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ALKYMIST Release Studio Video And Announce Fall Dates

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 4, 2020

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[Photo by Morten Lundrup]

Copenhagen based progressive doom metal combo ALKYMIST released their sophomore album ‘Sanctuary’ on May 1st amidst pandemic chaos and lockdown nationally and abroad. The band’s release shows were cancelled, but nonetheless ‘Sanctuary’ has received massive attention. The record achieved a #3 in the Official Danish vinyl charts in the week of release and press has been appreciative of the band and the album’s unique presence.

“Sanctuary feels strikingly fresh right from the get-go.”
– Captured Howls (US) 5/5

“‘Sanctuary’ is on all fronts a strong continuation of what began to take shape on the debut.”
– Devilution (DK) 5/5

“…convinces through its nature and its power on all fronts.”
– Legacy (DE) 13/15

Hopefully, the band will be able to resume their live activity with the planned fall/winter shows tio which the band can now add four DK shows, while also planning shows abroad for 2021. Until then, the band plans to release different pieces of visual material, starting with a 7-minute studio video from the recordings of ‘Sanctuary’. The clip was filmed and edited by Martin Goltermann and provides a unique insight into the band’s musical process while recording the new album at Ballade Studios, Copenhagen.

WATCH ALKYMIST’S NEW STUDIO VIDEO HERE:

Just one and a half year after their much acclaimed self titled debut album, Danish progressive doomers ALKYMIST set out once more on a trip that takes you far beyond this world and into their strange and crushingly heavy realm of brutal, yet beautiful and grandiose soundscapes.

On the band’s sophomore album, ‘Sanctuary’, ALKYMIST offers the listener an immersive, spiritual and transcendent journey. The record revolves around metaphysical questioning, soul searching, mental and cerebral escape and ultimately the quest to achieve redemption of spirit and flesh.

‘Sanctuary’ was released May 1st 2020 on vinyl, tape and digital formats, and its six tracks and two sound collages of 43 minutes total duration lives fully up to the band’s eclectic vision. As on the first record, the new collection of songs is recorded and mixed by producer Lasse Ballade (Orm, Slægt, Solbrud a.o.) and the artwork created by Anders Kidmose.

‘Sanctuary’ is available through Indisciplinarian on vinyl, cassette and digital formats at the label webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

ALKYMIST new live dates 2020:

05.09.20 – Aarhus, Spot Metal, Train (DK)
12.09.20 – Slagelse, Badeanstalten (DK)
02.10.20 – Roskilde, Gimle (DK)
07.11.20 – Aalborg Metal Festival (DK)
04.12.20 – HeadQuarters, Aarhus (DK)
05.12.20 – Odense, Bhaal Fest IV (DK)
17.12.20 – Copenhagen, Alice (DK)

ALKYMIST Premiere Second Single ‘The Dead’ From New Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 4, 2020

Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: ALKYMIST, ‘The Dead’, SANCTUARY. Leave a comment

Just one and a half years after their much acclaimed self titled debut album, Danish progressive doomers ALKYMIST set out once more on a trip that takes you far beyond this world and into their strange and crushingly heavy realm of brutal, yet beautiful and grandiose soundscapes. The recent announcement of the band’s sophomore album, ‘Sanctuary’, set for a May 1st 2020 release on Indisciplinarian was followed up with the first single ‘Draugr’. Now, the quartet unleashes yet another song in the shape of the mesmerizing ‘The Dead’ which was released April 3rd, stream it below.

On ‘Sanctuary’, ALKYMIST offers the listener an immersive, spiritual and transcendent journey. The record revolves around metaphysical questioning, soul searching, mental and cerebral escape and ultimately the quest to achieve redemption of spirit and flesh. Lead singer Peter Bjørneg states about ‘The Dead’:

“The Dead’… is a song inspired by two verses from Hávamál, the old norse codex of conduct. Good advice as how to behave yourself and reconcile in life in order to move peacefully into the afterlife.”

76. 77.

