:BOLVERK: Releases teaser of highly anticipated second album ‘Svarte Sekunder’!

Norwegian extreme metal band :BOLVERK: drops the teaser of their second album, ‘Svarte Sekunder,’ set to be unleashed on May 26, 2023, through Wormholedeath.

‘Svarte Sekunder’ features nine tracks, including eight :BOLVERK: originals and a stunning cover of Jonas Fjeld’s ‘The Bells are Ringing for You Now.’ It can be seen as the twin or at least a ‘cousin’ of last year’s debut album ‘Uaar’. The majority of the songs were written during the same period, and while we can sense that the band has grown with this new release, the underlying philosophy of both albums remains the same.
The album’s title, ‘Svarte Sekunder,’ which means ‘black seconds’ in English, was initially about those moments when one falls over and thinks they are dead. However, it evolved into exploring the concept of thanatosis and how people and animals play dead. It may even be about those moments on the album that are actually black metal. According to the band, ‘The title has spun away from us now and lives a life on its own…’
:BOLVERK: is:
Christopher “Rammr” Rakkestad (Elvarhøi, Jordskip, ex. Ragnarok)
Lucass “Yautja” Edquist (Gnida, ex. Mork)
Bjørn “Narrenschiff” Holter (ex. Images at Twilight, ex. Illnath, ex. Aasmegin)
Thomas Bolverk (Under the Oak, Welcome to Hell, ex. Ragnarok, ex. Images at Twilight, ex. Darkness, ex. Black Currant etc…) 
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www.facebook.com/BolverkBandNorway  www.facebook.com/ThomasBolverk

(review) Galneryus – ‘Between Dread And Valor’

Dugo nismo imali neki japanski bend na stranicama ovog zinea. Galneryus su iz Osake/Tokya i na sceni su od 2001.i ovo ime je šesnaesti dugosvirajući album koji sadrži osam pjesama od kojih je jedna svojevrstan intro. Muzika koju Galneryus sviraju je power/true metal s daškom fantasya i ratničkog etosa, ali istovremeno s puno neoklasičnih utjecaja, kao i progresivnog metala i sve to upakirano u album zvuči sasvim odlično, kao miks starog Rhapsodya i Blind Guardiana, barem je mene podsjetilo na te bendove. Spoj odličnih gitarskih melodija i žešćih pasaža sa odličnim vokalom i harmonijama na backing vokalima, kao i super napisanih pjesama daju ovom bendu neku čar, kakvu već dugo nisam čuo. Pjesme su duže, ali ni sekundu nisu dosadne ili se ne ponavljaju. Meni su osobni favoriti pjesme ‘Time Will Tell’, ‘With Pride’ i ‘Bravehearts’. Odličan album.

9/10