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Copenhagen, Denmark-based black metal band Solbrud has set 2 February 2024 as the release date for its fourth studio album, IIII, which will come out via Vendetta Records.
On IIII, Solbrud goes directly against its previous way of composing, arranging, and filtering the music - namely collectively. When the songwriting for the upcoming double album began, Solbrud decided that the four members should each - individually - compose music and write lyrics for one vinyl side each. But of course, all tracks are recorded by the band as a whole. At the same time, there was a desire to expand the musical palette even further. This new process was inspiring and exciting for each band member - a working method that became very time and energy-consuming along the way. The result is Solbrud's longest, most ambitious, and most diverse album to date - even leaving room for shorter and simpler tracks. The band's atmospheric and alluring black metal, with its characteristic sound, however, remains intact.
As mentioned, the album is called IIII. The number four thus is a recurring theme: four members, four vinyl sides and Solbrud's fourth studio album. The four classical elements - wind, water, earth and fire - are also part of the universe around IIII. Each vinyl side - and thus each member's compositions - constitutes one element each.
The band started the recordings of IIII in 2021, but in the autumn of 2021, vocalist/guitarist Ole Luk left Solbrud to focus on his solo project Afsky. But Ole Luk is still part of IIII, as he wrote and composed his part and recorded it with the band before his departure. Solbrud played a farewell concert with Ole Luk in Copenhagen on 28 May 2022, at the big stage at their forming grounds Ungdomshuset Dortheavej 61. The new stage centre vocalist and guitarist in Solbrud is David Hernan, who became part of the band at the beginning of 2022. David Hernan has already played several concerts in Denmark and abroad with Solbrud and has proven his worth as a new frontman.
The album was produced by Solbrud with Markus F. Larsen, who also mixed the album, and finally mastered by Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica, Morbid Angel, etc.) in Sweet Silence Studios.
In support of the release of its new album, the band has unleashed the first intense glimpse of what to expect with the debut single "Tåge" - right below. Link
IIII tracklist:
01. Hvile
02. Tåge
03. Når Solen Brydes Del I - En Undring Vækkes I Mit Sind
04. Når Solen Brydes Del II - Mod Afgrundens Flammehav
05. Når Solen Brydes Del III - For Evigt, For Altid, Forandret
06. Når Solen Brydes Del IIII - En Ny Tid For Mig Står
07. Ædelråd
08. Sjæleskrig
09. En Ild Som Tusind Sole
10. Aske
11. Postludium
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