DØDHEIMSGARD Release Second Single
‘Det Tomme Kalde Mørke’
“Black Medium Current” Out This Friday, April 14th
The Second Taste Of Dødheimsgard’s Brand New Album ‘Det Tomme Kalde Mørke’ Unveiled Today Ahead Of Friday’s Release
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: (https://youtu.be/nQreamjZ4jY)
“DØDHEIMSGARD disturb and challenge their audience, as usual not without humor, but also with a serious side that gets under the skin.” – SLAM
“…is a first highlight of a relatively young year and raises the bar for the avant-garde “competition” enormously high” – 14/15 – Soundcheck #1 – LEGACY
“In the ten-minute opener alone, there are so many musical varieties that you get the impression of hearing the album of the year here. …. DHG return when the world needs them most!” – 10/10 – Rock Hard DE
“…unique and outstanding.” – 6/7 – Soundcheck #2 METAL HAMMER DE
“a fascinating rich tapestry of forward thinking music and one that is guaranteed to stretch way beyond the last note” – 8.5 – AVE NOCTUM
“disturbingly delightful and a flawless slice of forward-thinking metal music” – 5/5 – RAMZINE
“The main thing is that the band has succeeded, despite the complexity, to come up with a coherent whole, much more than in the past. And has done that in a genius way.” – ROCK TRIBUNE – 9/1
Following the expansive taster of ‘Abyss Perihelion Transit’, Dødheimsgard return with their spectacular second single ‘Det Tomme Kalde Mørke’. Translated from its native Norwegian, the track means ‘The Cold Empty Darkness’ and after the slow burn of the first single, the second track instead proves just how much of a venomous bite is in Dødheimsgard’s theological bark. Beginning with furious blast beats, the track ebbs and flows exuding emotion and dynamism with flourishes of electronica that season the melting pot of subgenres.
Regarding the single Vicotnik had the following to say:
“This lyric feels oddly deterministic. Where will represented through self-image and your destiny doesn’t match up. The currents will hold your hand downstream. It is your story for better or worse.
The sense of defeat, not necessarily all negative, but rather intrinsic path towards self-honesty. Willingly giving into destiny, and thus, in a sense free? Do I have moral liberty, or is my freedom of will rather restrained to whether I choose to be honest about what I am? I acknowledge will, whether it is free or not.”
Vicotnik continues:
“Maybe this is my key to my false dilemma? The compatibilist notion that my world has to be deterministic for there to even exist a will. This cold empty darkness, where you find yourself, void of your special pleading. My greatest failure and triumph, acknowledging who I am”.
Accompanying the single is a video made entirely by Victotnik himself. The clip features moments that were documented by NASA itself from it’s The Universe film as well as the 1973 animated film ‘Fantastic Planet’. Dødheimsgard have often been regarded as a force that transcends it’s musical confines and this fantastic and otherworldly video reminds of just why that is.
Regarding the video Vicotnik had the following to say:
“This video portrays a journey through the cold empty darkness, with the many features of perceived realities, both rising and crumbling. I am thinking, that what story it has to tell, I would like to leave it to the person making the journey. We won’t all see and hear the same thing and that is kind of the point.”
Black Medium Current’ track listing:
01 – Et Smelter [10:19]
02 – Tankespinnerens Smerte
03 – Interstellar Nexus [08:01]
04 – It Does Not Follow [08:24]
05 – Voyager [01:46]
06 – Halow [09:37]
07 – Det Tomme Kalde Morke [07:35]
08 – Abyss Perihelion Transit [10:59]
09 – Requiem Aeternum [05:13]
‘Black Medium Current’ continues on the path set by 2015’s monumental and universally lauded ‘A Umbra Omega’ album; itself a deeply poignant and potent release of vast maturity and insight.
As is the questioning nature of Dødheimsgard, the band explore ideas in which trying to free oneself from a state of existential despair and confusion we in turn relinquish our own freedom. Suggesting that confusion and despair, however hard they may be to endure, are in a philosophical sense necessary told to question one’s own intellectual honesty.
Recorded during the end of 2021 and beginnings of 2022, with production duties being handled by Vicotnik. Engineered and mixed by Matias Aaveren at Top-Room Studios. Mastering by Charis at Feedback Studios with additional help by Pavlos.
Outside of traditional bass guitar duties Lars Emil Måløy lends his talents on piano, cello and theremin on ‘Requiem Aeturnum’ as well as flute by STTNG on ‘Et Smelter’
Adorned by the work of graphic designer Łukasz Jaszak, having previously worked on Dold Vorde Ens Navn album, there was a symbiotic understanding when it came to artwork. Much like the album’s use of space musically, this is mirrored in the cover.
‘Black Medium Current’ will be released on April 14th on Digipak, Gatefold LP and digitally and is available to pre-order here (https://dodheimsgard.lnk.to/BMC)
Dødheimsgard are:
Vicotnik – Vocals and Guitar
L.E. Måløy – Bass
Tommy “Guns” Thunberg – Lead Guitar
Myrvoll – Drums
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