With the release of Eclipse, Vow of Ruin opens the gate to the most vulnerable depths of Abyss: Act 1. This isn’t just another metal track—it’s a raw excavation of despair, suicidal ideation, and the painful duality of surrender and transformation.

Sonically, Eclipse melds melodic death metal’s emotion with the blackened grit of existential dread, threading harsh industrial textures with mournful atmospheres. It’s brooding, immersive, and unflinching—exactly where it needs to be.

But the true weight of Eclipse lives in the lyrics, which do more than paint a bleak picture—they offer a mirror to those wandering the maze of their own darkness.

Darkness grips tight and shadows writhe
Each breath a burden, each step a strife
Turn from the light, embracing the chill
Let darkness consume, a void to fill

This opening verse sets the tone—suffocating and intimate. The track explores the seductive pull of hopelessness, the false relief suicide can appear to offer, and the weight of depression as it crushes inward.

Throughout the second verse, “relentless chains” and “shattered hope” symbolize the internal and external forces that bind us—trauma, guilt, silence. It’s a portrayal of being utterly lost in the dark, where even the mind turns against itself:

Lost in shadows, sanity bleeds tomorrow

Yet within this pain, Eclipse does not flinch. The repetition in the third verse—“embers of dreams once bright,” “chasing illusions,” “corridors of despair”—captures the cyclical torment of surviving through emotional ruin, where hope briefly flickers before extinguishing again.

Echoes of sorrow resonate clear
Embracing the silence where dread draws near
Devour my essence, merge with the abyss
Drowning in shadows where despair persists

The chorus becomes a ritual of surrender—yet within it, a phoenix rises. This is no triumphant rebirth; it’s a creature scorched and, in aching torment, destroys everything around it, scarred by the fire that transformed it. That contrast is the core of Eclipse: pain as catalyst, despair as origin, not enemy.

Emerging from ashes, a phoenix in pain
Scorching the earth with scars that remain

The refrain digs even deeper, where silence becomes its own kind of scream. Within the “heart of Gloom,” pain is no longer fought—it’s accepted. Not as defeat, but as catharsis. A paradoxical solace found in union with suffering.

Silence grips where secrets bleed
Unveiling wounds where darkness feeds
Embracing the void, letting it consume
Surrendering to fate in the heart of Gloom

In Eclipse, Vow of Ruin does not offer false hope. Instead, the band lays bare the truth of the struggle—its terror, its beauty, its cost. And somehow, amid the wreckage, there’s a trace of something still burning.