Maladie For We Are The Plague CD (Digipak, 2023, Apostasy Records)

For many years, MALADIE have defied genre boundaries and relentlessly followed their own uncompromising path. With “Symptoms V”, the avant-garde collective once again challenges all conventions, pushing their unique brand of “Plague Metal” into new and unexplored territory - without ever losing the unmistakable Maladie sound.

This limited edition EP is a manifesto of contrasts: raw and merciless, yet layered, atmospheric, and deeply textured. It preserves their signature fusion of black-metal brutality, progressive structures, and unpredictable twists, while sounding fresher and more focused than ever. Evolution without identity loss.

Recorded with a strong emphasis on organic intensity, “Symptoms V” feels alive, volatile, and unapologetically untamed. Themes of time, impermanence, creation, and decay run through all five tracks, each offering an auditory portrait of the inescapable weight of existence.

From the crushing gravitational pull of “Black Hole Weight in Our Hearts” to the ominous ritualism of “Procreation of a Dead God,” the EP captures a sense of inevitability and existential tension that resonates strongly with today’s world.

“Symptoms V” is not just the next chapter in the Maladie saga - it is a powerful statement proving why they remain one of the most uncompromising forces in extreme metal: ever evolving, yet always unmistakably themselves.

Recommended if you like: Akercocke, Solefald, Anorexia Nervosa, Deathspell Omega, Shining, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Carach Angren, Bethlehem, Dødheimsgard

Artist: Maladie
Title: Symptoms V
Label: Apostasy Records
Catalogue Number: CDARC092
UPC: 4262390831817
Release Year: 2025
Duration: EP
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
Condition: New & Sealed
Special Attributes: Limited Edition

Tracklist:

01. The Implacability Of Time
02. Black Hole Weight In Our Hearts
03. Procreation Of A Dead God
04. Black Chamber Within Golden Walls
05. All Shall See