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STORTREGN: “Emptiness Fills The Void” Out Via Non Serviam Records; Full Album Streaming

Switzerland based blackened death force STORTREGN’s highly anticipated fourth album “Emptiness Fills The Void” comes out today via Dutch label Non Serviam Records.

The band states: “We’ve been working on this album for some time now, and it is with great pride that we release it. We pushed our limits further during the composition process and the result is a piece of work where each knob has been turned up to the maximum. Each member has a different musical background, and the range and depth of the riffs, rhythms and sound of this record serve as a testament of this variety. As a whole, the listener can expect a blend black and death metal, with a hint of old school heavy metal with a contemporary twist to it. Get ready. Charging riffs, blast beats and furious vocals will fill your head and shred your brain to pieces…and you’ll beg for more!”

STORTREGN is a blackened death metal band, formed in Switzerland in 2005. Initially influenced by the Nordic black metal scene, they have expanded their vision and sound into a more contemporary era. They are greatly appreciated for their music and even more so for their live shows. With a relentless energy, they deliver a mix of charging riffs, blast beats and brutality that leaves the audience with a lasting impression and begging for more. After a deluge of gigs, including Wacken, Metal Days, and four other international tours, Stortregn has become inevitable in the Blackened Death metal scene.

After many changes, the formation has stabilized and the current line-up consists of Romain Negro on vocals, Johan Smith and Duran Bathija on guitars, Manuel Barrios on bass guitar and Samuel Jakubec on drums.

After recording three albums, toured in three different continents and worked with various records labels, they are proud to present the fourth album, “Emptiness Fills the Void”. To give the album the aura it deserves, they hired the revered Daniel Seagrave to create the artwork, and recorded the album at the prestigious Conatus Studio with Vladimir Cochet (Mirrorthrone, Weeping Birth). The album will be released by Non Serviam Records on May 25th, 2018.

Moreover, with the recent signing with Alpha-Omega Management Agency, Stortregn are now planning to tour the world intensely. A European Tour has already taken place with Immolation & Full Of Hell in March and April 2018, and there is far more to come. Expressing this album through live performances with violence, blast beats, and killer riffs is what the band is about. At each of their thunderous live appearances, Stortregn ravage the place until the smallest shred of human skin is marked. The five members, tight as a hungry wolf-pack, energetically release their inner storm to transform every show into a dark and metallic mass of death, with precision, quality and professionalism.

“Emptiness Fills the Void” is out on May 25 on digipak format under the flag of NON SERVIAM RECORDS. The first 50 pre-orders will receive a free patch.

ORDER:
Webshop: http://www.non-serviam-records.com/shop.php#!/Stortregn-Emptiness-Fills-The-Void-digipak-Pre-Order/p/103155720/category=5291899
Bandcamp: https://non-serviam-records.bandcamp.com/album/emptiness-fills-the-void

STORTREGN
http://www.stortregn.com
https://www.facebook.com/Stortregn
https://twitter.com/stortregn
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SuIgDBeOQBz7cI1HfsK31

Vreid announce Norwegian tour dates

In collaboration with Beyond the Gates, VREID have announced a string of Norwegian tour dates together with ENSLAVED and GAAHLS WYRD. The ‘Army of the North Star’ tour will kick off at the Parkteateret in Oslo on November 3rd, and will continue to hit several stages throughout the country until a final curtain at the Byscenen in Trondheim on December 1st.

A full list of confirmed dates can be found below

VREID
+Enslaved +Gaahls Wyrd
03 Nov 18 Oslo (NO) Parkteateret
15 Nov 18 Hamar (NO) Gregers
23 Nov 18 Kristiansand (NO) Kick
24 Nov 18 Stavanger (NO) Folken
30 Nov 18 Bergen (NO) USF Verftet
01 Dec 18 Trondheim (NO) Byscenen

VREID festival 2018
15 Aug 18 Dinkelsbühl (DE) Summer Breeze (Exact date TBC)

Season of Mist have previously announced the signing of VREID. The Norwegian black’n’roll veterans will release their highly anticipated next album through Season of Mist.

VREID comment on the signing: “We are extremely pleased to get signed by Season of Mist. Like us, they have been around for years, and we have a strong relationship to their people and admiration for their work. We are well on our way with our new album, and are very proud to have Season of Mist as a partner when we will launch the upcoming beast. Our march continues.”

VREID were formed in 2004. The Norwegian metal brigade rose from the ashes of WINDIR after the tragic perishing of the “Sognametal” legends with the declared mission of exploring new musical paths.

