AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: AFTER EARTH — “THROE”

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Aug 202025
 

(written by Islander)

On September 26th the Swedish melodic death metal band After Earth will release their second album, Dark Night of the Soul. It builds upon the foundations of their debut full-length, 2023’s The Rarity of Reason, but represents a more ambitious and multi-faceted undertaking, and the work of a revised lineup.

Those heightened ambitions are reflected in the nearly 52-minute length of the new album, as compared to the 35-minute runtime of the first one. More importantly, it’s reflected in the range of the music, one example of which is provided in the song “Throe” that we’re premiering today along with a video of the band performing the song at SufferCity festival in Lidköping, Sweden earlier this year. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: AFTER EARTH — “LEGIONS”

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Aug 112023
 

The Swedish band After Earth haven’t had the smoothest road forward. They released a favorably received EP named Before It Awakes during 2020 — in the midst of the pandemic — then suffered some lineup changes but managed to release the 2022 single “From Age to Aeon“. And then, in early 2023, just a few weeks before the recording of their debut album, two of the band’s guitarists departed.

Rather than abandon the enterprise, the remaining three members — Marcus Rydstedt, Anton Vehkaperä, and Olof Öman — forged ahead, picking up additional roles, and managed to get the album recorded (with some guitar solos outsourced to Christoffer Nilsson). And now that album, The Rarity of Reason, is set for release on August 18th, timed to coincide with After Earth‘s European tour supporting Swedish death metal band Mara.

To help spread the word about the album, today we’re premiering a lyric video for a song from it named “Legions“. As the band explain, this song “showcases a heavier side to us than our previous music”, showing “a bit more of our inspiration from purer “death metal”, while preserving the band’s emphasis on melody. Continue reading »