From a fleeting communion in 2005, Lykormas and Arneriach soon felt the ancient pull once more, the irresistible summons of decay, of origins long since festering in shadow. They turned back toward their rotted foundations, seeking to forge sound steeped in elder days and forgotten rites. Seasoned wanderers of the underground, theit old hunger never slept. Thus Archaic Oath was sworn. A covenant to resurrect blackened death metal in its most primal form. Its veins run thick with the essence of the 90's melodic black metal era, tempered by decades of metal etched into flesh and bone. The band's first offering, "Determined to Death and Beyond," was hewn during the long, cold winter of 2024–2025, destined to emerge from the void via AOP Records one year hence.