Swedish black metal band Avslut have signed with Season of Mist: Underground Activists. This announcement comes seven years after the release of the band’s latest album and ahead of their upcoming third full-length.
“It is with great pride and excitement that we announce our signing with Season of Mist”, Avslut says. “As the band was formed 10 years ago, this is a significant milestone for us. We are very much looking forward to this next chapter with our new alliance. To be able to work with such a legendary label, and with the people behind it, is nothing short of a great honor”.
“We are aware that our new album has taken a long time to manifest”, the band continues. “Early on the band agreed that we would not do anything with unnecessary haste, and during that process we have taken our time to make it as true to our vision as possible. It is an understatement to say that we cannot wait to finally unleash it upon the world”.
Avslut play traditional Scandinavian black metal, built on melodic, occasionally gothic-tinged riffing and carried by Swedish-language lyrics that are misanthropic in theme.
Formed in Stockholm in 2016 as a studio project by vocalist Christian Jönsson Baad and drummer Oscar Krumlinde, Avslut grew into a full band with guitarists Eddie Lindgren and Simon Olovsson. Elias Niemi joined on bass in 2024, replacing Dennis Holm.
Avslut’s debut EP Vanskapt, mixed and mastered by Magnus “Devo” Andersson of Marduk, led to a deal with Osmose Productions. The band released two albums with Osmose: Deceptis (2018) and Tyranni (2019), along with the Förslavad EP (2019).
Avslut have shared stages with Watain, Dark Funeral and Marduk. The band also played Sweden Rock Festival and Tons of Rock in 2024 and have supported Landmvrks and Skindred.
While Avlsut’s name means “ending” in English, the band signing with Season of Mist marks a new beginning.
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Avslut have signed with Season of Mist, ten years after forming in Stockholm. The story begins with two musicians who never meant to leave the studio.
Avslut began in 2016 as a studio project, the work of vocalist Christian Jönsson Baad and drummer Oscar Krumlinde, and for a time it was meant to stay one. The name means “ending”, and the outlook was fixed from the first: misanthropic lyrics, much of them in Swedish, concerned with hatred, misery and human decay, set to the aggression of traditional Scandinavian black metal and threaded with melodic, occasionally gothic-tinged riffing. What started as a two-man exercise became a band when guitarists Eddie Lindgren and Simon Olovsson joined, with bassist Dennis Holm completing the line-up. Critics have since drawn lines from their sound to Dissection, Dark Funeral and Marduk, which is respectable company and a fair shorthand for where they stand.
The debut, the four-song EP Vanskapt, mixed and mastered by Magnus “Devo” Andersson of Marduk, sparked enormous underground excitement and led to a contract with the French underground metal label Osmose Productions. Deceptis, the debut full-length, followed on Osmose on 23 February 2018, on CD and vinyl with a digital release alongside.
The Förslavad EP followed in May 2019, and the second album, Tyranni, arrived on 29 November of the same year, again through Osmose and less than two years after its predecessor. Its second single, “Underjordens Apostlar”, premiered that October, introduced as a track that “embodies a misanthropic nature”, a true testament of hate towards mankind. It is as clear a summary of the record’s outlook as any. Around these releases Avslut established themselves as a live act, sharing stages with Watain, Dark Funeral and Marduk, three of the most respected names in Swedish black metal.
In 2024 Elias Niemi took over the bass from Dennis Holm, completing the line-up as it stands today. Ten years on from the band’s formation, signing to Season of Mist is, in their words, “a significant milestone”, and the chance to work with “such a legendary label” an honour.
Line-up:
Christian Jönsson Baad — Vocals
Eddie Lindgren — Lead Guitars
Simon Olovsson — Rhythm Guitars
Elias Niemi — Bass
Oscar Krumlinde — Drums
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