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Icelandic black metallers Nyrst will release their sophomore full-length entitled Völd on the 8th of December via Dark Essence Records. When Nyrst released their debut full-length Orsök in 2020, demonstrated a ferocious musical ability that was unusual for a band so early in their career. Filled with deliciously dark melodies and intense vocals, Orsök clearly signposted the path that the band was destined to follow in its musical endeavours.
And Nyrst's follow-up album Völd builds on the band's early promise, and the desire of its members - Snæbjörn on vocals, Eysteinn and Davíð on guitars, Egill on bass, and Sveinbjörn on drums, to create the coldest, most eerie and barren of soundscapes possible.
As the band explains from their base in Reykjavik: "This release marks a big milestone in our career as a band. We’ve developed a lot as musicians since the release of Orsök and we took a very different approach to writing and composition. Our intention was to bring all the best elements of our previous work and implement new ideas along with a different theme, which in turn resulted in a much heavier, grim but melodic album."
Being based in Reykjavik has no doubt helped Nyrst's ambition to bear fruit, because Völd was written and rehearsed within a few kilometres of an active, lava-spewing, volcano, whose very presence has allowed the band to draw inspiration from a stark landscape whose beauty is underscored by a brooding, ever-present, danger.
Völd, which, roughly translated, means “force, power or might”, is an unapologetic homage to Iceland's immense volcanoes. Its music conjures forth images of the unrelenting and unforgiving harshness of nature that has dominated every living being in this land. With album artwork by Nightjar Adam Burke, layout by Skaðvaldur, and photography by Þorsteinn Dagur Rafnsson, track listing and cover artwork for Völd is as follows below. Link
Völd tracklist:
01. Völd
02. Sundra skal sálu
03. Hrímvíti
04. Fjalli∂ andar
05. Eilíft eldhaf
06. Drottnari nafnlausra gu∂a
07. Af fjarri ströndum
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