From Aalborg, Denmark, new band Vægtløs delivers a sound landing somewhere between the cathartic, blackened metal of Deafheaven, the vast atmospheres of Cult of Luna, and the raw emotions of Birds In Row or Touche Amore. All lyrics are sung in the band's native Danish; the band name translates to English as "weightless."
Silent Pendulum Records will release the band's debut album Aftryk in early 2024, in collaboration with a slew of other labels around the world – 46 in total, to be precise, including the prolific Fiadh Productions.
Pre-order the album here: https://silentpendulumrecords.com/products/vaegtlos-aftryk
Stream the official music video for the album's first single, "Ingenting kan forhindre at små struber skælver en forårsnat" – which translates as "Nothing can prevent small voices from trembling on a spring night" – here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d16M1SD1Pi4
The video was directed by Danish artist Jon Gotlev.
A write-up from Everything Is Noise reports: "While this may be their first release as a band, you’ll come to find that their fusion of post-metal with blackened hardcore embellishments sounds as fantastic and is as emotionally gripping as music from the seasoned, veteran bands within the genre. Their vibrant, cinematic soundscapes beautifully glisten with the intense passion and mourning that is captured within each and every note."
Vocalist Troels Sørensen says this about the album's first single: "My sister-in-law was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in 2019 and this song was originally intended to be a get-better rally call, but as her life was tragically taken away, the song took a new direction: this song is for her young daughter. Life is beautiful, and that is why it hurts, and we need to take that into account, when life shows its darkest face. Let every memory of people we love remain forever."
Sørenson states that the new album consists entirely of songs about people close to the band who have passed away.
A recent review from No Clean Singing states: "Desperation and grief channeled by the rising and falling melodies and the extreme torment of the screamed vocals. The song slows and softens dramatically, and becomes spellbinding, and then builds again to an emotional storm of powerful intensity (and heartbreak)."
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