The digital manifestation of the fourth full-length album by Finnish Doom Metal monolith ASTRAL SLEEP is released in its entirety today, August 11th!

The album is called “We are Already Living in the End of Times” and the sound and atmosphere on this beast is exactly as the title suggests. It is an album full of oppressive soundscape but contrasted and joined together with beautiful and lush instrumentations and vocal harmonies, giving hopeful acceptance to the impending doom.

Earlier this year, the album was released as Vinyl and CD, and within the physical release lies a mystery to be solved. A mystery which will grant the solver the solutions on how not to destroy ourselves and even if we do, how to rid oneself from the fear of death.

“Status of the soul” is the final revealed song from the album. It is one of the most important ones and a clear indication of where Astral Sleep is musically as a band in 2023. It can be described as a Black metal-esque Doom metal song, without having much characteristics of either of those styles, being something completely on its own. Lyrically it is an ode to music, playing, listening and experiencing it and celebration of the FACT that music can connect human beings to their souls.

This somber track starts off simple and forward-going, through the first ever guitar solo performed by the vocalist Markus, into one of the most aggressive parts on the whole album and ending in a simple choir and guitar melody before falling apart.

The album is available digitally, and on vinyl and CD, and can be purchased from Bandcamp, or Saarni Records webstore:

• https://astralsleep.bandcamp.com/
• https://9bd0ed.myshopify.com/

More info at

• https://astralsleep.net/
• https://astralsleep.bandcamp.com/
• https://linktr.ee/astralsleep
• https://tidal.com/browse/artist/4813727
• https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tRV5VBDpbCRVdEfwIzzg4

Finnish Doom Metal monolith ASTRAL SLEEP have gone through their second line-up change during 19 years.

The band shared:

“Aaro Haverinen, the guitar player on the 3rd album (”Astral Doom Musick”) and the 4th album (”We Are Already Living in The End of Times”), has stepped out of the band to focus on his main band Bloody Heathen. The original guitarist, and a founding member Rolle Heinonen has made a comeback to Astral Sleep, but this time as an occasional keyboard player. We thank Aaro for the years of successful service, and welcome Rolle back with excitement!”

“The new lead guitar player for Astral Sleep is Santeri Kangasmetsä. He is a long-time fan, an actor in our (yet unreleased) music video, and a former band mate to the vocalist Markus Heinonen in Santeri’s own band Chaotic Sanity, and showed enthusiasm like no other when we searched for a new member. We have already done a lot of great art and some live shows together with Santeri and feel that the Astral Sleep is currently in it’s peak power!”

The new album from the band is coming soon; the release date of the physical album is 21.04.2023. Recently, the band released a new lyric video to the opening, and title track of the album ”We Are Already Living in The End of Times”, watch it below.

More information at:

• https://astralsleep.net/
• https://astralsleep.bandcamp.com/
• https://linktr.ee/astralsleep
• https://tidal.com/browse/artist/4813727
• https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tRV5VBDpbCRVdEfwIzzg4

Finnish Experimental Doom Metallers ASTRAL SLEEP present a rewritten bible and a blast from the past in their Christmas calendar, new album is finished alongside line-up changes!

Christmas calendar by Astral Sleep is once again active on their Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/astralsleepdoom/.

Each day presents a photo dumb from the bands ~20 year journey, accompanied with a text form ”cover” of the bible. 2022 is the 3rd year of calendar activity. This year consist of an interpretation of the Great Flood with pictures from the studio sessions of the 3rd album ”Visions”, back in 2010.

Astral Sleep will release their 4th full length album in the spring of 2023 and will be doing live shows with the renewed lineup.

More information at https://www.facebook.com/astralsleepdoom