The album has over time gained traction and has made quite an impact on both press and fans alike. Seems like they all are loving it! Go Finnmark!
“In terms of genre, it is broad-legged, but never in danger of ending up in a crossroads. The band is credible and confident in its message and style, which has solid roots in hard rock, metal, trash and punk.” (5/6, Norway Rock Magazine)
In Hindsight came out to hight paise from press and fans 13th of October 2023! Just read the following!
“Heavy music, but melodic, refined, intelligent, well-finished, extremely well arranged: it’s doom with theatrical hints (…)” (8/10, Metalhead)
Heavier, darker, and more melodic than ever. Releasing on 24 February 2023.
Sublime Eyes are back to conquer all with their thrashy and epic death metal. The lyrical theme on this EP explores the temptation of evil, and the evil that man do to each other. The journey from the light to darkness. From good to evil.
This EP also marks the first release with drummer, Tommy Utsola, and sadly the last to feature longtime bassist Jørn Helseth. From Light unto Darkness also features some great guest appearances by people from bands we admire and respect. Sublime Eyes can’t wait to unleash these songs upon the world.
Band photo by Martin Mirandab
Cover art by Niklas Sundin
Divine Blight is the next upcoming album from Féleth from Alta, Norway – a beautiful quintet consisting of a joyful bunch of musical boys who play what they themselves call «technical deathrock».
They debuted in 2020 with Depravity which was highly praised both nationally and internationally with strong reviews, but due to the pandemic there were neither any tours nor gigs for the group. However, the pandemic did not stop the boys from reaching an even higher level for their second album Divine Blight.
With Divine Blight the boys step a bit out of their previous death/thrash sound and into something that is more modern and even more melodic than before, but still within the reach of the sound they’ve already established for themselves.
What you’ll find that Féleth have refined upon with this new release is mainly song structures, complimenting blasting beats with new and improved hooks leading too far more memorable melodies and headbangable tunes. Returning fans will find a new and unique experience, while distinctly retaining the core tone of Féleth.
Band photo by Dánil Røkke
Cover art by Kahinienn Graphix
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Féleth will release a new album later this year! To kick it into high gear, a new track called ‘Majesty’ is dropping with a complementary music video today on the 8th of April!
In 2020 Féleth debuted with Depravity which was highly praised both nationally and internationally with strong reviews:
“It’s a very easy album to get drawn into and find yourself head-banging too instinctively.” (9/10, Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life)
“Féleth does death metal fast and aggressive, reigning in their impressive technical chops for maximum impact” (The Toilet ov Hell)
“Féleth offer an edge-of-your-seat experience that is both fresh and captivating.” (9/10, Metal Inferno)
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Band photo by Charlotte Tangen
“As a musician you can quickly be fooled by legendary stories about sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and alcohol, but often this ends up with false hopes and broken dreams. Of course, this isn’t something that’s going to stop us! The goal is to overtake everyone and create our own legendary story!
The album is essentially the soul of rock ‘n’ roll. We wanted to make a testament and love letter to rock and roll that has been so important to us. We feel like we have achieved that with All Bets Are Off.”
Album release is 13 August 2021.
Track listing:
Artwork: Øyvind Malum – Wow Medialabb
Blanke Barter is the second album from the hard-hitting band from Oslo, with roots all the way into the darkest forests between Glomma and the Swedish border. On the album’s ten songs Malossi are more solid than ever. This is a testament of a vibrating and vivid band showing they play both with their heads and hearts!
Renowned guest artists have been brought in for double bass, harmonica, organ, tuba and ratchet. The album is mixed by Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, El Caco) & Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah) and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory (Onslaught, Baest, PureReason Revolution).
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Cover artwork and layout by Hypnotist Design
The music of Pareidolia is written by Rasmussen/Nyrud. A well-oiled partnership with a desire of pushing the boundaries for their upcoming album release! Such as giving more variety and contrast to the songs, experimenting with different guitar tunings, including more acoustic guitars and let the mellotron and a huge choir play a role too – all of this while leaving lots of heavy crushing riffs in the mix!
Lyrically it may be the strongest of all album releases from Ohmwork. Tracks like ‘Born from Black’ and ‘Apocalyptic Now’ are truly soul-searching journeys of both hope and despair. Tales of broken dreams where you may find a glimmer of hope. All lyrics are contributed by the excellent wordsmith, Krister K. Eid.
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Album release 27th of August
Artwork by Vegard Laupstad
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With the album Misantropia Kvikksand take the dark, cold and desperate one step further. The eight songs are characterized by anger, longing, anxiety and insecurity – the feeling that the world is collapsing and everything goes against you. The fear of going out, sitting alone inside, walls squeezing together and dark voices taking over.
Release date: 21th of May
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Cover art by Jesper Anda
Who are Razorbats, and what is the story behind your band name?
Razorbats are five road worn rockers from Oslo, Norway. Most of us tour or have toured the world with other bands for a long time, in addition to being in Razorbats. The band has been around for a few years now and we have released two full length albums. I have heard that a razor bat is the weapon of choice of some obscure cartoon villain. Not really sure, but it sounds badass!
Your album is titled Mainline Rock ’N’ Roll and consists of 10 tracks. In short, give a presentation of each track: how it came about, lyrics etc.
