On March 14th, 2025, Finland’s melancholic gothic/doom ensemble Hanging Garden will release its new four-track EP titled “The Unending” via Agonia Records.
The EP – whose first single is expected to surface in January – serves as a bridge between the band’s last album, “The Garden” (2023), and the new one, which is currently in preproduction. Scroll down for cover artwork, tracklisting and other details.
Delving deeper into the rituals, beliefs and existential concepts intrinsic to the nature of humanity and its cultures, Hanging Garden continues the thematic continuum of their previous full-length album, “The Garden”.
Their latest work, a mini-album bearing the name “The Unending”, is a four song entity, its thematic focal points those of perseverance and the occult, of returning to a harmony with nature and the remorseless forces therein. Once again, an aesthetic interplay between light and darkness, dissonance and harmony, serenity and ferocity, Hanging Garden’s novel musical work seeks to provide the listener with a journey through emotion and spirituality, through their meadows and wastelands, and onwards into the collective soul of humanity.
“The Unending” was produced by Jussi Hämäläinen and Jarno Hänninen and mixed & mastered by Jarno Hänninen at D-studio. The cover art & layout was created by Kalle Pyyhtinen.
Hanging Garden was brought to life in 2004 with an early style that encompassed heavy, doom-oriented metal music. Roughly two decades, seven albums and a couple of line-up shuffles later, the Finns shifted to a more melodic, contemporary sound, which is rooted in dark atmosphere, and leans towards open-minded and playful musicality. While still entrenched in metal, Hanging Garden possesses a versatile, many-layered style of playing, male & female vocals, and draws influence & inspiration from music and art, far and wide. The group may appeal to fans of Swallow the Sun, Ghost Brigade, October Tide, Katatonia or Type O Negative.
Formats:
• Digital
Pre-save “The Unending” here.
Tracklist:
1. To Seize the Night
2. The Passage
3. Morgan’s Trail
4. The First Sunrise
Line-up:
Mikko Kolari – Guitars
Jussi Hämäläinen – Guitars, backing vocals
Kimmo Tukiainen – Guitars
Nino Hynninen – Synths
Jussi Kirves – Bass, moog
Antti Ruokola – Drums, programming
Riikka Hatakka – Vocals
Toni Hatakka – Vocals
Weblinks:
hanging-garden.org
www.facebook.com/HangingGardenOfficial
