Am 23.02.2018 erscheint "Interregnum", das vierte Album und damit der Nachfolger zum 2016er Album "The Regal Tribe" der selbsternannten schwedischen "primitive and progressive" Death Metaller USURPRESS. Das Album kommt erneut via Agonia Records, die erste Single "In Books Without Pages" könnt ihr hier antesten: https://youtu.be/Uq7eEG_F7bU Auf dem neuen Werk wurden das Kerntrio Stefan Pettersson (vocals, lyrics), Påhl Sundström (guitars, music) und Daniel Ekeroth (bass, music) vom Jazz-Fusion Schlagzeuger Stefan Hildman und Ambient/Trance Keyboarder Erik Sundström unterstützt, sie selbst beschreiben "Interregnum" als "an unholy mix between Camel and Bolt Thrower, that somehow works flawlessly".
USURPRESS kommentieren weiter: "This time we wanted to challenge the establish dogmas and indeed our own predetermined ideas of what makes death metal sound like death metal. We have taken notes from the history of heavy guitar driven music before the times of death metal, in fact; before the times of heavy metal. We have taken inspiration from the hard rock and prog rock movements of the early seventies and put a heavy death twist on it. For those who feel like retching at the sound of this; we can assure you that this is by all means a death metal album and not some silly retro 70-ties throwback 5 years too late for the trend. It’s simply Usurpress but slower, heavier and way more complex.”
Tracklist:
1. A Place in the Pantheon
2. Interregnum
3. In Books Without Pages
4. Late in the 11:th Hour
5. Ships of Black Glass (I: Shards, II: Black Echo)
6. The Iron Gates Are Melting
7. The Vagrant Harlot
Album formats:
- Digipack CD
- Black LP
- Gold LP (limit. to 125 copies)
- Digital
- T-shirt
Line-up:
Stefan Pettersson - vocals
Påhl Sundström - guitars
Daniel Ekeroth - bass
Stefan Hildman (session) - drums
Erik Sundström (session) - keyboards
https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/interregnum