The Norsemen proved true to their words and have delivered 7 albums and one DVD, which each received high praise from critics and fans alike. VREID chose a course of constant evolution that is marked by thematically denoted phases regarding their often historically inspired lyrics.

This became particularly clear with albums number 3 and 4, ‘I Krig’ and ‘Milorg’, which both revolved around concepts dealing with resistance and liberation of Norway during World War II. With their following three records, VREID returned to their Norse roots, of which particularly their latest full-length, ‘Sólverv’ received highest critical acclaim.

VREID have hammered out their success partly by being a heavily touring band. The four-piece performed more than 500 shows in 25 countries so far. Their everlasting march to conquer new territories has led the Norwegians to headline tours in Europe, North America, Japan, and India.

Currently, the veterans are working on new material and will record their eighth opus this autumn. Composer and mastermind, Hváll has already announced that “…it will be one hell of an album. After more than 20 years of playing together our spirit is stronger than ever and we can hardly wait to get in studio again to give birth to our new creations”.

VREID’s style is often referred to as “black’n’roll” and Metal Hammer UK described their music as “a unique time travel in metal” as elements of 70’s rock, 80’s classic metal, and Norwegian black metal are all clearly audible.”

VREID will release their forthcoming album in 2018 via Season of Mist.

Line-up
Sture: vocals, guitars
Hváll: bass
Steingrim: drums
Strom: guitars

www.vreid.no
www.facebook.com/vreidofficial

MOENEN OF XEZBETH set release date for NUCLEAR WAR NOW! debut,

Today, Nuclear War Now! Productions sets August 1st as the international release date for Moenen of Xezbeth’s highly anticipated debut album, Ancient Spells of Darkness…. The CD version shall be released earlier on July 1st.

Conjuring the sinister spirits of yesteryear, Moenen of Xezbeth rises to deliver its first full incantation of mid-paced black metal, Ancient Spells of Darkness…, with its seven arcane invocations primed to unleash their plague on all who bear witness. Captured with the same approach and under the same austere conditions as its preceding demo and EP, Ancient Spells of Darkness… thus realizes the same unearthly effect, yet it is even more sinister and oppressive. These foreboding hymns serve as a conduit for the return of the original black flame, which was first sparked by Moenen of Xezbeth’s revered forbearers, has since nurtured itself in the underworld, and is now emboldened to return in its dark glory.

Hear for yourself with the new tracks “Into the Black Mist” and “Ancient Spells of Darkness,” as well as the album’s haunting intro, HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Moenen of Xezbeth’s Ancient Spells of Darkness…
1. Intro
2. Into the Black Mist
3. Oath of Malignancy
4. Pandemonial Curse
5. Ancient Spells of Darkness
6. Interlude
7. Obscured by Lunar Rites

www.nwnprod.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Nuclear-War-Now-Productions/114864651994141

SIXES Premieres Sadistic New “Fogbreather” Video

Southern California-based blackened sludge SIXES has premiered a sadistic new video for the band’s third and final single, “Fogbreather,” via Decibel. In addition, the band kicks off their debut U.S. tour tonight (5/23) in Los Angeles.

Watch the twisted video for “Fogbreather”

With a twisted blend of black metal, sludge and stoner doom, SIXES is carving their own niche within an already vast subgenre. Recorded by Brent Wisdom and mastered by Brad Boatright, Methistopheles was recorded in one of the harshest California winters in decades. The album’s artwork was designed by Ryan Bartlett.

Kicking off their own U.S. tour tonight (5/23), SIXES will be performing at several festivals this summer, including Austin Terror Fest and Chicago Doomed & Stoned Festival.

SIXES is:

Stephen Cummings – Vocals, Guitar
Hannes Bogacs – Guitar
Zander Reddis – Bass
Dustin Daniels – Drums

Tour Dates:

