Acclaimed progressive stoner rock powerhouse GAUPA have released a video for their song, ‘Lion’s Thorn‘, the blistering opening track of their brand new 4-track mini-album FYR, out today via Nuclear Blast Records (digital) and Magnetic Eye Records (physical).

FYR is the follow-up to the Swede’s highly acclaimed sophomore album MYRIAD, and features some of GAUPA‘s heaviest and most absorbing work to date

Emma Näslund (vocals) commented:
”In a world full of chaos I hope these songs will bring you dance, hope and lust to resist oppressors.”

Vinyl and CD editions of FYR contain the physical-formats-only track ‘Sömnen / Febersvan (Live at Monkey Moon Studios, 2023)‘.

PURCHASE OR STREAM THE NEW MINI ALBUM FYR: https://gaupa.bfan.link/fyr

Tracklist
1. Lion’s Thorn
2. Heavy Lord
3. Ten of Twelve
4. Elastic Sleep
5. Sömnen / Febersvan (Live at Monkey Moon Studios, 2023)

GAUPA live in 2025
05.07.   Stoomfest – London, UK
02.08.   Krach Am Bach – Beelen, GER
17.08.   Motocultor – Carhaix-Plouguer, FR

GAUPA return with new mini album “Fyr” and a slimmed down line-up to serve up some of their heaviest material to date. A multi-layered play on words, in the Swedish language “Fyr” can mean ‘four’, which coincides with this being GAUPA‘s fourth release. Yet it can also mean ‘lighthouse’, ‘beacon’, and ‘fire’, which for various reasons fit the music and lyrical content as well.

GAUPA have utilized the departure of guitarist Daniel Nygren, who left the band in 2024, to manifest a “big turning point”, according to remaining and now sole guitarist David Rosberg. With various changes to their writing process, they also worked in new studios, with a new recording crew, and new visual artists.

New engineer Karl Daniel Lidén has given the tracks on “Fyr” a grittier, more aggressive sound. At the same time, the core elements of the Swedes’ musical approach are present: spellbinding intricacy, tripped-out, spacious verses guiding a steady stream of psychedelia, and waves of hard stoner riffs.

Inspired largely by Ursula K. Le Guin’s award-winning science fiction novel “The Word for World Is Forest”, vocalist Emma Näslund’s lyrics contemplate the concept of time as well as the essential question as to what is real, which seeps throughout the songs.

Since the release of their self-titled EP in 2018, GAUPA – which translates as ‘lynx’ in English – have paved new ground in the stoner and psychedelic scene, building a unique cosmos defined by enchanting lyrical surrealism and mind-altering sounds. In 2020, their debut album “Feberdröm” pushed them into the international spotlight with its outstanding blend of progressive metal, doom, stoner, and folk, steered by the entrancing vocals of Emma Näslund.

Following the arrival of 2022’s full-length “Myriad”, with the track ‘Exoskeleton’ reaching over a million streams on Spotify (the EP’s ‘Febersvan’ now has over 4 million), GAUPA went on to deliver unforgettable performances at prestigious festivals including Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, Sweden Rock, Mystic, and Desertfest among many others, as well as on tours with underground heavyweights such as UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS, BLOOD CEREMONY, and GRAVEYARD.

Although GAUPA describe “Fyr” as a “patchwork of parts”, with each member having an equal part to play, this mini album comes as a solid record that sets a high bar for their future works. For the present, lean back, listen closely, and enjoy this captivating waypoint on the GAUPA journey!

(Based on a text originally written by Liz Scarlett)

The physical release of “Fyr” comes with a bonus track that is not included in the digital version.

Line-up
Emma Näslund – vocals
Jimmy Hurtig – drums
Erik Jerka Sävström – bass
David Zol Rosberg – guitars

Guest musician
Adrian Dal Cero – bagpipe on ‘Lion’s Thorn’

Drum recording by György Barocsai at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Göteborg (SE)
Bass recording by György Barocsai at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Göteborg (SE)
Vocals, guitars & bagpipes recorded by David Zol Rosberg, Emma Näslund & Erik Ståhlberg at Estethuset studios & Emma’s shed, Falun (SE)
Mixed by Karl Daniel Lidén
Mastering by Karl Daniel Lidén

Cover artwork by Kutlayus
Layout by David Åhrström

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Swedish heavy stoner rockers GAUPA drop ‘Ten of Twelve’ as the first advance single from their forthcoming new mini album “Fyr”, meaning either “four”, “beacon” or “lighthouse”. The release is scheduled for July 4, 2025. 

Available for pre-order here: http://lnk.spkr.media/gaupa-fyr 

“The rooster is the tenth animal in the Chinese zodiac and that’s also the meaning of the title“, vocalist Emma Näslund reveals. “It’s usually connected with perseverance, being on time and alert. The rooster often suggests prosperity and luck in different cultures. I read that somewhere back in the day people thought it was lucky to bring a rooster into the kitchen. I thought that it was a bit fun to play with the idea of a chaotic and unlucky rooster. Someone who just messes things up.“

Erik Jerka Sävström adds: “Initially, I wanted a medieval sounding riff, being inspired by our compatriots Hällas“, the bass player writes. “When the riff emerged, I truly tried to give it that dreamy Hällas sound, but then I started to play with the changing pattern and it turned out even more complex than originally intended.” 

