Decius includes Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family), Trashmouth Records’ Luke and Liam May, and Quinn Whalley of Paranoid London and Warmduscher. Dixon, 2manydjs, Honey Dijon, Mochakk, Or:La, Iggy Pop and Depeche Mode are fans. The uk group release the follow up to Decius Vol. I, Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience), on January 31st 2025 via The Leaf Label.

“My mate Rob says he can no longer make love without first sticking Vol. I on the stereo. A lot of the lads down Berghain have been complaining of a similar problem since we played there. Once you’ve had Vol. I, you need Vol. II. With Vol. II, we hope to further inspire and extend this kind of desperate dependence in our acolytes.

There have been moments on stage when the division between all things ceases,” Lias explains. “When the only element binding anything together is pure, unadulterated, fanatical passion. It’s at moments like these you need to reach for your butterfly net to try and harvest the magic for later.” Meat Divine aka L. Saoudi

Decius Vol. II has them, as Liam puts it, “Further entrenched in delusions of conquest and grandeur.” Fittingly for a turn named after a Roman emperor, the last days of that empire filled with lust, excess and a farewell to order and normality, Decius’ gladiatorial efforts are the 21st century’s equivalent. Literally fiddling with their knobs while the Earth burns and slides into dystopia.

More from Meat Divine on Decius Vol. II: “You ever see that show Civilisation with Kenneth Clarke? It details the arc of western civilisation from the ancient world onwards, up until the ‘60s when the show was made. For me, this has been the principal source of inspiration. The fine grain of suffering that lurks behind every civilised thing. Hence the album’s subtitle Splendour & Obedience.”

Decius
Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience)
CD/2LP
The Leaf Label

1 | A1 – Birth Of A Smirk (feat. Lias Saoudi)
2 | A2 – Walking In The Heat (feat. Lias Saoudi & Alex White)
3 | B1 – Queen of 14th St (feat. Lias Saoudi)
4 | B2 – Ghent (feat. Lias Saoudi)
5 | C1 – Ibrahim (feat. Lias Saoudi & Maggie The Cat)
6 | C2 – I Gave Birth 2 U (feat. Lias Saoudi & Maggie The Cat)
7 | C3 – Punishment/Improvement (feat. Lias Saoudi)
8 | D1 – Y U Look At Me That Way? (feat. Fats McCourt)
9 | D2 – We Carry Our Flamboyance As A Warning
10 | D3 – Arctic Spring (feat. Lias Saoudi)

Pre-order Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience) HERE