Enslaved Drummer Iver Sandøy’s own band EMMERHOFF & THE MELANCHOLY BABIES will release their new album “The Dying Of The Light” tomorrow, October 17th, via Apollon Records.

Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
– Dylan Thomas (1947)

Emmerhoff & The Melancholy Babies do not shy away from this irrefutable fact.
The band, celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2026, may now rightly consider themselves distinguished “elder statesmen” of rock.

With such perspectives also comes the recognition of the transience of life.
There are now more funerals than weddings lingering on the horizon, and the ranks of both the idols of our youth and contemporaries on the music scene are beginning to thin.

“The Dying Of The Light”, its title taken from Dylan Thomas’ iconic poem, contemplates and embraces the twilight of life, but also, in the spirit of the poem, fighting spirit and stubborn resistance to the inevitable.

Death will come, but until then we will create music and celebrate life.
October 2025 will see the release of the band’s seventh studio album, recorded at Duper and Solslottet Studios in Bergen, produced by Iver Sandøy and Jørgen Træen..
The music reflects the somber thematic while also being vital and vigorous.
The range is wide, from delicate contemplation to powerful outbursts, strictly composed in one moment and loosely improvised in the next.

The Dying Of The Light is dedicated to the memory of Per Harald Ottesen, (1974-2022) bassist in Emmerhoff & The Melancholy Babies 1996-1998.

Line-up:
Gunnar Emmerhoff – vocals, guitars
Inge Rypdal – guitars
Arild Vikane – guitars
Einride Torvik – bass
Iver Sandøy – drums
Guest appearances by:
Lindy-Fay Hella (Wardruna) – vocals
Jørgen Træen – modular synth and programming

Discography:
Viva Revenge (1999)
Loosebox (2002)
If This Darkness Lingers (2003)
Electric Reverie (2005)
Spin Out – Live (2006)
Where The Pale Light Creeps (2011)
Circle Six (2018)
The Dying Of The Light (2025)