After almost four years of silence, the Arctic black-metallers Iskald finally return to the battlefield with more fierce and power than ever before! Iskald will release their fifth studio album titled 'Innhøstinga' (Norwegian: ‘the Harvest’) on August 31! It’s time to harvest all your crops and embark towards the oncoming storm which will unfold with ‘Innhøstinga’. With this album, Iskald continues their art of cold, intense, yet melodic black metal. The record’s first single & music video “The Atrocious Horror” is coming next Friday, May 25, and here’s the first snippet of it!
Video by Troll Tøftenes
The band has commented: ' Finally the day has come and with great pride we will raise our glasses and present 'Innhøstinga' to you, our first album in over 4 years. Thanks for waiting, your passion and dedication! We promise you it was worth it. Enjoy our new single and music video dropping soon, while bracing for the harvest to come...As you sow so shall you reap!'
ISKALD - INNHØSTINGA
Tracklist:
1. The Atrocious Horror
2. No Amen
3. Offer av Livet
4. Even Dawn drew Twilight
5. Resting...Not in Peace
6. De Siste Vintre
7. From Traitor to Beast
8. Lysene som Forsvant
7. Innhøstinga
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There have been some rumors about something new and wicked brewing along the shores of the north. And right as winter struck in late 2017, Iskald concluded their long-awaited sequel to their 2014 release ‘Nedom Og Nord’. It’s been almost four years since they drew you into a realm of cold, atmospheric and highly acclaimed black metal with their fourth release on Indie Recordings.
Now they finally return to the battlefield with more fierce and power than ever before. It’s time to harvest all your crops and embark towards the oncoming storm which unfolds with ‘Innhøstinga’. Iskald continues their art of cold, intense, yet melodic black metal. At the same time, their complexity and genius in the songwriting shine on even more that before.
A new producer was brought along to make the album sound the way they intended. ‘Innhøstinga’ (Norwegian: ‘the Harvest’) might be their most complex album to date, containing nine songs divided into 50 minutes of playtime. The songs are diverse and different in their own way, while the lyrics bind them together as a whole.
This is their second album with a Norwegian title, in which half of the lyrics are sung on their mother-tongue. ‘Lysene som Forsvant’ might just be their most melancholy epos to date, telling the story about those they have lost on their way.
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LINEUP
Simon Larsen - Guitars/Bass/Vocals
Aage Krekling - Drums
Ben Hansen - (Live) Guitars
Isak Larsen - (Live) Bass
BIOGRAPHY
Nedom og Nord:
Two winters has passed since the release of “The Sun I Carried Alone”, Iskald` s previous record that saw the light of day in February 2011. As all their releases, this as well received critical acclaim and great feedback from fans all over the world. For two years, they have been writing their latest epos. Finally, on the third winter, they return with their fourth full-length effort “Nedom og Nord”.
Iskald still sounds as fierce, cold and intense as before, but with even more massive guitars, aggressive bass-lines, complex drumming and harsh vocals.
“Nedom og Nord” is by far their most epic album to date, containing six long masterpieces, each with different lyrical themes. This is their first Norwegian entitled album, in which half of the lyrics are based on their mother-tongue. And finally, their self-titled song “Iskald” was finished and put on the new record. It's a monumental hymn dedicated to the surroundings and people of their home; Nordland.
“Nedom og Nord” is their tribute to the northern parts of Norway, with the arctic surroundings that has always a part of their lives. For better, in both a good and bad way.
Drummer Aage Krekling comments:
It's has been a long and hard working process to get this record realized, but in the end it turned out as we hoped for. We are extremely satisfied with “Nedom og Nord” and believe it is our best album to date.
After the last album we talked about trying something new, both music and production wise. We wanted to focus more on the feeling and mood in our songs, without losing our defined expression. We didn't focus to much on the technical elements and wrote longer and more atmospheric songs.
In order to find the perfect sound they decided to look away from previous works and build up the sound from scratch. They used their new material as a reference in order to get the best out of the songs and to bring forth all new elements and details that these songs provides.
Drummer Aage Krekling comments:
I believe these 6 tracks contains more soul and character that before. At the same time the songs can be described as more complex and studied. The recordings where done all by ourselves in our own studio in Bodø. This worked out better than expected and the tracking was the easiest ever done. We managed to define our “new” sound early on, and with the help of Studio 210 once again I believe we have crafted out some really fresh and awesome sounding black metal that should appeal to every fan of the genre.
Iskald is aiming for the top with the release of their new masterpiece. They have no doubt grown a lot throughout their carreer and have finally managed to develop their sound into perfection.
We welcome you all “Nedom og Nord”.
Short biography:
Founding members Simon Larsen and Aage Krekling started up Iskald in early 2005 in Sortland. After their first demo, the ”Northern Twilight” EP was released some months later. It was limited to 400 ex and is now completely sold out. In late 2006 both Simon and Aage moved to Bodø and continued the band activities from there. A temporarily new live line-up was requited and material for their upcoming debut was written.
In march 2007 their debut ”Shades of Misery” was the first album to be released on Indie Recordings ever, resulting in a huge feedback and interest from all over the world. This lead to several live-shows the next months, in which reached its peak with the Inferno Festival 2008.
A couple of months later they traveled to Berlin to record their second full-length album "Revelations of Reckoning Day". This marked a start of a new era in many ways. The album became a success and lead to the first European tour and the legendary show at Hovefestivalen. From that day Ben Hansen – Guitars and Kenneth Henriksen – Bass joined in to complete the live line-up, and they have been playing for Iskald ever since.
In between tours and live shows they composed the next album, “The Sun I Carried Alone”. It was recorded in the autumn of 2010 in Oslo and Bodø, and was later released in February 2011. This was their third release with Indie Recordings and it led to signing a new contract with them. The album turned out as another milestone and highlights included a Norwegian tour, a 22 days European tour and playing the main stage at Inferno Festival, early 2013.
During all this time new material was on the rise, and after weeks and months with intense work they entered their own studio in Bodø September 2013, to record “Nedom og Nord”. And this is what followed...
DISCOGRAPHY
2005 Demo - not official released
2006 Northern Twilight - Self-financed EP
2007 Shades of Misery - Indie Recordings
2008 Revelations of Reckoning Day - Indie Recordings
2011 The Sun I Carried Alone - Indie Recordings
2014 Nedom og Nord – Indie Recordings
2018 Innhøstinga – Indie Recordings