Walk Beyond the Dark

For some time after the band's previous album The Accuser, founder Ken Sorceron was the vocalist for technical death metal band The Faceless. On March 19, 2018, he announced his departure from The Faceless to work on the next Abigail Williams album. Also leaving the band was drummer Bryce Butler, who later become a live drummer for Abigail Williams, and guitarist Justin McKinney, who would contribute a guitar solo to the Abigail Williams single "Ever So Bold". The first single from the new album, "I Will Depart", was released on September 17, 2019. ==Touring==

In support of the album, Abigail Williams embarked on the Path to Victory North American tour with bands Ensiferum, Kalmah, and Aenimus in November and December 2019. Abigail Williams was also announced to be part of the Devastation on the Nation North American tour with bands Rotting Christ, Borknagar, Wolfheart, and Imperial Triumphant in March and April 2020. However, the tour was postponed to February and March 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ==Critical reception==

Metal Injection included "I Will Depart" on their list of the Top Tracks of the Week the week Walk Beyond Dark was released. Louder Sound's Alice Pattillo highlighted how the album as a whole contains "a blend of raw, frost bitten true Norwegian black metal, Dimmu Borgir shaped symphonic elements, Gothenburg-styled death metal grooves and doomy atmospherics." Pattilo further noted that the first single, "I Will Depart", is a "stunning testament to the band's legacy, an epic eight-minute journey through blackened terrain from the viseral, gritty black metal intro to the vast icy tundras of its choral interludes." They compared the track to "contemporary Darkthrone, old school Dimmu, Carpathian Forest and other black metal heavyweights to create a sound that is entirely its own." ==Track listing==

Abigail Williams • Ken Sorceron – vocals, guitars, drums, keyboards Session members • Bryan O' Sullivan – bass • Mike Heller – drums • Chris "Kakophonix" Brown – cello Guest musicians • Andrew Markuszewski – additional guitars (tracks 1 and 2) • Justin McKinney – additional guitars (track 3) Production • Ken Sorceron – producer • Mariusz Lewandowski – cover art ==References==