Tracklist

1. Lion’s Thorn
2. Heavy Lord
3. Ten of Twelve
4. Elastic Sleep
5. Sömnen / Febersvan (Live at Monkey Moon Studios, 2023)

GAUPA return with new mini album “Fyr” and a slimmed down line-up to serve up some of their heaviest material to date. A multi-layered play on words, in the Swedish language “Fyr” can mean ‘four’, which coincides with this being GAUPA‘s fourth release. Yet it can also mean ‘lighthouse’, ‘beacon’, and ‘fire’, which for various reasons fit the music and lyrical content as well.

GAUPA have utilized the departure of guitarist Daniel Nygren, who left the band in 2024, to manifest a “big turning point”, according to remaining and now sole guitarist David Rosberg. With various changes to their writing process, they also worked in new studios, with a new recording crew, and new visual artists.

New engineer Karl Daniel Lidén has given the tracks on “Fyr” a grittier, more aggressive sound. At the same time, the core elements of the Swedes’ musical approach are present: spellbinding intricacy, tripped-out, spacious verses guiding a steady stream of psychedelia, and waves of hard stoner riffs.

Inspired largely by Ursula K. Le Guin’s award-winning science fiction novel “The Word for World Is Forest”, vocalist Emma Näslund’s lyrics contemplate the concept of time as well as the essential question as to what is real, which seeps throughout the songs.

Since the release of their self-titled EP in 2018, GAUPA – which translates as ‘lynx’ in English – have paved new ground in the stoner and psychedelic scene, building a unique cosmos defined by enchanting lyrical surrealism and mind-altering sounds. In 2020, their debut album “Feberdröm” pushed them into the international spotlight with its outstanding blend of progressive metal, doom, stoner, and folk, steered by the entrancing vocals of Emma Näslund.

Following the arrival of 2022’s full-length “Myriad”, with the track ‘Exoskeleton’ reaching over a million streams on Spotify (the EP’s ‘Febersvan’ now has over 4 million), GAUPA went on to deliver unforgettable performances at prestigious festivals including Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, Sweden Rock, Mystic, and Desertfest among many others, as well as on tours with underground heavyweights such as UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS, BLOOD CEREMONY, and GRAVEYARD.

Although GAUPA describe “Fyr” as a “patchwork of parts”, with each member having an equal part to play, this mini album comes as a solid record that sets a high bar for their future works. For the present, lean back, listen closely, and enjoy this captivating waypoint on the GAUPA journey!

(Based on a text originally written by Liz Scarlett)

The physical release of “Fyr” comes with a bonus track that is not included in the digital version.

Band: Gaupa
Album title: Fyr
Style: Heavy Stoner Rock
Release date: July 4, 2025
Label: Magnetic Eye Records
Review impact date: June 2, 2025

Line-up
Emma Näslund – vocals
Jimmy Hurtig – drums
Erik Jerka Sävström – bass
David Zol Rosberg – guitars

Guest musician
Adrian Dal Cero – bagpipe on ‘Lion’s Thorn’

Drum recording by György Barocsai at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Göteborg (SE)
Bass recording by György Barocsai at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Göteborg (SE)
Vocals, guitars & bagpipes recorded by David Zol Rosberg, Emma Näslund & Erik Ståhlberg at Estethuset studios & Emma’s shed, Falun (SE)
Mixed by Karl Daniel Lidén
Mastering by Karl Daniel Lidén

Cover artwork by Kutlayus
Layout by David Åhrström

Live
16 MAY 2025 Falun (SE) Tio14, KlubbSlammer
05 JUL 2025 London (UK) Stoomfest
25 JUL 2025 Gangnef (SE) Krökbacken Festival
01 AUG 2025 Beelen (DE) Krach am Bach
17 AUG 2025 Carhaix-Plouguer (FR) Motocultor

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Progressive stoner rock purveyors GAUPA have released a video for their smashing new single, ‘Heavy Lord‘.

Ever since releasing their self-titled debut EP in 2018, unique psychedelic rockers GAUPA from Falun, Sweden, have had quite the career. To this day, their success story doesn’t just include several million streams of fan-favourite singles like ‘Febersvan‘, ‘Vakuum‘ and ‘Exoskeleton‘ from their much acclaimed latest full-length Myriad, but also tours with genre greats like Graveyard and celebrated appearances at renowned European festivals such as Hellfest, Wacken, Alcatraz, Sweden Rock, Brutal Assault, Mystic and Desertfest. Praised for their distinctive sound that combines stoner and psychedelic rock, progressive rock and alternative with the enchanting and creative vocal approach of singer Emma Näslund, GAUPA quickly rose from an insider tip to a household name across the scene and beyond.

LISTEN TO THE SINGLE ‘HEAVY LORD’: https://gaupa.bfan.link/heavy-lord

Swedish progressive psychedelic rock band GAUPA has released a video for their digital single, ‘Sömnen & Febersvan – Live At Monkey Moon Studios’, a live rendition of two contrasting songs culminating in a captivating psychedelic experience.

