Beware of the antlers! ORBIT CULTURE return from the frozen north with a new album and their first with Century Media Records that is aptly titled “Death Above life”. It is due for a release on October 3rd, 2025. ”The album represents change, a new beginning,” says guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, Niklas Karlsson. “It brings up a lot of good and bad emotions but it’s a big change for the better. It feels like a rebirth.”
After braving a storm with the first single “The Tales Of War” ORBIT CULTURE are taking a bold step out of debilitating twilight with the next single “Death Above Life”. Yet again the video was produced by Riivata Visuals and can be found here:
The band comments: “Our next song is the title track of the album — ‘Death Above Life’. While the first single, ‘The Tales Of War’, acted as a bridge to the next chapter, this one kicks the doors wide open. It’s darker, heavier, and leans into a more horror-driven side of ORBIT CULTURE. Lyrically, it reflects a choice: when faced with the idea of continuing down a path surrounded by the wrong people, we sometimes know that we have to cut ties. It is not literally about choosing death but walking away from what is holding us back. ‘Death Above Life’ is about letting go of what no longer fits to make space for something real. It will see the light of day for the very first time at Download Festival.”
The Tracklisting for “Death Above Life” reads as follows:
- Inferna
- Bloodhound
- Inside The Waves
- The Tales Of War
- Hydra
- Nerve
- Death Above Life
- The Storm
- Neural Collapse
- The Path I Walk
Pre-order here: https://orbitcultureband.lnk.to/DeathAboveLife-Album
ORBIT CULTURE – just coming off of the Poisoned Ascendancy EU/UK supporting the mighty Trivium & Bullet For My Valentine – show no signs of slowing down as they just embarked on a number of summer dates including festivals and supporting In Flames on selected shows:
15 June 25 (UK) Donington – Download Festival
17 June 25 (FR) Toulouse – w/ In Flames
18 June 25 (FR) Lyon – w/ In Flames
19 June 25 (BE) Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
20 June 25 (DE) Leipzig – w/ In Flames
26 June 25 (NO) Oslo – Tons Of Rock
28 June 25 (FIN) Helsinki – Tuska
13 October 25 (J) Loud Park Japan
Hailing from the small town of Eksjö, Sweden (located between the revered metal cities of Gothenburg and Stockholm), the quartet (guitarist and vocalist Niklas Karlsson, guitarist Richard Hansson, bassist Fredrik Lennartsson and drummer Christopher Wallerstedt) has grown into a global force, melding together, riffs that are equal parts thrash, death metal and industrial with arresting hooks and a layered atmosphere that invites comparison to Gojira, Metallica and Static-X while carving out something that is uniquely their own.
In early May ORBIT CULTURE already released “The Tales of War”: https://youtu.be/Y5SpGQMoaUU
ORBIT CULTURE’s 2023 album, “Descent” and its subsequent EP release, “The Forgotten” topped many year-end lists in 2023 including Metal Hammer who described the album as: “a formidable entwining of modern metal’s most effective and exciting strands into an impressive milestone.” Exhaustive worldwide touring and a steady stream of crowd-pummeling festival slots across the globe, have set the stage for something much larger.
ORBIT CULTURE is a band poised. They are the sound of metal in the most modern sense.
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