Crippled Black Phoenix have released “Vampire Grave”, the third and final advanced single from the UK-based Macabre Rock band’s upcoming album, Sceaduhelm. The song is “built around a central image of chosen decay and the kind of intimacy that survives only by abandoning the living world entirely.”

The song features Louisville, Kentucky’s Ryan Patterson of the band’s Fotocrime, Coliseum and Mirrorless.  

Written by Justin Greaves with lyrics by Ryan Patterson, “Vampire Grave” is a song that “follows a narrator who has quietly stopped arguing with the terms of existence and arrived, without drama, at an alternative: immortality in death alongside another person, in a grave of their own choosing.”

Patterson, who has collaborated with Justin Greaves and Crippled Black Phoenix across several projects, speaks about the song’s central image:

‘Vampire Grave’ was the first song we did together for this album; Justin sent me the music with that working title and I immediately imagined two immortal lovers, blood junkies on an eternal death trip. It’s a barn-burner of a song driven by Justin’s drums and guitar, and perfectly completed by Belinda’s creepy and beautiful backing vocals. It’s one of my favorite vocal performances and I’m excited for people to hear it.

Belinda Kordic joins Patterson on backing vocals. The song also features percussion from Robin Tow and synths from Lucy Marshall, which makes it a denser composition that stands in contrast to some of the album’s “starker, more skeletal compositions.”