Swedish rockers, tAKiDA, just dropped the official music video for their recent single, “Third strike.” It comes from the band’s upcoming Napalm Records debut The agony flame, due out February 09th. The video features Sweden’s snowy, freezing landscapes, with AI-created, impressionism-influenced faces, skeletons and creatures. Find the video and more about the band in the article below.
Pre-order The agony flame here.
tAKiDA on “Third strike”:
““Third strike” is about self-sabotage. The main character, however hard they try to be the person they want to be, to do good, to be successful, they will always lose the battle with the voices in their head.”
The agony flame is the successor to tAKiDA’s stunning 2021 album, Falling from fame, which garnered tAKiDA a solid international fanbase that will certainly continue growing with the new full-length.
“The agony flame is our “now or never”-album and you’re free to interpret that however you want. Hope you’ll like it.”
The agony flame tracklisting:
01 Third strike
02 The other side
03 Sacred spell
04 In time
05 Your blood awaits you
06 Nothing but a misplace
07 The loneliest hour
08 Sickening
09 Isolated (smoke & mirrors)
10 On the line
11 Second fiddle
The agony flame will be available in the following formats:
1-LP Gatefold marbled orange red Die Hard Edition (Cotton Bag + Slipmat + Record Butler)
1-LP Gatefold solid red
1-CD Digisleeve + Shirt Bundle
1-CD Digisleeve
1-LP Gatefold black
Digital Album
In 2023, tAKiDA embarked on their biggest tour so far, including arena shows in their home country and huge festival appearances – even conquering the main stage at Wacken Open Air.
tAKiDA Live 2024 This new video arrives on the heels of tAKiDA’s recent announcement of their 2024 Smoke & Mirrors Tour, including an extended run through several major cities in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Supported by the English band Those Damn Crows, the tour kicks off in Offenbach, Germany on April 2.
Smoke & Mirrors Tour 2024
w/ Those Damn Crows
April 02 2024 DE – Offenbach / Stadthalle
April 04 2024 DE – Hanover / Capitol
April 05 2024 DE – Leipzig / Felsenkeller
April 06 2024 DE – Filderstadt / FILHarmonie
April 07 2024 CH – Pratteln / Konzertfabrik Z7
April 09 2024 DE – Munich / TonHalle
April 10 2024 AT – Vienna / Szene Wien
April 12 2024 DE – Hamburg / Edel-Optics.de Arena
April 13 2024 DE – Cologne / Palladium
April 14 2024 DE – Berlin / Columbiahalle
April 16 2024 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage
April 17 2023 DE – Nürnberg / Löwensaal
More from tAKiDA:
The agony flame embodies the distinctive, unmistakable tAKiDA sound, rich with infectious, huge choruses. On the new album, listeners get to witness some of singer Robert Pettersson’s strongest vocal performances to date. Over the course of tAKiDA’s fruitful career, the band has regularly topped radio airplay charts, and their star doesn’t show any signs of dimming! The first track released from The agony flame, “The loneliest hour”, became the band’s biggest radio success to date by going straight to #1 on the German Rock Radio Airplay Charts after its release as a standalone single in summer 2023. In trademark tAKiDA manner, songs like “Your blood awaits you”, “Third strike” and “On the line” are loaded with emotion and unlimited hit potential.
tAKiDA has six platinum singles (one of them 4x platinum), three platinum albums and five #1 albums under their belts, and their new material is expanding upon their previous successes. tAKiDA’s recent singles have exceeded the already-accomplished band’s previous international radio chart success, with “Third strike” currently ranking at #4 on Antyradio’s Turbo Top Charts – Poland’s biggest and most important rock radio channel.
More than two decades after the band’s formation, tAKiDA’s new offering makes it crystal clear that the unit’s pop-infused rock is still relevant today.
tAKiDA are:
Robert Pettersson – Vocals
Tomas Wallin – Choirs, Guitars
Mattias Larsson – Guitars
Chris Rehn – Bass, Keyboards, Guitars, Programming and Arrangements
Kristoffer Söderström – Drums
Follow tAKiDA:
https://www.instagram.com/takidamusic/
https://www.facebook.com/takidamusic
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3E33tPtYu9wX1t1cp8ELAW
https://twitter.com/takida_swe
https://label.napalmrecords.com/takida