5/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ 5 Star Bar
5/24 – Oakland, CA @ The Golden Bull
5/25 – Eugene, OR @ Old Nick’s Pub
5/26 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon (Funhouse Seattle)
5/27 – Boise, ID @ The Shredder
5/28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA *contact SIXES directly if you can help out with a new venue: sixesdoom(at)gmail(dot)com
5/29 – Denver, CO @ Streets of London Pub
5/30 – Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
5/31 – Des Moines, IA @ Lefty’s Live Music
6/02 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Doomed and Stoned Festival
6/04 – Indianapolis, IN @ Indiana City Brewing Company
6/05 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
6/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
6/07 – Providence, RI @ Alchemy
6/08 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Kingsland
6/09 – Spartanburg, SC @ GroundZero
6/10 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
6/11 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
6/13 – Metairie, LA @ The Twist of Lime
6/14 – Houston, TX @ Satellite Bar
6/15 – Austin, TX @ Austin Terror Fest
6/18 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Boozerz Rock Bar
6/19 – San Antonio, TX @ Fitzgerald’s Bar & Live Music
6/20 – El Paso, TX @ Rockhouse Bar & Grill
6/21 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
6/22 – Tempe, AZ @ Tempe Tavern
6/23 – San Diego, CA @ Til-Two Club
6/24 – Fullerton, CA @ The Slidebar Rock N Roll Kitchen ***FREE show!!!***

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/Sixesdoom/
https://www.instagram.com/sixesdoom/
https://twitter.com/sixesdoom
https://sixesdoom.tumblr.com/
https://sixesdoom.bandcamp.com/
http://sixesdoom.bigcartel.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ6ZMAVQzqGOMEj3LBfIC4g/videos

Press:

“If you want darkness, you’ve got it!” – Decibel Magazine

“Like all good sludge bands, SIXES know their way around menacing feedback that will probably give you an irregular heartbeat…” – Metal Injection

“A barrage of vibrating distortion…” – Doomed & Stoned

“It’ll make your sunny day dark.” – The Obelisk

“SIXES Dive Into The Murk On ‘Methistopheles'” – Invisible Oranges

“Imagine desperation, derangement, and pain without end.” – No Clean Singing

“Malevolent, slow-burning blackened doom…” – Svbterranean

BLACK HOWLING set release date for new SIGNAL REX album, reveal first track

Today, Signal Rex sets July 27th as the international release date for Black Howling’s highly anticipated sixth album, Return of Primordial Stillness, on CD, vinyl LP formats, and cassette tape formats.

One of the oldest and most prolific bands in the Portuguese black metal underground, Black Howling have built up a staggering body of work of unparalleled anguish and misery. By no means strictly “depressive suicidal black metal,” the duo’s aesthetic often runs parallel to DSBM but fortunately evades all the usual cliches of such. More importantly, Black Howling’s commitment to an unapologetically raw soundfield yet suffusing that misery ‘n’ anguish with a remarkably accomplished melodicism has largely shaped the modern Portuguese black metal paradigm that has received so much international fervor in recent years.

Now, after three years of silence, Black Howling return with Return of Primordial Stillness, a compact-yet-massive distillation of their enduring aesthetic. Comprising four tracks in an epic 40 minutes, Return of Primordial Stillness indeed sounds primordial and indeed invokes a crypt-like stillness, but there’s so much more going on here. The record is bookended by two mostly instrumental tracks, with the two central compositions – “Celestial Syntropy” and “Celestial Entropy,” which are 14 minutes and 16 minutes, respectively – canvassing a wide sonic landscape, howling and desperate and yet strangely triumphant and even perversely soothing, such is their catharsis sought. However, this is all BLACK METAL through and through, undiluted and uncompromising; it’s just that Black Howling possess a profound understanding of it and are thusly able to shape it in dazzling(ly malodorous) ways. Simply put, if you aren’t mesmerized by the conjurings contained within, then perhaps black metal isn’t for you…

Though their output has slowed in recent years, each Black Howling recording is a stained treasure unto itself. When their next recording shall reveal itself, no one knows but then, but hereby witness their Return of Primordial Stillness.
In the meantime, hear an edit of the aforementioned “Celestial Syntropy” HERE

Cover and tracklisting are

Tracklisting for Black Howling’s Return of Primordial Stillness
1. Iberia
2. Celestial Syntropy
3. Celestial Entropy
4. Cosmic Oblivion

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/blackhowlingofficial

www.signalrex.com
www.facebook.com/signalrex
www.signalrex.bandcamp.com

APARTHIVA RAKTADHARA set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut, reveal first track

Iron Bonehead Productions sets July 21st as the international release date for Aparthiva Raktadhara’s debut demo, Agyat Ishvar, on 7″ vinyl format.

