MERCH DROP! ✨At long last, we have an online merch store, shipping internationally NOW ❤️😍 Link in bio! Also available in store at @tigersjappa in Oslo 🐯
Thank you to @lunazwestby for the amazing design of the Ingenting Forblir shirt! 💖
ALRIGHT, ALBUMSLIPP ER RETT RUNDT HJØRNET 📢‼️Og slippdagen må jo selvsagt feires! 🥳🥂 På fredag starter vi feiringen på @tigersjappa kl. 17:00, der du kan kjøpe den nye plata og få den signert! ❤️🔥 Festen fortsetter på @brewgata.oslo kl. 21, der vi har DJ set og pilser! Kom og feir med oss 🍻🍻🍻
Foto: Stig Buvarp
10 years ago today - on February 26th 2016 - @arabrot 's The Gospel was released.
"Årabrot are still unhinged."
-Drowned in Sound 9/10
"Årabrot have always been both weird and heavy, with the ratio varying from album to album. On The Gospel, they're at their weirdest and best"
-The Wire (UK)
"Nernes' enigmatic personality dominates, reminiscent of rock's classic frontmen, his spiteful croon weaving tales of sex and war"
-Metal Hammer 8/10
From the original press text:
The seventh album by Norwegian rock pioneers Årabrot [...]could just as well never have happened.
Just before going on a three week UK tour, Årabrot mainman Kjetil Nernes discovered an unsettling itch in his throat. After a quick visit to the doctor, Nernes completed the tour with an alarming secret: Malignant cancer.
The album you have in front of you is a collection of the music and lyrics written while undergoing surgery, treament and recovery. In Nernes' own words:
"The theme of the Gospel is a vision of the lonely warrior on a summit looking out over a battle field, the smoke from the bomb craters, an all-encompassing silence. The war was against one self; against the ugliness, against the sickness. You sink to the bottom of the sea. All of a sudden you are back on the surface again, stupefied. And hungry! A wicked hunger for everything human life has to offer: Sex! War! Drugs! You breathe, but but not like before. "The man who has been in hell, never forget""
The new album “The Gospel” is recorded partly at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio and partly in the old church in the woods of Dalarna, Sweden where Nernes lives and runs his studio these days. Årabrot has had a revolving crew of contributors the last 4 years. This time the band has been reinforced with among others, Ted Parsons (Killing Joke, Swans, Prong) on drums, Andrew Liles (Current 93/Nurse With Wound) and Stephen O’Malley (SunnO))/KTL). Kvelertak singer Erlend Hjelvik also appears with norse guestvocals on track 5 "Ah Feel". As usual, the artwork is signed by norwegian artist Johannes Høie.
Photos:
1: Andre Løyning
4: Thomas Knights
10 year anniversary!
The Gospel was released on this day February 26th 2016 on Fysisk Format.
Featuring the all-star team of Ted Parsons (drums), Stephen O’malley (guitars), Andrew Liles (sound production), Kristoffer Lo (flugabone and guitars) and Erlend Hjelvik (vocals) the album was voted Album Of The Year by The Quietus and nominated Best Album and Best Metal 2016 by Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian Grammy).
‘The light at the end of the tunnel’ as The Financial Times pretty accurately stated in their 4/5 review of the album. It is to this day a very special record for us. A special record from a special time.
Recorded by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio in Chicago. Mixed by Milton von Krogh in Oslo.
Additional recordings by Emil Nikolaisen.
Drums by Magnus Nymo.
State-of-the-art cover artwork by Johannes Høie.
Many thanks to all involved. It would never have been the same without you.
Ed è subito sera
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Released February 16th 2010: @kollwitztheband - Like Iron I Rust
From the ashes of the iconic Bodø-hardcore band The Spectacle, Kollwitz arose and quickly became one of the defining post-metal bands of their era. As with Cult of Luna, you can be forgiven for drawing comparisons to the northern tundra when listening to this masterpiece. The northern tundra as a state of mind. We first released the album on CD only, in hand packaged, numbered "arrigato packs". Two editions I believe, 500 black/white, then 500 with purple taint, both with bronze pantone (an obsession of mine). By public demand, we also did an edition of the by the time dying format "vinyl": 500 double LPs with embossing. I remember Henning who worked at Tiger at the time kept a list of people requesting it on vinyl to convince me. All formats are sold out by now, but be do have some copies of the equally massive follow-up, Dissonance. The artwork by Johannes Høie really lifts the album, making it one of the defining Fysisk Format releases.
