Swedish blackened death metal masters, Necrophobic, have unveiled their next single from upcoming album, In the Twilight Grey. Titled “As Stars Collide,” the track comes with a cosmic lyric video, which was created by Brendan McGowan. The album – their tenth – is due out on March 15, 2023 via Century Media Records. Head into the article below for the new track and more.
Pre-order In the Twilight Grey here.
Lead guitarist Sebastian Ramstedt says that “As Stars Collide” is “The most important song on the album for me personally. It starts off with the main melody, that was actually something my mother sang to me as a kid in the early 70’s. It is almost like a chant, or a dark lullaby. I wanted to honor her melody, but put it in my own context. I used one of the oldest stories ever told and drew inspiration from ‘Innana’s Descent’ – the tale where the morning and evening star meet in the underworld to decide whether good or evil should reign. I wanted to create something that stretched beyond the metal barriers.”
In the Twilight Grey 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
In The Twilight Grey tracklisting:
01 Grace of the Past
02 Clavis Inferni
03 As Stars Collide [watch]
04 Stormcrow [watch]
05 Shadows of the Brightest Night
06 Mirrors of a Thousand Lakes
07 Cast in Stone
08 Nordanvind
09 In the Twilight Grey
10 Ascension (Episode Four)
More from Necrophobic:
Enigmatically titled In the Twilight Grey, Necrophobic’s tenth studio album immediately asserts its separation from everything that has gone before. Colder and more biting than recent efforts, the album is full of brutish metal songs, hewn from unnamed obsidian horrors.
Necrophobic has always been a dynamic and daring band. In the Twilight Grey hammers the Swedish blackened death metal masters’ boldness home via some of the most hard-hitting and direct songs they have ever recorded. Equally, the new album is home to several songs that push Necrophobic’s music down strange, new avenues. Fueled by the dark side, lead guitarist Sebastian Ramstedt understands the importance of retaining the essence of the band’s early days, even as the means of expression continues to evolve.
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 and highly regarded institution from the Swedish metal scene.
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.
Line-Up:
Johan Bergebäck – Rhythm guitar
Joakim Sterner – Drums
Sebastian Ramstedt – Lead guitar
Anders Strokirk – Vocals
Tobias Cristiansson – Bass
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