Hailing from Kalikshetra, from the rising Indian black/death scene that’s spawned fellow Iron Bonehead noise terrorists Tetragrammacide, Aparthiva Raktadhara create an ultra-violent whirlwind of dread frequencies that somehow manages to sound hallucinatory. In a swift 13 minutes, the power-trio’s opening salvo blasts and twists and swirls with feral, frightening intent; just its sheer, Spartan overload of violence alone is stultifying enough. But within that maelstrom, Aparthiva Raktadhara have carefully cultivated a sort of order from chaos, with occult mathematics seemingly employed to elevate each messy-on-the-surface angularity into a stridently martial attack. And Agyat Ishvar is just the first detonation…a new EP for Iron Bonehead is being prepared.

In the meantime, hear the new track “Proclamations of the Empty” HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Aparthiva Raktadhara’s Agyat Ishvar
1. Blood Oblation to Ista-devata (Intro: Aprachalita Raktabalidan)
2. Dismal Anahata Transmissions
3. Proclamations of the Empty

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Der Weg Einer Freiheit kick off tour and announce tour dates for Japan

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT are kicked off their European festival touring cycle this week. The fast rising German black metal innovators have furthermore updated their festival appearances, including Japanese tour dates together with DOWNFALL OF GAIA.

A list of all currently confirmed shows can be found below.

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT festival appearance
21 Jun 18 Würzburg (DE) Umsonst & Draußen
30 Jun 18 Münster (DE) Vainstream Rockfest
16 Aug 18 Alba Iulia (RO) Dark Bombastic Evening
17 Nov 18 Oignies (FR) Tyrant Fest
28 Apr 19 Oslo (NO) Inferno Metal Festival

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT
+DOWNFALL OF GAIA
21 Sep 18 Osaka Shinsaibashi (JP) Shovel
22 Sep 18 Tokyo Daikanyama (JP) Space ODD

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT will be touring in support of their latest album.

Please find artwork, track-list, and further information below.

1. Aufbruch (9:49)
2. Ein letzter Tanz (13:49)
3. Skepsis Part I (5:05)
4. Skepsis Part II (5:36)
5. Finisterre (11:13)

The musical puzzle that adds up to become DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT turns into something more complex – yet also clearer defined on the band’s fourth studio album, ‘Finisterre’. The original pieces are still in play: the aggressive German directness akin to ENDSTILLE and a penchant for brooding melancholy as embodied by IMPERIUM DEKADENZ. Spiralling psychedelic moments comparable to DEAFHEAVEN and WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM also find their place – as well as a knack for majestic melodies that shows parallels in Swedish black metal spearheaded by MARDUK and DARK FUNERAL.

Yet while DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT are clearly progressing along the lines laid out by their previous acclaimed effort, ‘Stellar’, the band has found a way to make these pieces fit more seamlessly. ‘Finisterre’ flows together into a coherent picture that stresses the Germans’ unique approach and sound. This album marks the point where DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT turn their various influences into a work entirely of their own expression despite never trying to cover up their roots. This impressive maturity has been reached through several stages.

Founded in 2009 by guitarist Nikita Kamprad and vocalist Tobias Jaschinsky,DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT garnered early attention with their self-released debut ‘Der Weg einer Freiheit’ (2009), which quickly sold out and was re-issued with new drum tracks a year later. Following the ‘Agonie’ EP (2011), their second album ‘Unstille’ (2012) already cored international acclaim. In the aftermath of this record, co-founding member Tobias left and main songwriter Nikita Kamprad took over his vocal duties.

The frontman was first heard on third full-length ‘Stellar’ (2015), which sawDER WEG EINER FREIHEIT gaining traction across the pond as well as expanding their European base. Having performed along such diverse acts as WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, NEAERA, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, AMENRA, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX, and DOWNFALL OF GAIA as well as playing prestigious festivals such as Graspop, Hellfest, Resurrection, Roadburn, Summer Breeze, and Wacken has honed the band’s songwriting skills to razor-sharp precision.

‘Finisterre’ clearly stands at the apex (for now) of the steep climb that DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT have taken. This German star is finally shining in full black.

www.derwegeinerfreiheit.de
www.facebook.com/derwegeinerfreiheit

Current line-up
Nikita Kamprad: guitars, vocals
Tobias Schuler: drums
Nico Rausch: guitars
Nico Ziska: bass

Recording line-up
Nikita Kamprad: guitars, bass, vocals
Tobias Schuler: drums

Recording: Ghost City Recordings, Nikita Kamprad
Mixing: Ghost City Recordings, Nikita Kamprad
Mastering: Original Mastering, Philipp Welsing

Cover art: Max Löffler

SATAN MY MASTER set release date for HELLDPROD debut tape

Today, Helldprod Records sets June 27th as the international release date for Satan My Master’s debut EP, The King of Hell Arrives, on cassette tape format.

