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After five years of silence the Swedish black metallers Istapp will release on 7th August their sophomore full-lenght entitled Frostbiten via Trollzorn Records. Ever since the founding in 2005 in the South East of Sweden is all about deepest chilling and darkest interests. Istapp finally presents an antidote for the sun and its worshippers, Frostbiten. And these fully uncompromising Northmen from Mjövik out of the local Blekinge County return finally with another brilliant masterpiece of noble melodic black metal. Since the 2010 debut full-length, the stunning original Blekinge (released via Metal Blade Records), the Swedes let wait their supercooled followers on a new icy revelation. And the new light-eaters manifesto Frostbiten shows all the invested dedication, passion, fervor and obsession edifying significantly. Ten perfectly sophisticated sunkillers were composed with gigantic assiduity. Ten black shining numbers thus which are all for the most exciting kind of melodic black metal. The inherent tendency to craft perfection one can hear and feel almost every second on Frostbiten, which is to experience in breathtaking manner. Band founder Fjalar shows once again with full force to which outstanding championship he's capable of. The multiinstrumentalist and clear-vocalist of Istapp currently demotes the most out of this area smooth for irrelevance, one might think. Along with the new and multiple capable singer Isar, Fjalar celebrates majestic uplifting Scandinavian art. Deeply haunting sounds have emerged that also frantically stir the mind how they can inspire the soul blissfully. Because the impetuous wildness of the songs on Frostbiten just is not tame, while the whole thing correlates with highly melodic aesthetics strikingly harmonious. The well-known trademark of Istapp gets fully explored of course once more: so the groovy instrumentation is thundering temporarily in compact combination with evocative beguiling clear vocals of Fjalar. Tracklist, cover artwork and the album title track are all available for checking out below. Link