The least we can say is that Shining’s new album was eagerly expected! First, because it follows an impressive series of excellent records. We can’t help wondering if Kvarforth and his team will be indefinitely able to find enough resources in their depressive souls to deliver, album after album, the same quality than with V: Halmstad again and again. And second, because VII: Född Förlarare (that’s the new album’s name) was announced only a few months after VI: Klagopsalmer was released, but revealed almost two years later.
When listening to this latest misdeed, something becomes clear: Shining’s nickname, “the Opeth of black metal”, is well-deserved. On the menu: relatively long riffs dripping with malaise, melancholy and anger, and dark, efficient riffs interspersed with delicate atmospheric/acoustic parts, piano and flute sprinkles, some clean vocals and forthright solos. Whether or not you like the controversial personality of their leader, Shining once again managed to create a real work of art.
The music and lyrics were all written by Niklas Kvarforth and Rickard Bengtsson was chosen again to produce the album. A music video will also be posted online next Wednesday. « (it) might not be the most extreme thing you will ever see, but it will definitely be one of the most uncomfortable. » This is what we are told by the band. To keep you updated, we remind you that Fredric Gråby left the band Shining last month.
In Swedish, Född Förlorare means “born to lose”. So is this album doomed to failure, like its title seems to indicate, or is it a complete success, the like of which the band has been accumulating for several years?
That’s up to you to judge; you can listen to the entire album here exclusively.
PÉNITENCE ONIRIQUE : les détails du nouvel album Nature Morte
Extreme : le jeu sacré
Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN) : les premiers détails de son nouvel album solo
Urfaust – Untergang
Queens Of The Stone Age à la mode gallo-romaine
THERION : les détails du nouvel album Leviathan III ; le clip vidéo de la nouvelle chanson « Twilight Of The Gods » dévoilé
SYLOSIS dévoile le clip vidéo de la nouvelle chanson « Descent »
Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But A Dream…
Steven Wilson : premières impression sur The Harmony Codex
CRAZY LIXX dévoile la chanson « Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (’23) »