New song – AUÐN
- by Andrea Chirulescu
- Posted on 19-09-2017
Proudly presents the premiere of
AUÐN
"Skuggar"
From the forthcoming new album
"Farvegir Fyrndar"
The Release Date
November 10th, 2017
(Season of Mist)
The Formats
Digipack CD
Gatefold LP in various colors
Cassette
The Pre-order
https://shop.season-of-mist.com/list/audn-farvegir-fyrndar
The Statement
The Biography
With their second full-length, ‘Farvegir Fyrndar’ (literally meaning "Ancient Riverbeds" – with a long tail of untranslatable subtext), AUÐN continue their fast ascent. Unlike the majority of their blackened brethren from the country’s capital Reykjavik, this young band does not base its sound more or less on DEATHSPELL OMEGA worship, but rather reaches back to a more classic second generation black metal approach for inspiration.
AUÐN deliver haunting melodies and beautifully frozen atmospheres – as opposed to the jarring and caustic blunt force trauma that has brought this remote place in the Northern Atlantic to the black metal forefront of late Founded in the bleak winter of 2010, AUÐN‘s talent was quick to be recognised. The band got invited to Iceland’s main metal event, the Eistnaflug Festival and won the local Wacken Metal Battle contest in 2016, while making it to the top 3 at the main event. Performances at the prestigious Inferno and Roadburn Festivals followed in 2017.
With ‘Farvegir Fyrndar’, AUÐN not only demonstrate the impressive progress of their songwriting skills but also deliver a clear definition of their very own black sound. Warning: this album grows with every spin and will take a long time to even come close to any limit!
The Track List
1. Veröld Hulin (6:24)
2. Lífvana Jörð (4:06)
3. Haldreipi Hugans (8:04)
4. Prísund (4:03)
5. Ljósaslæður (6:37)
6. Blóðrauð Sól (4:27)
7. Eilífar Nætur (5:42)
8. Skuggar (5:14)
9. Í Hálmstráið Held (5:20)
Total playing time: 49:57
The LineUp
Aðalsteinn Magnússon – guitar
Andri Björn Birgisson – guitar
Hjalti Sveinsson – vocals
Hjálmar Gylfason – bass
Sigurður Kjartan Pálsson – drums
Recording: Birgir Jón Birgisson and Rolf Grove at Sundlaugin Studio
Mix&Mastering: Stephen Lockheart at Studio Emissary
Cover art: Víðir Mýrmann Þrastarson
The Links
www.facebook.com/seasonofmistofficial