It’s the second excerpt from an intimate studio session the band played in late May 2023. Following their much-lauded appearances at both Desertfest London and Desertfest Berlin, GAUPA went to Monkey Moon Recordings in Dortmund, Germany and recorded three songs live over the course of an afternoon, ‘Moloken’ from their critically acclaimed most recent album Myriad as well as a breathtakingly intense 11-minute joint version of their songs ‘Sömnen’ and ‘Febersvan’, the former also from Myriad, the latter taken off of GAUPA’s self-titled first EP. 

You can listen to the full session at all digital streaming services. 

Don’t forget to catch GAUPA live on the road with fellow Swedes GRAVEYARD in February 2024!

Listen to GAUPA Live At Monkey Moon Studios: https://gaupa.bfan.link/live-sessions

UPCOMING GAUPA LIVE DATES:
WINTER TOUR 2024 W/ GRAVEYARD
22.02. DE  Leipzig – Conne Island 
23.02. DE  Essen – Turock 
24.02. NL   Eindhoven – Into The Void Festival
25.02. DE  Stuttgart – Im Wizemann 
27.02. DE  Nürnberg – Hirsch 
28.02. DE  Heidelberg – Halle02 
29.02. DE  Bremen – Tower

Tickets available here: https://www.eventim.de/artist/graveyard/

INTO THE VOID tickets available here: https://www.intothevoid.nl/

Swedish progressive psychedelic rock band GAUPA has released a video for new digital single, ‘Moloken (Live At Monkey Moon Studios)‘. It’s an excerpt from an intimate studio session the band played in late May 2023. Following their much-lauded appearances at both Desertfest London and Desertfest Berlin, GAUPA went to Monkey Moon Recordings in Dortmund, Germany and recorded three songs live over the course of an afternoon, ‘Moloken‘ from their critically acclaimed most recent album Myriad as well as a breathtakingly intense 11-minute joint version of their songs ‘Sömnen‘ and ‘Febersvan‘, the former also from Myriad, the latter taken off of GAUPA‘s self-titled first EP. You can listen to the full session at all digital streaming services. 

Listen to GAUPA Live At Monkey Moon Studios: https://gaupa.bfan.link/live-sessions.ema 

The video for ‘Sömnen & Febersvan (Live At Monkey Moon Studios)‘ will be released at a later date.

More information at https://linktr.ee/GAUPAband

Today, unique Swedish psychedelic rock band GAUPA is celebrating the release of its sophomore album, Myriad. It features eight diverse and exquisitely crafted songs that keep strolling around between progressive rock, psychedelic & stoner rock, doom and folk. An eclectic and unpredictable, yet very mature record by a band that is destined to win over any open-minded music enthusiast from each branch the heavy rock spectrum has to offer.

BUY OR LISTEN TO “MYRIAD” HERE: https://gaupa.bfan.link/myriad.ema

In celebration, GAUPA have released a gorgeous animated video for the album’s powerful opening track ‘Exoskeleton‘. The clip was created by Simon Hjortek who has already worked on some of GAUPA‘s previous, visually striking music videos. Here, he combined retro sci-fi with mind-bending surrealism perfectly matching the dream-like atmosphere that runs like a golden thread through GAUPA’s body of work.

GAUPA commented:
“We are extremely stoked to finally share this album with the world!  Love/ GAUPA”

GAUPA – Myriad

1. Exoskeleton 04:35
2. Diametrical Enchantress 03:11
3. Moloken 04:41
4. RA 05:21
5. Elden 05:20
6. My Sister Is A Very Angry Man 03:32
7. Sömnen 02:36
8. Mammon 07:23

MORE FROM “MYRIAD”:

MOLOKEN (LYRIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/NYcz-n29mMY
DIAMETRICAL ENCHANTESS (OFFICIAL VIDEO): https://youtu.be/0LpqcuvYVzU
RA (OFFICIAL VIDEO): https://youtu.be/Of8KnGnKBiE

BUY YOUR COPY OF “MYRIAD” NOW: https://gaupa.bfan.link/myriad.ema

GAUPA LIVE:

9.-10.12.2022 SE Stockholm, Truckfighters Fuzz Festival
27.05.2023 SE Malmö, Malmö Rock Festival
11.-13.08.2023 BE Kortrijk, Alcatraz Open Air

GAUPA ON TOUR W/ UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS + BLOOD CEREMONY

06.05.2023 UK Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
07.05.2023 UK London, DESERTFEST
08.05.2023 BE Bruges, Cactus Club
10.05.2023 FR Toulouse, Le Metronum
11.05.2023 ES Madrid, La Paqui
12.05.2023 ES Barcelona, Sala Apolo 2
13.05.2023 FR Villeurbanne, Le Transbordeur
15.05.2023 CH Zürich, Plaza
16.05.2023 IT Milan, Santeria Toscana 31
18.05.2023 HU Budapest, A38 Ship
19.05.2023 PL Krakow, Soulstone Gathering
20.05.2023 CZ Prague, Palac Akropolis
21.05.2023 DE Berlin, DESERTFEST