Basque black metal unit Aschen has released a haunting lyric video for their latest track, “The Last Glow.” The song is a standout piece from their upcoming debut album, The Never Ending Search, set to be unleashed on March 13, 2026.

“The Last Glow” paints a world after the sun’s death, where humanity survives by feeding a single flame that slowly consumes everything, until only the self remains. The flame becomes a metaphor for human dissatisfaction: endless, devouring, and only resolved through inner transformation.

Founded in 2022 by Mikel Telletxea (vocals, guitar, programming), Aschen has grown from a solo vision into a powerful creative partnership with the addition of bassist Atauzz (Korkut, Kurkuma, 2Sonte).

The duo recorded the debut at Atala Studios in Spain, ensuring the project’s raw energy was captured with precision. To achieve a massive, professional finish, the album was mastered by Toni Lindgren at the world-renowned Fascination Street Studios in Sweden—the same hands behind the sound of heavyweights like Dimmu Borgir, Katatonia, and Kreator.

The Sound of Aschen
Aschen’s approach to black metal is both aggressive and expansive. By blending traditional frost-bitten roots with doom-laden atmosphere and technical blast beats, the band creates a soundscape that is as melodic as it is punishing. Lyrically, they bridge the gap between English and Basque, exploring themes of psychological fracture and environmental decay that go far beyond standard genre tropes.

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Wormholedeath is proud to announce the signing of Aschen, a rising black metal force from the Basque Country, for the worldwide release of their debut full-length album “The Never Ending Search”.

Formed in 2022 by Mikel Telletxea (vocals, guitar, programming), Aschen originally began as a collaboration with bassist Igor Valle. Following the underground success of their self-titled 2023 demo, the lineup evolved with the addition of Atauzz (Korkut, Kurkuma, 2Sonte) on bass.

This partnership solidified the band’s vision, leading them to Atala Studios in Spain (Infest, Willis Drummond) in August 2025 to record their debut full-length. To ensure a world-class sonic assault, the album was mastered by the legendary Toni Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden—the sonic architect behind heavyweights like Dimmu Borgir, Katatonia, and Kreator.

Musically, Aschen offers a harrowing exploration of dynamic tension. While the DNA of black metal remains clear, the band naturally weaves through diverse styles, characterized by constant rhythmic shifts, moving seamlessly from suffocating doom-laden passages to relentless blast beats, devastating riffage, harmonizing raw aggression with haunting, melodic textures and emotional depth, evoking a spectrum of intensity that transcends the typical “grim” tropes of the genre.

Lyrically, Aschen carves its own path. While the band utilizes English, they also pay homage to their heritage by singing in Basque, their ancestral mother tongue.

Breaking away from traditional satanic or pagan themes, the band’s narrative explores the human psyche’s inability to confront its own internal fractures. Their poetry reflects how this individual downfall resonates through a decaying society and a suffering natural world.

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