– October 1st, 2024 –
“Kinship” Full-Size Nears Launch On Metallic Blade Data
Picture by Nikolaj Bransholm
Watch/stream IOTUNN’s “Iridescent Means” HERE
Danish/Faroese progressive metallers IOTUNN right this moment unveil “Iridescent Means” and its accompanying video. The transferring acoustic monitor seems on the band’s second full-length album, Kinship, set for launch on October twenty fifth by way of Metallic Blade Data.
IOTUNN‘s Kinship is an enormous album arising from the primeval sea. It’s a mythological journey by way of eight tracks that span immense spheres each musically and lyrically, exploring the deep roots of human nature, its connection and disconnection with the whole lot and everybody, and the way our selections have all the time outlined ourselves and the lives lived.
Feedback guitarist Jesper Gräs on “Iridescent Means,” “It has been our want for years to make an acoustic track. [Guitarist] Jens Nicolai [Gräs] and I’ve origins in taking part in classical guitar and this, mixed with the people custom within the North in addition to within the West as such, has been an enormous present and inspiration all through the years. The intro and outro half got here to me in a dream, and I awoke and performed it. It laid a basis for this track which could be very particular to the entire band, and we maintain it very dearly.”
Jens Nicolai agrees, “It’s clearly a stand-out track on the album. Lastly, we pulled ourselves collectively to do one thing like this. There’s no courageous or out-of-box choices right here. Simply us doing one thing that additionally feels pure to us.”
Watch IOTUNN‘s “Iridescent Means” video at THIS LOCATION.
Watch IOTUNN‘s beforehand launched movies for “Twilight” HERE and “I Really feel The Night time” HERE.
Kinship unfolds the story of a tribesman who’s a part of a prehistoric tribe. It tells the story of life’s manyfold circumstances as themes of unity/disunity, mild/darkish, physique/thoughts, nature/tradition, good/evil, creation/destruction, and human/inhuman are unfolded all through the album. The album exhibits IOTUNN unfold their musical worlds to their fullest scales thus far which has been the dream achievement all through the years creating the album.
“In my thoughts, Kinship is a grand work of heavy steel artwork, one which I’m very proud to have taken half in creating,” notes drummer Bjørn Wind Andersen. “Musically, it encompasses so many various colours and feelings. It’s, in some ways, the music to which I’ve all the time dreamt of contributing drums. It’s the best accomplishment this far, for me personally and for the band.”
The art work and artwork items of Kinship had been created by the ink and graphite illustrator and artist, Saprophial (Hammers Of Misfortune), with the design and format created by artwork director Brian Ames at Metallic Blade Data. Kinship was combined and mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios Denmark (Arch Enemy, Katatonia, The Black Dahlia Homicide, Volbeat, Týr).
IOTUNN‘s Kinship will likely be out there on CD and digital codecs in addition to vinyl within the following shade variants:
Darkish Jade Marbled (US)
180g Black (EU)
Olive Beige Marbled (EU)
Teal w/ Purple, Orange + Yellow Splatter (EU – Ltd. 300)
Vibrant Orange (EU – Particular Version feat. expanded 20-page booklet + patch – Ltd. 1,000)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/iotunn
IOTUNN Stay:
1/09/2025 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK
1/10/25 Voxhall, Aarhus, Denmark
1/11/2025 Godset – Kolding, DK
4/05/2025 Epic Fest – Roskilde, DK
IOTUNN:
Jón Aldará – vocals
Jens Nicolai Gräs – guitar
Jesper Gräs – guitar
Eskil Rask – bass
Bjørn Wind Andersen – drums
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