GOLD SPIRE - Steps into Shadow [CD]

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GOLD SPIRE's second full-length album, Steps into Shadow, will be released on June 19, 2026, via Awakening Records. The album will be available on CD and digital formats.

Formed in 2019 in Uppsala, Sweden, GOLD SPIRE was created by brothers Erik Sundström and Påhl Sundström after the end of USURPRESS. What began as an outlet for ideas developed during the recording sessions for USURPRESS's final album, Interregnum, gradually evolved into a project drawing on progressive death metal, doom, progressive rock, and jazz-influenced arrangements.

Together with saxophonist Magnus Kjellstrand and bassist Petter Broman, the band developed a sound focused on atmosphere, contrast, and dynamics rather than strict genre boundaries. Heavy sections sit alongside slower, melodic passages, while saxophone, flute, and layered arrangements play a consistent role throughout the material.

On Steps into Shadow, GOLD SPIRE moves toward a darker, more direct approach while keeping the album's progressive and death metal foundation central. The material balances heavier riffs and dense arrangements with more restrained passages, allowing the album's atmosphere to build gradually throughout.

The album also marks the first release with vocalist Arvid Sjödin (FLOATING), who joined the band following the departure of former vocalist Heval Bozarslan. His vocal approach brings a distinct presence to the material while fitting naturally into the band's evolving sound.

Steps into Shadow was recorded between 2023 and 2026 at Studio Siborator by Erik Sundström, with mixing and mastering handled by Lawrence Mackrory. The artwork was created by Påhl Sundström.

Rather than moving further toward technical excess, GOLD SPIRE continues to focus on mood, pacing, and atmosphere, combining progressive structures with death metal weight and darker melodic elements without losing cohesion.

AWA 141 CD
GOLD SPIRE
Steps into Shadow

1. Starvation
2. Steps into Shadow
3. Liberation at Dawn
4. The Mire
5. Crown of Disfigurement
6. A Clarion Call
7. Drag Us Under
8. Truth is an Empty Fortress

■ 8-PAGE BOOKLET
■ JEWEL CASE
■ LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES

Out on June 19, 2026