u/brutal_and_beautiful

Hello friends, I hope you are all doing well. I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude for your support once again. Some of you have been here since 2021, while many others have supported me throughout my career, since the very beginning.

However, the time has come for me to tell you, with an open heart, that I have decided to leave Nocturna. This decision comes from my need to focus on personal projects and a brand-new chapter.

I ask you not to look at this as an ending, but rather as a fresh start, both for myself and for the band. Best wishes to Rehn for Nocturna’s future endeavors. I would like to thank Scarlet Records for believing in me.

And most of all, thanks to every single one of you for your unwavering support. You will always hold a special place in my heart. I’m not stopping, you will be hearing from me very soon!

See you on the next road. Stay rock!

Grace Darkling

NEW ALBUM “MONUMENTAL” DROPS OCTOBER 23, 2026, VIA NAPALM RECORDS.

Back in the 17th century, nostalgia was considered a deadly disease — and in many ways, it still is. There is hardly a soul on earth who hasn’t felt it — it’s woven into the fabric of being human. And yet, as natural as it feels, this emotion is far more layered and complex than it first appears.

Nostalgia can bring back the most beautiful memories, only to darken them with the awareness that those moments will never come again. On “Monumental”, we’ll take you on nostalgic rides, with all their ups and downs, expressed through music and lyrics that carry a bittersweet sense of gentle sadness and longing.

Much of this album was inspired by modernist architecture — concrete giants built to signal progress and a brighter future, now slowly decaying. They’ve become a sort of memory box: monuments to unrealized dreams, where the future that was once imagined never arrived, yet continues to echo through the ruins and bright mosaics.

Tracklisting:

1. Darkness
2. Dreams of Lands Unseen
3. Presence of the Past
4. Prefab (feat. Combichrist)
5. What Buildings Dream of
6. I Am in Hell
7. Between No Longer and Not Yet
8. Harmony Manufactured (feat. Hiraes)
9. Nadir

Mixing & Mastering: @hansen_jacob | Cover Art: @lameperfect