FORTÍÐ - Releases Video For The Track From Upcoming Album

Icelandic pagan/black metallers Fortíð have unleashed a video for a hard hitting track with the prophetic title "Pandemic", which is taken as the second single from the duo's forthcoming sixth full-length, World Serpent, which has been slated for release on 11th December via Prophecy Productions.

Vocalist/guitarist Einar Eldur Thorberg comments: "The lyrics of "Pandemic" were sparked by the news of a virus outbreak in China last winter", writes the Icelander. "In those early days of the epidemic, I did not foresee that this would develop into a global crisis. Therefore "Pandemic" was never meant as a commentary on the current situation. It just hits the mark somewhat accidentally. My lyrics rather revolve around diseases, plagues, and viruses as a universal threat. Tiny microbes, bacteria, and other germs that are invisible to the eye can bring down the biggest and strongest among us humans. This song serves as a reminder that no matter how much we alter this planet to suit our lifestyle, nature can always strike back without mercy and much harder than we care to consider. The supposed anthropocene might just be brutally ended by an age of microbes."

Fortíð have artistically captured such a cataclysmic turning point with their sixth full-length World Serpent by creating an album that essentially consists of two halves of five songs each. Although both parts have diverging musical visions and even different line-ups, they complement each other rather than to constitute two separate entities. "I see World Serpent as a duology", explains mastermind Einar Eldur Thorberg. "The chapters are bound together by an apocalyptic theme that provides a red thread running through this album." Link