Smote - Genog

Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 22nd May, 2026

Tracklist:

1. Genog
2. Hlaf
3. Fenhop
4. Lof
5. Banhus

Transcendence through repetition beamed via an aesthetic vision steeped in mystery: welcome to the world of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne's Smote, an entity opening up uncanny new psychic pathways. `Genog' - the outfit's second release on Rocket Recordings following 2021's eerie transmission `Drommon' - shows that Smote's elliptical casting of bleak magick is only growing more powerful as it gathers momentum. The brainchild of Daniel Foggin, Smote has evolved seemingly of its own volition. 'I had the idea for years' he relates, 'I love Pärson Sound, Träd, Gräs Och Stenar, traditional Irish folk and all sorts of different drone and folk music. It was simply finding the opportunity to sit down and get recording.