Dutch death metal outfit Black Rabbit shares new single ‘Initium Finis’

Dutch concept driven death metal band Black Rabbit is back with a new EP. This new EP, Warren Of Necrosis, drops December 10, 2025! But first, the band unveiled their new single ‘Initium Finis’ with an official music video!

A twisted retelling of Genesis where creation is born from darkness, not divinity. Light becomes a weapon of deceit, innocence withers, and chaos reigns as the world is shaped by corruption—marking the true beginning of the end.

Listen to “Initium Finis” here

Black Rabbit is a concept-driven death metal band from Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, known for combining relentless intensity with intricate storytelling and theatrical immersion. Their sound fuses death, thrash, and blackened elements into a grand, ritualistic experience — where every riff and lyric serves a purpose within an unfolding myth.

Forged by five musicians with distinct artistic backgrounds, Black Rabbit translates complex ideas into music that is both crushing and cinematic. Their live shows blur the line between concert and ceremony: drenched in light, smoke, and symbolism, drawing the audience deep into their dark mythology.

Black Rabbit made their first impact with the release of their debut EP and single in 2020, laying the foundation for their unfolding story of darkness and transformation. This path continued with the first full-length chapter of their legend: Hypnosomnia (2023) — an album exploring the boundaries of consciousness and dream manipulation. Building upon that, Chronolysis (2025) delved deeper into the human psyche — a sensory descent into the horror of sleep paralysis. These releases elevated the band to new heights, leading to performances in renowned venues such as Patronaat, Iduna, and even the Brabanthallen, while sharing stages with giants like Baest, Vader, Exhorder, and Pestilence.

Where Hypnosomnia and Chronolysis unravelled the tactics and techniques of the entity known as Black Rabbit, their upcoming EP ‘Warren of Necrosis’ dives into his inception — revealing the sacrifice, betrayal, and blasphemous devotion that transformed man into myth.

At the heart of the band lies the legend of Black Rabbit — a cursed being with a past drenched in faith, betrayal, and decay. Once a priest devoted to divine enlightenment, his lust for power led him down a path of desecration. What began with ritual animal offerings grew into a hunger for human sacrifice. His devotion turned to obsession, and the god he once worshipped cast him into exile.

In isolation, he encountered a mysterious entity — a shadow between worlds — who offered him the ability to halt time itself. The gift became a curse: eternal life at the cost of his humanity.

Slowly, he shed his humanity and transformed into a demonic entity — a Black Rabbit, the mirror of fertility, twisting the symbol of life into one of decay and extinction.

From the ashes of his faith, he forged his own doctrine: a blasphemous scripture written in despair, twisting sacred texts into a gospel of chaos. His followers, masked and devoted, carved a subterranean empire in his name — the Warren of Necrosis, a rotting labyrinth where sacrifices feed his hunger for dominion. At its heart stands a withered tree adorned with the bodies of the condemned, where Black Rabbit wields his colossal hammer of judgement upon the unworthy.

Musically, the EP expands the band’s sonic palette with haunting melodies, and ancient textures and ethnic instrumentation woven into the aggressive foundations of death metal. Each song unfolds a stage of corruption, a moment of sacrifice, or a whisper from the entity that granted him power — until the man is gone, and only the demon remains. Beyond the music, Black Rabbit manifests its concept through a complete artistic universe. Each release is accompanied by handcrafted artwork, stage design, and visual storytelling that deepen the immersion.

On stage, Black Rabbit embraces the role of prophets of the myth — cloaked in ritual garb, surrounded by candlelight and relics of their creation. Their performance is not merely a show, but a sermon; not entertainment, but invocation. With Warren of Necrosis, Black Rabbit opens the gates to the beginning of its own legend — a descent into the roots of corruption, identity, and transcendence. It’s a record that does more than tell a story; it creates a world — one that breathes, mutates, and devours. Once you enter the Warren, there is no return…

Line-up:
Vocals – Nino Thomas
Guitar – Jelle Brekelmans
Guitar – Hidde Hofland
Drums – Koen van der Voet
Bass – Thijs Mulder