Hatred is spewed, the flames punish your flesh, and your sanctity is drawn from your soul: such is the sound of Satan My Master’s The King of Hell Arrives. Indeed, The King of Hell Arrives is aptly titled, for black is thy formula and filth is their powerful sickle. Into the abyss these new Portuguese miscreants dive, and across the six swift ‘n’ salacious tracks on this tape, they summon forth where aggression leads to violation. D-beating rhythms, divebombing solos, production that’s clear yet crushing, and a total obeisance to devilish catchiness – after 24 malevolent minutes, you’ll soon know Satan My Master stands for veneration! Beware, for The King of Hell Arrives and He’s not leaving anytime soon!

Hear His arrival with the new track “Warbrothers of Darkness” HERE .

Preorder info can be found HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Satan My Master’s The King of Hell Arrives
1. Tormenting the Nazarene Swine
2. Warbrothers of Darkness
3. Servant of Hell
4. Scepter of Doom
5. Nuclear Abomination
6. Son of a Whore

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www.helldprod.bandcamp.com

Alkaloid stream new forthcoming album in full

ALKALOID are now unleashing their complete new forthcoming album which will hit stores tomorrow May 18th, 2018.

The German and Dutch progressive extremists are streaming “Liquid Anatomy” in full

ALKALOID comment: “After three intense years of writing and producing music we are thrilled to finally show our new album to the world. The amount of work we had put into it was mind-boggling. Second albums are typically the hardest ones to make in any band’s history. Why is that? Well, usually the second album creates controversy among fans who already have certain expectations that need to be full-filled. On the other hand at that point a band is still in an early stage, so the process of formulating its own sound is fundamentally tied to how their second album will be (re)viewed. Luckily ALKALOID is a band founded by musicians who have a clear vision. Our main idea is constant evolution of sound. From day one we planned to take the listener on a musical journey, taking detours into beautiful landscapes but also to very dark places and thus to create a unique listening experience. ‘Liquid Anatomy’ has become exactly that album, a wild ride through most diverse musical territories. We simply love it! I hope you will do too.”

ALKALOID have previously revealed the artwork of ‘Liquid Anatomy’, which has been created by Christian Martin Weiss, and can be viewed together with the album details below.

Track-list
1. Kernel Panic (5:42)
2. As Decreed by Laws Unwritten (8:09)
3. Azagthoth (5:38)
4. Liquid Anatomy (5:14)
5. In Turmoil’s Swirling Reaches (6:38)
6. Interstellar Boredom (5:07)
7. Chaos Theory and Practice (8:31)
8. Rise of the Cephalopods (19:42)
Total playing time: 1:04:40

Hissing, creeping, crawling, sending forth a multitude of sonic tentacles, swirling in dissonant chaos, and holding on to moments of sane clarity – ALKALOID take their musical references to H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos seriously on their sophomore full-length, ‘Liquid Anatomy’.

Taking its name from a class of chemical compounds that are often used for pharmacological ends and sometimes even possess psychotropic capabilities, ALKALOID is defined through the field of tension created between various musical opposites. The band merges extreme metal and other genres of music into a unique progressive style that the listener might somehow find familiar but has not heard its exact like yet.

Drummer Hannes Grossmann (OBSCURA, NECROPHAGIST, BLOTTED SCIENCE) and vocalist / guitarist Morean (DARK FORTRESS, NONEUCLID) founded ALKALOID in 2013. Their expressed goal was to extend the dynamic range used in metal to its extreme limits. A full line-up came together quickly with the addition of Christian Muenzner (OBSCURA, NECROPHAGIST, SPAWN OF POSSESSION) and Danny Tunker (ABORTED, GOD DETHRONED) on guitars, and Linus Klausenitzer (OBSCURA) on bass.

This collective of friends started to work on their debut album ‘The Malkuth Grimoire’, which was successfully crowdfunded and self-released in March 2015. After playing shows across Europe and a special gig in Cairo, Egypt which included a video shooting for their song “Cthulhu”, ALKALOID are now demonstrating insanely rapid musical progression with their second album.

‘Liquid Anatomy’ combines the maturity to be expected from veterans in the field of extreme metal with the fresh approach of a band eager to explore new paths.

