TodoMal share new single 'Graveyards of Joy' • GRIMM Gent

TODOMAL, the Anglo-Spanish atmospheric doom metal project founded by Christopher B. Wildman and Javier Fernández Milla, release “Graveyards of Joy,” the title track and third single from their forthcoming album. The track is accompanied by an official music video and marks the final preview of Graveyards of Joy ahead of the album’s release on July 3rd, 2026 via Season of Mist.

“Graveyards of Joy” is the album’s longest arc and its most plainly elegiac: a slow, heavy meditation on depopulation, decay, and the gradual reclamation of abandoned places. Lyrically, the song draws from the ghost towns and emptied provinces of rural Spain, conjuring a landscape where, in the words of the song itself, “no gods’ll ever settle here, ‘cos all they ever do is walk by.” As the track unfolds, the desolation gives way: new people arrive, signs of life begin to re-emerge, and something resembling hope takes shape in the final section. Musically, the track moves through open, Morricone-like string passages into territory that is almost cinematic in its sweep, spare and wide as the landscape it describes.

Graveyards of Joy is the third album from TodoMal and the closing chapter of a trilogy that began with Ultracrepidarian (2021) and continued with A Greater Good (2023). Recorded across Trinitat-Montseny, 7th Middle Street and Moontower Studios, the album was written in solitude following personal tragedy, channelling grief, anger and hard-won hope into nine tracks of slow-burning, widescreen doom.

TodoMal was conceived in 2020 by Christopher B. Wildman and Javier Fernández Milla, two veteran multi-instrumentalists of the Spanish underground scene. A Greater Good appeared on multiple year-end lists, including Mondosonoro’s Top 10 albums of 2023, and sold through its initial pressing. The band has since expanded into a five-piece live ensemble and performed at festivals including Be Prog! My Friend, Under The Doom Fest and Frantic Fest, sharing stages with Candlemass, My Dying Bride and Dødheimsgard. Extensive European touring is confirmed for 2026, including a co-headlining run with Evoken across ten dates in July and August.

Graveyards of Joy was produced by Javier Fernández Milla and Christopher B. Wildman, assisted by Javier Félez Rodríguez (drums recording and guitar engineering), and recorded across Trinitat-Montseny, 7th Middle Street and Moontower Studios. The album was mixed by Javier Fernández Milla at Trinitat Montseny and mastered by Jaime López Arellano at Arda Recorders (Portugal). Artwork is Lluís Rigalt‘s Ruïnes (1865), held at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, with photography by Christopher B. Wildman.

Graveyards of Joy is out July 3rd via Season of Mist.

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Tracklist:
1. Mare Ignis (05:14)
2. Lucid Nightmare (04:31)
3. Point of Coalescence (05:04)
4. Misericordiah (02:50)
5. Unholy (04:22)
6. Deliverance (07:25)
7. Humanised Gods (03:54)
8. For Mercy (03:02)
9. Graveyards of Joy (06:51)
Full runtime: 43:15

TodoMal will spend much of the summer on the road, joining US funeral doom veterans Evoken across eleven European dates through late July and August, taking in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Festival appearances at Resurrection Fest (Viveiro, 4 July), Tolminator Fest (Tolmin, 24 July) and Party San Open Air (Schlotheim, 6 August) bookend the run. The band return to Spain in September for their Barcelona album release show at Bóveda on 18 September and a Madrid appearance at Dark Echoes Fest on 25 September, before closing the run at L’Homme Sauvage in France on 26 September.

† On tour supporting Evoken

TodoMal came to life in 2020, conceived by Anglo-Spanish musician and composer Christopher B. Wildman and musician, composer and producer Javier Fernández Milla: two veteran multi-instrumentalists of the Spanish underground scene whose careers span a wide range of projects and styles. A product of pure serendipity, TodoMal represents a deeply personal fusion of the solemnity of traditional doom metal and the expansiveness of space rock, interwoven with nuances of ecclesiastical music, classic hard rock and cinematic soundscapes.

Their debut album, Ultracrepidarian (2021), evokes the placid yet desolate moorlands of their base in northern Alcarria and the region of Matarraña (Teruel), two emblematic landscapes of Spain’s so-called “emptied lands.” With A Greater Good (2023), the duo crafted a collection of what they describe as “dark songs,” evolving into a complex, dense and unclassifiable album that appeared on several year-end lists and sold through its initial pressing. Fueled by this momentum, they expanded into a five-piece live ensemble, joining forces with Javier Félez (guitar; Teitanblood, Graveyard, Balmog), Javier “Bud” Martínez (drums; Dejadeath, Jade, Ktulu) and Cecilia Tallo (keyboards/vocals; Maud the Moth).

Graveyards of Joy is the third album and the closing chapter of a trilogy. Written in solitude following personal tragedy, it channels grief, anger and hard-won hope into nine tracks of slow-burning, widescreen doom. The music breathes: vast Hammond-driven passages give way to desolate folk, Morricone-like strings open onto dusty cinematic plains, and heavy riffs anchor songs that never lose sight of melody. A DIY record of striking emotional depth and modern, alternative edge.