times of evolution Born from those who have overcome entire continents Death for an enormous effort The greatest nomads of the water are born They cannot move and cannot perceive The current will carry them around the sea The abyss welcomes through the great darkness After a year, the current leaves room for free movement The sea is the passage of life The sea is the passage of life The gargantuan darkness that allows salvation Of those who wait for the moon to feed themselves To feed themselves Entire oceans to cross (to feed themselves) Hidden under the sun and predators under the stars An eternal path under the waters Between the dams and the nets, many will die in the name of whim For the satisfaction of the superficial And of the tradition that has become ignorance. Those who survive the sea enter the rivers And many more will perish Others will go out of the waters This is the land of youth Where the sky is closer and the abyss is farther Months pass, years pass Life is a cycle, the skin changes And the abyss will call again… Hidden under the sun And predators under the stars An eternal path under the waters Where the the sky is closer And the abyss is farther Life is a cycle The skin changes And the abyss will call again For the continuation of existence And the abyss will call again The end appears from afar Anticipating the sun Light up a land with no nets And no more cuts A result of years of sorrow A time so dead and hollow Without us the dawn of a new tomorrow Nature sings its great victory after destroying the last factory The grass grows back from the ground And everything goes back how it's meant to be The last farewell to the authors of destruction And to the the God who failed his creation No one is unbestable by natural selection Neither moralism nor corruption The chorus of the earth echoes through the centuries After the years of his fury Rebirth from the ashes of a whole world
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Escaping Aghartha is a doom/black metal band from North Carolina, USA. Founded by Avery Dart in 2015, Escaping Aghartha began as a solo experimental project before being joined by CJ Yacoub (drums) and Anghatengh (backing vocals) in 2020. From its founding until today, Escaping Aghartha has released eight full-length albums. With Blackened Doom as their pillar, the band has never-the-less explored beyond the genre with full-length ambient and noise records in their repertoire.

On "Lurkers of Languid Waters", Escaping Aghartha's ninth full-length record, the band focuses on the ongoing declines of anguillid eels, the most notable of which are the Critically Endangered European Eel, Endangered American Eel, and Endangered Japanese Eel. A mammoth of a record with a nearly 80 min runtime, Escaping Aghartha explores the threats to anguillid eels in addition to their biology and incredible life cycle through a tapestry of progressive blackened doom, discordant ambience, and black metal urgency.

To aid eel conservation, Escaping Aghartha is donating all profits from sales of "Lurkers of Languid Waters" on their Bandcamp page during the first month of preorders to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Anguillid Eel Specialist Group (AESG). 50% of digital donations on the Hypnotic Dirge "Lurkers of Languid Waters" Bandcamp page during the first month will also be donated. This group has a history of success in researching, advocating for, and implementing eel conservation. These donations will specifically help fund the AESG assess the population statuses of all 16 species of anguillid eel. This is a critical step in conservation, as without accurate population data, it's difficult to enact effective conservation policy or evaluate the efficacy of ongoing conservation efforts.

Credits

Avery Dart: guitar, synths, dirty + clean vocals on all songs except Transformations, songwriting, lyrics, mixing
Marco Pansa: all vocals + all lyrics on Transformations, dirty vocals + all lyrics on Journey to the Sargasso Sea
Thijs Bults: bass
Gregorio Ferrarese: drums [Gregorio is endorsed by Mosico Cymbals]
Harrison Hunt: mastering

A heartfelt thanks to Mairead Mc Guinness for generously drawing and donating the album art for Lurkers of the Languid Waters. Her contribution is tremendously appreciated!