(written by Islander)
In August Satanath Records (Georgia) and WP And RO Productions (Netherlands) will co-release Själabod, the powerful fourth full-length by the Swedish black metal band Golgata. Here is part of how they introduce the new record:
The album Själabod is about new beginnings and closure…. The music is inspired by the history and nature that surrounded the part of Sweden where the duo originates. The music is raw and intense but at the same time melodic and atmospheric. The lyrics are darkly poetic and narrative. With music and lyrics combined, Golgata explores the past to describe their view of modern day.
As a vivid sign of what the new album brings, today we’re premiering a song named “Sorg“.
Eerie and ominous in its opening moments, the song quickly explodes with sweeping swaths of riffage that seem to feverishly writhe in anguish, driven to further heights of tormented intensity by frantically flashing lead-guitar fretwork, furiously hammering drums, and turbulent low-frequencies.
The music creates an engulfing impact, but just in time for the Swedish lyrics to be ejected in vicious snarls, the headlong rush slows and the layered guitar melody becomes even more depleted in mood, even more grievously stricken.
The speed and intensity continue ebbing and flowing, further immersing listeners in the song’s dark moods and more deeply embedding the melodic riffs, until strident singing emerges as the song reaches a storming crescendo of ravaging terror and bewildering despair.
The song truly is immersive in both its most expansive and most lonely and lost phases, emotionally devastating but intensely memorable.
ALBUM CREDITS:
S – guitars, arrangement
Niclas Ankarbranth – vocals, guitars, bass, drums, programming, arrangement
Mari Biäre Howerdal – guest female vocals (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8)
Satanath and WP And RO will release the album in a jewel-box CD format with an 8-page booklet (limited to 200 copies), as well as digitally. They recommend it for fans of Grift, Windir, and Istapp.
Find pre-order info below, along with a stream of the first advance track from the record, the ravishing, pulse-pounding, tragically grand, and folk-influenced “Villebråd” (which is one of the songs that includes the stirring guest female vocals).
PRE-ORDER:
Satanath: https://satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat401-golgata-sj-labod-2025
WP And RO: darkside666satan@gmail.com
GOLGATA:
http://www.instagram.com/golgata_official
http://www.facebook.com/golgata-977034225680712