DEHUMANIZE Unleashes Dark New EP Tragicus Laetitia Ira Misericordia
DEHUMANIZE has returned with a new six-track EP built for the darker end of extreme metal. Tragicus. Laetitia. Ira. Misericordia. is out now through Broken Curfew Records, bringing together serrated guitar work, mechanized percussion and vocals that feel pulled from a locked room somewhere deep in the psyche.
The EP moves through spiritual collapse, hostility, abandonment and mercy with a blunt sense of purpose. Its Latin title points toward a sequence of emotional and existential states: tragedy, joy, wrath and compassion. Across six tracks, DEHUMANIZE uses those states less as abstract ideas and more as pressure points.
The EP follows a descent from atmosphere into conflict
The release opens with “Red Eye Effect,” a brief atmospheric introduction that sets the tone before the EP drops into heavier ground. It functions like a threshold, short and uneasy, preparing the listener for a record that seems less interested in comfort than confrontation.
“Ichabod” follows, and its title carries heavy symbolic weight. Drawn from the biblical declaration that “the glory has departed,” the song frames the record’s spiritual decay in sharp terms. The title suggests absence, loss and abandonment before a lyric is even heard.
From there, “The Stillborn Soul” pushes into desolation. The name alone points toward a deadened inner life, a soul cut off before it can fully exist. In the context of the EP, it continues the sense that DEHUMANIZE is tracing damage from the inside outward.
“Enmity” stands as the most clearly conflict-driven entry in the track list. At 09:39, it also appears as the EP’s longest stated piece, giving the band space to stretch hostility into something more sustained and punishing. The title does not soften its intent. It signals open opposition.
The title track, “Tragicus. Laetitia. Ira. Misericordia.,” brings the EP’s emotional language into focus. Tragedy, joy, wrath and mercy clash together rather than arrive in neat order. That collision gives the record its central tension, especially as mercy appears not as relief but as something buried inside anguish.
“The Great Falling Away” closes the release with an apocalyptic final statement. As an ending, the title suggests collapse on a wide scale, not just personal ruin. It leaves the EP in a place of rupture.
Its sound is sharp, mechanical and psychological
DEHUMANIZE’s core sound on the EP comes from a collision of harsh textures. The guitar work is described as serrated, which fits the material’s jagged spiritual and emotional themes. This is not smooth heaviness. The music is built to cut.
The percussion is mechanized, giving the tracks a cold and relentless edge. That programmed drum approach can make extreme metal feel more inhuman, especially when paired with guitars and bass that already push toward abrasion.
Eli Vincent’s vocal performance sits at the center of the release’s psychological weight. The vocals are described as sounding dragged from the deepest chamber of the human psyche, which matches the EP’s interest in inner decay, wrath and mercy. The performance appears designed to sound less like narration and more like a state of being.
The result is a record that treats heaviness as atmosphere, not just force. The spiritual language in the song titles gives the EP a clear identity, while the industrial precision of the percussion keeps it from sounding purely organic or chaotic.
The title points to a volatile emotional sequence
The title Tragicus. Laetitia. Ira. Misericordia. gives the record one of its clearest frames. In English, the terms evoke tragedy, joy, wrath and compassion. That combination is unusual because it refuses a single emotional lane.
Tragedy and wrath fit naturally inside extreme metal. Joy and compassion are more complicated. In this context, they do not appear as easy release. They sit beside collapse and hostility, which makes them unstable.
That tension gives the EP its thematic pull. Mercy exists, but it does not erase judgment. Joy appears, but it does not remove suffering. Wrath burns through the material, but it is not the only force present. The record seems to treat these states as intertwined, sometimes violently.
DEHUMANIZE is a focused two-person project
DEHUMANIZE consists of Tiago James Souza on guitar and bass, with Eli Vincent handling vocals and drum programming. That lineup gives the project a compact structure, with the main instrumental and vocal forces clearly defined.
Vincent recorded the vocals at Incision Media, which also mixed the EP. Seth Metoyer mastered the release. Those credits matter because the EP’s impact depends on balance. Harsh music can lose its shape if the mix turns into a block of noise. Here, the stated focus on mechanized percussion, serrated strings and psychological vocals points to a production approach built around clarity inside punishment.
Broken Curfew Records is handling the release, making the CD available through DEHUMANIZE’s official Bandcamp page while the EP also reaches major digital platforms.
Track listing
The EP includes six tracks:
“Red Eye Effect”
“Ichabod”
“The Stillborn Soul”
“Enmity”
09:39
“Tragicus. Laetitia. Ira. Misericordia.”
“The Great Falling Away”
The sequencing matters. It starts with atmosphere, moves into spiritual absence, descends into inner desolation, opens into conflict, wrestles with the title’s emotional states and ends in a collapse that feels larger than the self.
Where to hear and purchase the EP
Tragicus. Laetitia. Ira. Misericordia. is available now on CD through the official DEHUMANIZE Bandcamp page. The release can also be streamed on Spotify and heard through Apple Music and other digital platforms.
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For listeners drawn to extreme metal that uses spiritual imagery, emotional violence and cold mechanical force as part of one statement, DEHUMANIZE’s new EP offers a direct and punishing listen. Tragicus. Laetitia. Ira. Misericordia. does not treat darkness as decoration. It builds its world from loss, wrath and the uneasy possibility of mercy.
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