Overview

• Craighan said on the Everblack podcast that Swallow the Sun’s Mikko Kotamäki will handle vocals at the band’s 2025 shows following a dispute with Aaron Stainthorpe.
• Kotamäki was recruited via a simple Facebook message, accepted immediately, flew to England, and rehearsals came together easily.
• In rehearsal he already knew the older material, and his delivery keeps faith with the albums while adding his own nuances.
• The band has been sketching ideas at the Vibration studio in Huddersfield, with no completed tracks and only fragments in place.
• Early discussions include reviving first‑album death‑metal elements and possibly composing another long-form piece, with unused riffs from A Mortal Binding as potential starting points.