[Cover photo credit to Stefan Heilemann]

Since 2003, Carach Angren have composed symphonic, blackened ghost stories. Now, three decades later, the Dutch Horror Metal duo are bringing their origin story to a new EP.

The duo return to the story that first defined their identity. Drawing from historical legends and obscure regional folklore, the band revisits the myth of the “White Lady from Schinveld,” this time expanding it with a new, sinister figure: Kariba.

Inspired by real poems, forgotten theatre plays, and occult symbolism, this EP, The Cult of Kariba, introduces a hidden cult intent on resurrecting Kariba, “a poisoner and alleged witch whose spirit carries a legacy of vengeance.”

For the band, The Cult of Kariba is both a return and a continuation. The EP expands on their first album Lammendam.

“The Resurrection of Kariba” opens underneath the floor of a church, where a cult gathers to summon the alleged sorceress. Kariba is brought back to the land of the living. Yet her audience of worshipers discover far more than they intended.

Lead single “Ik Kom Uit Het Graf” (I Emerge from the Grave) is the duo’s first song written entirely in Dutch, and “follows one of her past victims, who turns on the town faithful with venomous vengeance.”