Recorded, produced & mixed: Hannes Grossmann at Mordor Sounds Studio

Mastering: Alan Douches

Additional recordings
Aftermath Institute o.o.s.r., The Netherlands
Studio 201 / Matthias Landes, The Netherlands
Grayskull Studios, The Netherlands
Linus Klausenitzer Studio, Germany

Line-up
Morean: vocals, guitars
Christian Muenzner: guitars
Danny Tunker: guitars, backing vocals
Linus Klausenitzer: bass
Hannes Grossmann: drums

Guest musician
Emilio Saura: additional percussion on “Azagthoth”

www.alkaloid-band.com
www.facebook.com/alkaloid.metal

Cover art and album photography: Christian Martin Weiss

Kontinuum unveil second new track of forthcoming album

KONTINUUM are revealing the second amazing song taken from their forthcoming new album, ‘No Need to Reason’, which will hit stores on July 6th, 2018.

The Icelandic wave influenced ambient rockers are now streaming “Two Moons”

KONTINUUM comment: “This song came to us and from the start, it was quite vulnerable. It struck a nerve with us. We tried to honestly channel it and find our own connection points. Conceptually it touches the aspects of natural and social systems, feelings of conformity, existing in and accepting an earth with only one moon.”

KONTINUUM have previously released the cover art of ‘No Need to Reason’, which has been created by Saga Sig and can be viewed together with the album details below.

Track-list
1. Shivers (4:20)
2. Lifelust (5:58)
3. Warm Blood (2:29)
4. Neuron (5:08)
5. No Need to Reason (4:14)
6. Low Road (5:02)
7. Erotica (3:43)
8. Stargaze (5:19)
9. Two Moons (5:44)
10. Black Feather (5:05)
Total playing time: 47:02

KONTINUUM have the rare ability to create dark music that at the same time comes with an embracing warmth and emotional appeal. The Icelanders’ forthcoming third album, ‘No Need to Reason’ continues the thread spun on previous full-length ‘Kyrr’, but expands the possibilities and range of the band’s musical horizon.

Ambient, rock, wave influences and other stylistic sources of inspiration melt into a melancholic yet glittering masterpiece. Like the blue ice, black beaches and other spectacular landscapes of their North Atlantic home, ‘No Need to Reason’ keeps changing and shifting, while KONTINUUM seem to keep an underlying epic and mythical theme.

KONTINUUM were conceived with the declared aim to create hypnotic and spiritual musical noise in Reykjavik, Iceland in the year 2010. After sending demo tracks of their debut album ‘Earth Blood Magic’ to a few labels, a first deal was quickly struck. KONTINUUM wasted no time and entered SIGUR RÓS’ Sundlaugin Studio in the town of Mosfellsbær close to the Icelandic capital to record their first full-length, which was released in 2012.

‘Earth Blood Magic’ received rave reviews across the board and was voted rock album of the year in Morgunblaðið, Iceland. KONTINUUM followed up on their quick success and played numerous shows in 2013, which established their reputation as a powerful live band.

KONTINUUM released the first single of their next album, entitled “I Huldusal”, in 2014. This led to substantial radio play in Iceland and even topping the charts of the island’s largest alternative rock radio station.

Their sophomore full-length, ‘Kyrr’ hit the stores in April 2015 alongside new single, “Breathe”. Following the release of their second album, KONTINUUM embarked on two tours in Germany and performed at several festivals including the prestigious Roadburn Festival and Eurosonic Festival in the Netherlands, Germany’s Summer Breeze, Icelandic Airwaves and Eistnaflug Festival at home as well as Lithuania’s Devilstone Festival.

Now the Icelanders return with their amazing third album and the world firmly in their sight. ‘No Need to Reason’ is bound to turn KONTINUUM into a household name for friends of intelligent dark music. Press play, lean back, and enjoy!

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www.instagram.com/KontinuumCult

Line-up
Birgir Thorgeirsson: vocals, guitars, keyboard, synthesizer
Engilbert Hauksson: bass
Ingi Thor Pálsson: guitars
Kristján Einar Gudmundsson: drums
Thorlakur Thor Gudmundsson: guitars, piano, mellotron

Guest musicians
Axel “Flex” Árnason: additional synths, percussion
Arnar Guðjónsson: additional synths

Recording: Arnar Guðjónsson at Aeronaut Studios
Vocal recording: Axel “Flex” Árnason at Studio Sundlaugin
Bass recording: Silli Geirdal
Mixing: Arnar Guðjónsson at Aeronaut Studios
Mastering: Howie Weinberg at Howie Weinberg Mastering Studios

Artwork: Saga Sig