“The chaos ritual
of transcendent destruction
shall bring a thousand years of peace”
(‘Virtue‘)
Ominous and tumultuous entity DET EVIGA LEENDET return to cement an already-strong reputation with their third album, the aptly titled “Vehemence“. Emerging from Uppsala in 2015 and taking their name from Pär Lagerkvist‘s existentialist 1920 novel, the Swedish/US collective has carved a unique and introvert path through contemporary black metal, where beauty and suffocation, vastness and claustrophobia exist side-by-side.
Delve into the album stream below, unveiled a few days before the official album release:
DET EVIGA LEENDET (‘The Eternal Smile’) musically and lyrically dive deep into the great questions of human existence over six dynamic new compositions. The band elaborates: “Lyrically, the record continues the themes the band has explored since its inception, built around collapse as the only constant. Perception hardens into conviction, and conviction into detachment, where what is witnessed is no longer filtered through empathy but through hopeless inevitability. Images of decay, ruin, and judgment are not externalized events but conditions that are one with the observer, until participation and observation begin to overlap. This understanding takes many forms: from clarity that removes doubt, to acceptance of physical and psychological violence as the structural constant, and finally into stillness where resistance loses meaning.”
Read more about the album HERE.
“Vehemence” will be released on November 13th via Debemur Morti Productions . Pre-orders are possible via the label’s EU, US and Bandcamp shops.
Ancient flame, quietly burning through the shadows. Devoted to black metal and the Dark Arts since the late 90’s. https://linktr.ee/paulafazlich