We always have an overall theme for our albums, like bands used to in the 70s. Makes it more fun to write songs for the album and ties the whole album together in a great way. The theme this time is rock ’n’ roll lifestyle. The good, the bad and the moronic! The title indicates that this is the hardcore stuff, for and by people who are in too deep to stop. Most of the songs are written by Wevling.
The album opener ‘Rock ’N’ Roll Kills’ is both a mission statement for the album and also a warning. Most of us have heard growing up that you’ll end up in hell if you sin, and that sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll is a one-way ticket to hell. We basically say that it’s still worth it! We sum it up nicely in the chorus: «Cruising like an easy rider. Feel the breeze softly on my skin. All around the road gets wider. The straight and narrow is somewhere I’ve never been».
‘Working for the Weekend’ is the story of a guy who has a dead end job, hates his boss and lives for the weekend, so he can have some fun with his friends and feel alive! All of us have been there at various times in our lives, so we think it is a bit strange that some people we have played it to think that we are exaggerating or trying to be funny. But again, maybe it’s more common that rockers have boring jobs? We borrowed the title from Loverboy, but when they talk about love as an escape, we say drugs, partying and casual sex is a more realistic escape for most of us.
Next track on the album is ‘Rebel Soul’. This is a song Paul wrote for his old band Hollywood Vampires (not the one with Johnny Depp), and fitted perfectly on the album. It tells the story of a rock chick and a band she knows that’s in town. She hangs out with them, drinks their beers and has her way with the singer. All in all a good night out!
‘Little Ms. Crazy’ is the first of two breakup songs on the album. The other one being Venice. The song tells the classic story of a normie who falls in love with a free-spirited rock-chick. Of course, he doesn’t really understand her, and starts to think that there is something wrong with her. Maybe she’s having an affair with another guy or maybe she’s just crazy? He gets increasingly paranoid and acts like a total ass. Until she can’t take it anymore and dumps him. He naturally takes that as the final proof that she’s nuts. Venice is the sad story of falling out of love with someone, who on paper is fantastic and not really understanding why.
‘Big Time’ is about hopes and dreams, trying to make the most of your life. The line «Fortuna is leading me on, with a fervent determination to get it on»! Just go for it!!
‘The City’ and ‘Cocaine Karma’ is cautionary tales of excessive partying. The latter is just a fun little rocker with a disco beat about the perils of doing too much coke before having sex. ‘The City’ is a bit darker. You wake up hung over as hell and start to remember all the dumb shit you did last night. Knowing you can’t escape the consequences and feeling pretty paranoid about it. Ever been there? I think so!
The last song on the album is title ‘Nightcrawlers’. The opener, ‘Rock ’N’ Roll Kills’, functions like a warning. ‘Nightcrawlers’ is an invitation! If you have listened to all our stories and still want the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle, we’ll be more than happy to have you on our team! It can get pretty dark and fucked up at times, but we also have a lot of fun! It’s a wild, wild ride to the dark side!
Who has produced, mixed and mastered your album?
We actually produced the album ourselves. We know what we want the band to sound like, and a couple of us have gotten a lot of experience engineering over the years. So, we felt it was the right time to step up as producers as well. We recorded in three different studios, due to Covid-19, so it was a bit difficult to organize. At times we were recording drums in one studio, bass and guitars in another and vocals in a third studio. It turned out fantastic and we’re very proud of the results! Lars Erik Westby at H10 Productions mixed the album, and the mastering was done by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering.
Tell us about the cover art?
We were throwing around some ideas after a rehearsal one day and started talking about how it would be cool if we could give the listener a bit of an 80s movie vibe when they’re looking at the album front cover. You know, like one of those campy werewolf or slasher flicks. At the same time, we also wanted the listener to understand right away by just looking at the cover that this is THE ultimate rock ‘n’ roll album. One of the guys remembered that we had a great picture of Paul laying around, where he got his back to the camera with his leather jacket on, doing this cool pose. This picture (as well as the other band pictures) was taken by a photographer named Magnus Aune. With the image and the 80s vibe as a starting point, Martin (our bass player – who’s also a graphic designer) started to work on the album cover and created this awesome design. It really represents us and our music in a perfect way. You got the moon, the title and logo and of course Paul, overlooking Oslo city at night – with his magic hands, ready to raise hell and party hard.
What’s in store for Razorbats the coming year? Any tours planned?
The new album will be out April 9 and we can’t wait for the fans to hear it. It is undoubtedly our best work so far, and it will be so much fun to play live. We are rehearsing for the tour now, but who knows when it will be possible to tour again due to Covid-19. We have a European tour planned, but we’re not sure when it will happen. Follow us on social media or check razorbats.com for more updates.
Can you tell us about your influences, bands you like?
We have 50 years of rock ’n’ roll history and it’s all in there in one way or another. Most prominent in our sound is classic rock, powerpop and punk. Some of the older bands we all can agree on are Cheap Trick, KISS, The Sweet, AC/DC, Motörhead, The New York Dolls, Ramones, Hanoi Rocks, Blink 182, Mötley Crüe and The Hellacopters. We also like a lot newer bands like Heavy Tiger, The Biters, The Struts and Casablanca.
Band photo by Magnus Aune
Cover art by Martin Korsgaard Hervig