Livestock die, kindred die       Livestock die, kindred die

Every man is mortal       Every man is mortal

But the good name never dies       But I know one thing that never dies

Of one who has done well       The glory of a great dead

ALKYMIST was to play this year’s SPOT Festival in Aarhus Denmark, but the show has been cancelled due to the current pandemic, and the band’s release shows in April and May are also endangered, without having been cancelled just yet. Luckily the band is planning a string of Danish, Norwegian and German fall dates to be announced in the coming months.

‘Sanctuary’ will be released May 1st 2020 on Vinyl, Tape and digital formats. The Vinyl edition comes in 400 black and 100 crystal clear copies and the tape edition is limited to 100 copies. All physical versions of the album are now available to pre-order HERE, the first single ‘Draugr’ is available HERE and from Friday April 3rd, ‘The Dead’ is also available AT THIS LOCATION!

‘Sanctuary’ Tracklisting:
1. Oethon
2. The Dead
3. S.O.Y.
4. Draugr
5. Gust Of War
6. Desolated Sky
7. Astral Haze
8. Warkeeper

ALKYMIST Release First Single ‘Draugr’ From Forthcoming Second Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 15, 2020

Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: ALKYMIST, Draugr, SANCTUARY. Leave a comment

Danish progressive doomers and multi heavy-metalists ALKYMIST enter the void between heaven and hell with the release of their new album ‘Sanctuary’ out May 1st 2020 on Indisciplinarian. Just one and a half year after their much acclaimed, self titled debut album, ALKYMIST sets out once more on a trip that takes you far beyond this world and into their strange and crushingly heavy realm of brutal, yet beautiful and grandiose soundscapes.

The first single from the forthcoming album is ‘Draugr’ came out digitally Friday March 13th, listen to the track HERE!

On ‘Sanctuary’, ALKYMIST offers the listener an immersive, spiritual and transcendent journey. The record revolves around metaphysical questioning, soul searching, mental and cerebral escape and ultimately the quest to achieve redemption of spirit and flesh – and thus also on ‘Draugr’. A ‘Draugr’ is a figure in norse mythology, a restless dead, who haunts the living in search for redemption. ALKYMIST states on the song’s thematics:

“On ‘Draugr’, ALKYMIST takes the listener into a setting where time stands still and conscience is lost. The soul cries out to get it back, but remorse has taken its place. Draugr is an old norse wraith who guards its treasure, or torment those who wronged them in life. Its lonely spirit will never rest and has a great yearning for deliverance.”

‘Sanctuary’ is released May 1st 2020 on vinyl, tape and digital formats. The vinyl edition comes in 400 black and 100 crystal clear copies and the tape edition is limited to 100 copies. Both physical versions of the album are now available for pre-ordering HERE and from tomorrow, the single ‘Draugr’ are available digitally HERE.

‘Sanctuary’ Tracklisting:
1. Oethon
2. The Dead
3. S.O.Y.
4. Draugr
5. Gust Of War
6. Desolated Sky
7. Astral Haze
8. Warkeeper

ALKYMIST Release Music Video For First Single ‘Ghost’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 20, 2018

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Last Friday, progressive doom metal masters ALKYMIST released the first single and opening track ‘Ghost’ from their forthcoming debut album. Now, the band posts a brand new and wonderfully strange music video for the song created by director Roelof Witmans. Watch the video for ‘Ghost’ below:

‘Alkymist’ will be released on October 5th via Indisciplinarian on LP and digital formats, and the vinyl edition of the album (limited to 500 copies on black virgin vinyl) can be pre-ordered HERE!

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 and released their debut EP in January 2018 to notable national buzz. The band’s debut album consists of six grandiose metal compositions over 44 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’ track list:

1. Ghost
2. Djinn
3. Myling
4. Black Egypt II
5. Paradise
6. Serpent

ALKYMIST has announced a free release show on October 3rd on Loppen, Christiania in Copenhagen, where the band will perform the album in full and is also joined by special guest Leila Abdul-Rauf (Vastum, Hammers of Misfortune). In addition, the band will play a November show with epic metallers Rising and more dates will follow in near future.

ALKYMIST live 2018:

03.10.18 – Copenhagen, Loppen (DK)
https://www.facebook.com/events/496177307520609/

24.11.18 – Næstved, Kongebryg (DK)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1577677029028470/