Imperium Delirium

Imperium Delirium is the fifth studio album by American deathcore band Shadow of Intent. The album was released on June 27, 2025.^[12] It has spawned several singles including "Flying The Black Flag",^[5] "Feeding the Meatgrinder" (featuring George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse),^[13] "Infinity of Horrors",^[14] "Mechanical Chaos",^[15] and the title track.^[9]

Imperium Delirium
Studio album by Shadow of Intent
Released	June 27, 2025
Genre	Deathcore[1] technical death metal[2] symphonic death metal[3] melodic death metal[4]
Length	54:36
Producer	Chris Wiseman
Shadow of Intent chronology
Elegy (2022) Imperium Delirium (2025)
Singles from Imperium Delirium
"Flying the Black Flag" Released: September 1, 2024[5] "Feeding the Meatgrinder" Released: April 10, 2025[6] "Infinity of Horrors" Released: May 16, 2025[7] "Mechanical Chaos" Released: June 8, 2025[8] "Imperium Delirium" Released: June 27, 2025[9]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth.net	9/10[4]
Boolin Tunes	9/10[10]
Distorted Sound	9/10[11]
Heavymetal.dk	7/10[2]

The album was met with critical acclaim, showing "a more aggressive and polished sound" while simultaneously maintaining some of the melodic elements introduced in previous projects.^[11] Boolin Tunes has stated that the band brought back "many of the deathcore elements that have largely been absent from their sound since Reclaimer while managing to expand on their ever-maturing songwriting by blending a lot of these elements with the more death metal-adjacent elements that were omnipresent on Melancholy and Elegy."^[10]

Track listing

Imperium Delirium track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prepare to Die"	3:56
2.	"Flying the Black Flag"	3:57
3.	"Infinity of Horrors"	4:09
4.	"Mechanical Chaos"	3:47
5.	"They Murdered Sleep"	4:00
6.	"The Facets of Propaganda"	5:22
7.	"Feeding the Meatgrinder"	4:03
8.	"Vehement Draconian Vengeance"	3:54
9.	"Beholding the Sickness of Civilization"	4:30
10.	"Apocalypse Canvas"	5:08
11.	"No Matter the Cost"	4:16
12.	"Imperium Delirium"	7:34
Total length:		54:36

All tracks are written by Ben Duerr.

Personnel

Shadow of Intent

• Ben Duerr – lead vocals, engineering
• Chris Wiseman – guitars, backing vocals, producer, engineering
• Andrew Monias – bass
• Bryce Butler – drums, percussion

Guests

• Francesco Ferrini (Fleshgod Apocalypse) – keyboards, orchestration
• George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher (Cannibal Corpse) – vocals on "Feeding the Meatgrinder"

Staff

• Dave Otero – mixing, mastering
• Antonio Jiminez – layout
• Dan Seagrave – cover art