Sweden's black metallers Lömsk have announced their new album, Act II - Of Iron And Blood, set for release on 6 March via Vendetta Records. In support of the album, the band has unveiled the first single and opening track, "Fields Of Elysium", accompanied by a lyric video.
Hailing from Gothenburg, Lömsk is a black metal entity formed in 2022. Their music stands as a direct response to a world they perceive as rotten and vain. With Act II - Of Iron And Blood, the band moves away from the thematic framework of their debut and plunges headlong into the wreckage left behind.
The previous release, Act I, was a manifestation of creative destruction - the black bile of yore fused with newborn ire, portending eternal return. With a sombre gaze cast upon the modern world, Lömsk emerged as an artistic trial by fire, set to raze the stalemate of vanity and face the numen within.
Through a lens of nihilism and stoic defiance, Act II - Of Iron And Blood charts a descent into a world choked by ash and smoke. As towers fall and heavens split, the march continues through valleys of sorrow toward the inevitable entropy awaiting all things. This is the sound of Rome burning - a prayer of violence, whispers beneath skies of iron and blood. Brace yourselves for the upheaval to come.
All music on Act II - Of Iron And Blood was written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Lömsk. The album was mastered by Robert Kukla at Obsidian Recording Studios. The artwork was created by Misanthropic Art, with booklet design and layout by Jacob Fredén. Link
Act II - Of Iron And Blood tracklist:
1. Fields of Elysium
2. Of Iron and Blood
3. Requiem of Fire
4. Entropia
5. The Gathering Storm (not included on vinyl)
6. Chimaera
7. Stare Into the Void
8. Furia
9. The Silence Thereafter
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