Swedish blackened death metal masters NECROPHOBIC will be releasing their tenth studio album, 'In the Twilight Grey,' on March 15, 2023 via Century Media Records! To celebrate, the band is now sharing the devastating first single, "Stormcrow," along with a music video! The clip was directed by Claudio Marino for Artax Film and can be found below.
The band comments: "'Stormcrow' was one of the first songs written for the new album. The idea was to take the very classic Necrophobic elements and blend them with a slow paced bridge with a strong heavy metal feel. The lyrical theme is about a wounded beast rising from the depths who lays his trust in a winged so called ‘truth sayer.' Maybe we should be careful about letting the stormcrows carry our words to the world…"
'In the Twilight Grey' is now available for pre-orders HERE and can be found in the following formats:
Ltd. Deluxe Gatefold combat green 2LP & LP-Booklet & Poster incl. 2 bonus tracks (1.000x)
Gatefold black LP
Gatefold dark green LP (300x)
Ltd. CD Mediabook (comes with a special, extended booklet and 2 bonus tracks)
Standard CD Jewelcase
Digital album
With over thirty years of active, nefarious service under their spikes and bulletbelts, NECROPHOBIC are undisputed legends of the death and black metal scene. Formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner, the Stockholm blackhearts propagated a singular and fearless vision from the very start.
Eschewing the self-conscious amateurism and primitive sonics that many of their peers held dear, NECROPHOBIC established a bold and vivid identity of their own, conjuring a densely melodic, but endlessly wicked take on macabre extreme metal that countless lesser bands have since emulated.
You can take a deep dive into their history via the rereleases of their entire back catalogue that Century Media Records made available in 2022 HERE.
Yet again “In the Twilight Grey” was produced, mixed and mastered by Fredrik Folkare (of death metal icons Unleashed) at Chrome Studios, Stockholm and engineered in close collaboration by Folkare and the band themselves. For the artwork they teamed up with Jens Rydén, another likeminded institution from the Swedish scene.
Line-Up:
Johan Bergebäck - Rhythm guitar
Joakim Sterner - Drums
Sebastian Ramstedt - Lead guitar
Anders Strokirk - Vocals
Tobias Cristiansson - Bass
Cover Artist: Jens Rydén
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Photo by Jens Rydén