Released as a CD on Malignant Records in 2012 Secular Hymns is the follow up to Xiphoid Dementia’s landmark sophomore offering Might Is Blight. Demonstrating a more refined sound and expanding on stylistic efforts explored in previous releases Secular Hymns is yet another triptych on the dark journey of the project.
From Sideline Magazine:
Moving somewhere in between dark-ambient and industrial-noise “Secular Hymns” is an opus that catches the attention for its impressive arsenal of sounds and noises that have been used. But the main characteristic of the release concerns the global …

From Phameless Zine:
Equal parts terrifying and beautiful, this album is an assault on the ears in all of the best ways – pounding relentlessly while managing to remain musical and carry a sense of motion. A build of aggression slathered in distortion and echo builds the title track to a point of orchestral explosion and denouement, leaving space to awake and escape in the mechanical dungeon of “ Essence Concussion” – continuing the lush soundtrack to a nightmare.
This album deserves good headphones – or more so, you deserve to hear …

The proprietors over at Doc Monomer’s Audio Emporium have been working meticulously on their new television series and with the 3rd episode they are premiering the latest Xiphoid Dementia video from the most recent LP Prison of Hope.
“Black Sunrise” is the second single from Xiphoid Dementia’s most recent offering Prison of Hope LP. The song is pushes the project’s previously drawn boundaries into new territory with clean sung vocals and further explores the martial industrial sound that the project has dabbled with in the past.

MONOMER TV Episode 3 – 4/27/2020 …

Now available on the Xiphoid Dementia BandCamp page is Part 3 of Collection of Lost Thoughts; a deep retrospective, spanning the life of the project and featuring many unreleased works from over the years.
Released as a cassette box set on Black Horizons in August of 2019. Full color front and back 4-panel large triple norelco case j-cards on pearl metallic stock. Edition of 66 copies on magenta tapes with silver labels.
Collection of Lost Thoughts 2012-2019 by Xiphoid Dementia

British Columbia’s dark circle collective The Covenant has premiered the first video from Xiphoid Dementia’s Prison of Hope. Check out the write-up here or view the video below.