THORIUM - neues Album "The Bastard" veröffentlicht
Scandinavian death metal band THORIUM strikes back with a vengeance. The new album “The Bastard” is out today.
Their sixth album since the formation in 1997, "The Bastard" features some serious writing team: Rogga Johansson (Paganizer), Thomas Olsson (Blackscape) and MHA, of Withering Surface fame.
The whole process of the album ended up taking less than six months, from the beginning of the songwriting in March, to the recording in April, the mix and mastering in May (done by Marco Angioni at his Anguioni Studios) to the release of the album today.
Thorium bass player Jesper Nielsen added the bass and Thorium guitar players JP Storm and Jose Cruz are both featured with guitar solos on the album alongside Jonas Lindblood (Puteraeon). The key words in "The Bastard" are “loud”, “wall out sound”, “massive” with a modern take on old school.
“The Bastard” is out today on CD, LP (black and red vinyl versions available, each limited to 200 copies) and digital formats, via Emanzipation Productions.
“This time around we wanted the sound to come of the speakers. Some death metal bands aim for an old school sound like 1991, with “The Bastard” we aimed for a fresh sound anno 2024 that should be massive and with no compromise”, vocalist MHA offers.
“Originally the idea for the album title was “Sverige” (Swedish for… Sweden), as a follow-up to the last album entitled “Danmark” (Danish for... Denmark), so the actual front cover symbolizes the map of Sweden – if you look deep into it. As with the last two albums the Italian master Roberto Toderico was chosen to do the artwork. In the end “The Bastard” was a better fitted titled, though, as this album really was done in a different way, in a bastard way you can only do when you think of the box, have full focus and take full control and probably something you can only do once?”.
"Vocal-wise this is without a doubt the most varied and most well performed Thorium album ever done. On this album I really felt on top of my game and some of the choruses are the strongest I ever did – in any of the bands I’ve been recording with”, MHA ends.
Confused? Excited?
Recording lineup:
MHA (Michael Hvolgaard Andersen) – Vokills
Jesper Nielsen – Bass
Rogga Johansson - Guitars
Thomas Ohlsson – Drums
Except "Mesmerize" – all strings and drums by Henrik "Heinz" Bastrup Jacobsen
Guitar solos on tracks 2, 5, 9 & 10 by Jens Peter Storm
Guitar Solos on tracks 4, 7 & 8 by Jose Cruz
Guitar Solos on tracks 1 & 3 by Jonas Lindblood
Keys by Marco Angioni
All songs written by Rogga Johansson & Thomas Ohlsson & Michael Hvolgaard Andersen except "Mesmerize" by Henrik "Heinz" Bastrup Jacobsen
All lyrics by Michael Hvolgaard Andersen
Mixed and mastered by Marco Angioni at Angioni Studios
Artwork by Roberto Toderico
Thorium lineup:
MHA (Michael Hvolgaard Andersen) – Vokills
Jens Peter Storm – Guitars
Jose Cruz – Guitars
Jesper Nielsen – Bass
Daniel Preisler-Larsen - Drums
Webshop:
https://bit.ly/thr-tbst
Web:
https://www.facebook.com/thoriumdeathmetal
Thorium discography:
"Ocean Of Blasphemy" 2000 (Diehard)
"Unleashing The Demons" 2002 (Diehard)
"Cast From Hell" 7" EP 2005 (Prutten)
"Feral Creation" 2008 (Mighty Music)
"Blasphemy Awakes" 2018 (Mighty Music)
"Danmark" 2022 (EMZ)
"The Bastard" 2024 (EMZ)
"The Bastard" tracklist:
1. Eclipsed
2. Over The Mountains
3. Nightside Serenade
4. Pest
5. Not Equals
6. It All Comes Back To Me Now
7. Underground
8. Infamy
9. Legacy Of The Forgotten Path
10. Mesmerize (bonus track)
THORIUM - Eclipsed (official video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDM-P11TPqU
Quelle: EMANZIPATION PRODUCTIONS