From the press release:
"Through merciless isolation - where the cold has shattered all unnecessary tones - frugal and clear-headed contrasts build a beautiful, yet disturbing atmosphere of dystopian melancholy. To this backdrop lyrics about unwanted obsessions, personal insufficiency and broken relations are performed: poetry juxtaposed with politics. "Like Iron I Rust" feels like a warning signal of something pending, something threatening and unknown."
First picture: Simen Schikulski
Second picture: Stian Frøysang
Third picture: Unknown
Ute nå! 🖤 «Jeg våkner snart» er en låt om å kjenne på at virkeligheten føles fjernere, vondere og skumlere for hvert år som går. Mens en del av musikken vår er antifascistisk på en direkte og konfronterende måte, er «Jeg våkner snart» mer introspektiv, og fokuserer på hvordan mørke, merkelige tider og fremveksten av fascisme kan veie veldig tungt på et personlig, psykisk plan. Vi tror det er noe mange kan kjenne seg igjen i i det siste ❤️🩹
📸: @stigbuvarp
Mikset av @oskarjohnsenrydh
Tatt opp og produsert av @oskarjohnsenrydh , @torfinnlysne og oss
Mastret av @mastersbyiggy
KING MIDAS /// BLANCO /// PRODUCED IN EEC BY ANDO WOLTMANN & PER VIGMOSTAD FOR KMI /// OUT NOW /// FYSISK FORMAT // EXTREMELY LIMITED QUANTITIES // VIDEO @espenhaslene // @tundra_creative_oslo
Hjerteslag - Vi har kommet for å stjele dine barn er ute nå!
https://ffm.to/viharkommet
Hjerteslag har kokt opp et episk album som låter så umiskjennelig klassisk Hjerteslag, at det tar deg med tilbake til det tidlige 2000-tall, vestkyst, barndom og en oppvekst blant evige outsidere. Like mye Gøteborg som republikken, like mye britisk som brostein.
KING MIDAS /// BLANCO /// PRODUCED IN EEC BY ANDO WOLTMANN & PER VIGMOSTAD FOR KMI /// OUT NOW /// FYSISK FORMAT // EXTREMELY LIMITED QUANTITIES // VIDEO @espenhaslene // @tundra_creative_oslo
![10 years ago today - on February 26th 2016 - @arabrot 's The Gospel was released."Årabrot are still unhinged."-Drowned in Sound 9/10"Årabrot have always been both weird and heavy, with the ratio varying from album to album. On The Gospel, they're at their weirdest and best"-The Wire (UK)"Nernes' enigmatic personality dominates, reminiscent of rock's classic frontmen, his spiteful croon weaving tales of sex and war"-Metal Hammer 8/10From the original press text:The seventh album by Norwegian rock pioneers Årabrot [...]could just as well never have happened.Just before going on a three week UK tour, Årabrot mainman Kjetil Nernes discovered an unsettling itch in his throat. After a quick visit to the doctor, Nernes completed the tour with an alarming secret: Malignant cancer.The album you have in front of you is a collection of the music and lyrics written while undergoing surgery, treament and recovery. In Nernes' own words:"The theme of the Gospel is a vision of the lonely warrior on a summit looking out over a battle field, the smoke from the bomb craters, an all-encompassing silence. The war was against one self; against the ugliness, against the sickness. You sink to the bottom of the sea. All of a sudden you are back on the surface again, stupefied. And hungry! A wicked hunger for everything human life has to offer: Sex! War! Drugs! You breathe, but but not like before. "The man who has been in hell, never forget""The new album “The Gospel” is recorded partly at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio and partly in the old church in the woods of Dalarna, Sweden where Nernes lives and runs his studio these days. Årabrot has had a revolving crew of contributors the last 4 years. This time the band has been reinforced with among others, Ted Parsons (Killing Joke, Swans, Prong) on drums, Andrew Liles (Current 93/Nurse With Wound) and Stephen O’Malley (SunnO))/KTL). Kvelertak singer Erlend Hjelvik also appears with norse guestvocals on track 5 "Ah Feel". As usual, the artwork is signed by norwegian artist Johannes Høie.Photos:1: Andre Løyning4: Thomas Knights](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6742216536422341422649_0_d920f3f824d712cecc57d53b3aeb725f.jpg?o=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&h=3ed0cd36f8254c458d108dd22ad87b8b)
