This coming Friday October 5th, progressive doom metal combo Alkymist will release its self titled debut album via Indisciplinarian.
Following the first single and video “Ghost”, the almost ten minutes long and psychedelically disturbing piece “Djinn” is now released as the second single from the forthcoming album.
Listen to “Djinn” below.
Stream & download “Djinn” here.
“Djinn” plays an important role on the record and in the band’s history - singer Peter Bjørneg states: “"Djinn" was the second song to be completed in the world of Alkymist. Along with the track "Myling", it helped to define the band's musical cosmos and ensured the path that it were going to tread. The lyrics in "Djinn" revolve around arrogance and greed…”
Copenhagen, Denmark based Alkymist is a new force in doom metal - a force which, in its own manner, seeks to bring the hope of change into a time of turmoil. The band was formed in 2016 by guitarist Stefan Krey (Gas Giant) and bass player Kaspar Luke (Düreforsög) with the intention of creating the heaviest possible music within a progressive and atmospheric universe. In 2017, the lineup was completed by singer Peter Bjørneg (Detest) and drummer Philip Kjær Morthorst (The Ritual) and, subsequently, the quartet recorded their debut EP, “Element”, which was released January 2018 to notable national buzz.
The band's debut album consists of six grandiose metal compositions over forty-four minutes produced by Lasse Ballade (Solbrud, Orm, Slægt). The music on Alkymist's debut album can be defined as progressive doom metal being both crushingly heavy, as well as melodic and dynamic conjuring up a simultaneously strange, beautiful and terrifying expression. A general theme on Alkymist is an existence which is parallel, wrong and expelled, and an existence from which the suffering subject seeks to be delivered.
“Alkymist” will be released on October 5th via Indisciplinarian on LP and digital formats. The vinyl edition of the album, limited to 500 copies, can now be pre-ordered here.
Tracklist:
1. Ghost
2. Djinn
3. Myling
4. Black Egypt II
5. Paradise
6. Serpent
Alkymist will play a free release show this coming Wednesday on October 3rd on Loppen, Christiania in Copenhagen, where the album will be performed in full, while support comes from special guest Leila Abdul-Rauf (Vastum, Hammers of Misfortune), as part of her Scandinavian tour. Alkymist will also play a November show with epic metallers and labelmates Rising, with more dates to follow soon.
Live Shows 2018:
10/03/2018 Loppen - Copenhagen, DK [info]
11/24/2018 Kongebryg - Næstved, DK [info]
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/alkymist
alkymist.bandcamp.com
Following the first single and video “Ghost”, the almost ten minutes long and psychedelically disturbing piece “Djinn” is now released as the second single from the forthcoming album.
Listen to “Djinn” below.
Stream & download “Djinn” here.
“Djinn” plays an important role on the record and in the band’s history - singer Peter Bjørneg states: “"Djinn" was the second song to be completed in the world of Alkymist. Along with the track "Myling", it helped to define the band's musical cosmos and ensured the path that it were going to tread. The lyrics in "Djinn" revolve around arrogance and greed…”
Copenhagen, Denmark based Alkymist is a new force in doom metal - a force which, in its own manner, seeks to bring the hope of change into a time of turmoil. The band was formed in 2016 by guitarist Stefan Krey (Gas Giant) and bass player Kaspar Luke (Düreforsög) with the intention of creating the heaviest possible music within a progressive and atmospheric universe. In 2017, the lineup was completed by singer Peter Bjørneg (Detest) and drummer Philip Kjær Morthorst (The Ritual) and, subsequently, the quartet recorded their debut EP, “Element”, which was released January 2018 to notable national buzz.
The band's debut album consists of six grandiose metal compositions over forty-four minutes produced by Lasse Ballade (Solbrud, Orm, Slægt). The music on Alkymist's debut album can be defined as progressive doom metal being both crushingly heavy, as well as melodic and dynamic conjuring up a simultaneously strange, beautiful and terrifying expression. A general theme on Alkymist is an existence which is parallel, wrong and expelled, and an existence from which the suffering subject seeks to be delivered.
“Alkymist” will be released on October 5th via Indisciplinarian on LP and digital formats. The vinyl edition of the album, limited to 500 copies, can now be pre-ordered here.
Tracklist:
1. Ghost
2. Djinn
3. Myling
4. Black Egypt II
5. Paradise
6. Serpent
Alkymist will play a free release show this coming Wednesday on October 3rd on Loppen, Christiania in Copenhagen, where the album will be performed in full, while support comes from special guest Leila Abdul-Rauf (Vastum, Hammers of Misfortune), as part of her Scandinavian tour. Alkymist will also play a November show with epic metallers and labelmates Rising, with more dates to follow soon.
Live Shows 2018:
10/03/2018 Loppen - Copenhagen, DK [info]
11/24/2018 Kongebryg - Næstved, DK [info]
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/alkymist
alkymist.bandcamp.com