The Danish hard rock quartet BLACK OAK COUNTY releases their third album, taking them to new musical horizons, with a wide mix of thundering breakdowns, catchier choruses than ever before, a massive wall of pounding guitar riffs, and a heartfelt piano ballad.
“III” is co-written and produced with Danish metal heavyweight Nicklas Sonne (Defecto, Aries Descendant, Danish Eurovision preliminaries), which proved to be a fruitful creative relationship between the two parties.
“We came to Nicklas and worked on [the singles] “Save Your Breath” and “Fire Inside” together back in 2023, and we absolutely loved the process”, the band says. “It was amazing for us to have someone as competent as Nicklas giving us feedback on our songs, their structures, compositions and riffs – just to have someone impartial to work with, who wanted nothing but the best for the songs was awesome. We knew right away that we wanted to do a full album together, and hadn’t left the studio before we started working on songs for “III” together”.
The album marks a return-to-form for the band, reuniting with guitarist/singer Niels Beier on 2022’s singles “Back For Blood” and “It’s On You”, produced by former grammy nominee Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Asinhell) and co-written with Soren Andersen (Glenn Hughes, Mike Tramp). Now with both Beier and singer/bassist René Kristensen doing vocal duties in the band, new musical doors have opened for the Esbjerg-based rockers.
“We realized we had two great singers and hadn’t utilized it before”, Kristensen confirms. “We took advantage of that on “Back For Blood”, but have worked out the songs for the album with this in mind. There’s a lot of back-and-forth between us on this album, swapping verses and choruses, doing harmonies for each other’s parts, etc., and we sound better than ever on this album!”.
Black Oak County have dug deep into their pile of musical ideas, in order to come up with a wider range of songs than ever, incorporating brand new ideas with older material from the early days of their career. “III” is an energetic record, with the band’s well-known mixture of high-intensity low-tuned riffs paying homage to their metal and hard rock heroes, mixed with modern mixing techniques, synthesizers and a fresh take on the band’s familiar sound.
“III” will be released on digipack CD, LP (black and green vinyl versions available, each limited to 200 copies) and digital on October 25th, 2024 via Mighty Music. Pre-orders are available at this link.
Lineup:
Niels Beier – guitar, vocals
René Kristensen – bass, vocals
Jack Svendsen – guitar
Mike Svendsen – drums
Webshop:
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Official site
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Black Oak County on tour:
22/06 – Sicking High Rock, Weselberg, DE
24/08 – Rock På Havnen, Kolding, DK
13/09 – Rock N Revel, Altenbergen, DE
14/09 – Sinner Rock, Sinntal, DE
21/09 – Banehuset, Sommersted, DK
25/10 – Tobakken, Esbjerg, DK
26/10 – Zeppelin Rock Bar, Copenhagen, DK*
28/11 – Portalen, Greve, DK**
29/11 – Vershuset, Næstved, DK**
30/11 – Amager Bio, Copenhagen, DK**
06/12 – Gimle, Roskilde, DK**
07/12 – Viften, Rødovre, DK**
13/12 – Tobaksgaarden, Assens, DK**
14/12 – Kosmorama, Bramming, DK**
19/12 – Ringsted Kongrescenter, Ringsted, DK**
20/12 – Bygningen, Vejle, DK**
21/12 – AggerDarling, Agger, DK**
27/12 – Ishuset, Hobro, DK**
28/12 – Eksercerhuset, Fredericia, DK**
*In-store appearance, no show or performance
**Speed of Sound Tour, with Electric Guitars
“III” tracklist:
1. Crossed the Line
2. Camouflage
3. Save Your Breath
4. Boom Boom Baby
5. No More
6. Enemy
7. Point Of No Return
8. Timebomb
9. Wake Up
10. Fire Inside
11. www.Lies
12. Broken Window
