Finnish Symphonic Black Metal formation …AND OCEANS, has released its new single “Likt Törnen Genom Kött”. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album “As In Gardens, So In Tombs”, out on January 27th, 2023 via Season Of Mist.
…AND OCEANS comment on the track: “After the latest straight forward track, we are exploring the sound of the 90’s a bit more with a lot of melodies and taking down the tempo a bit with this third single. This is also the first song fully in Swedish in ages and like Mathias mentioned: ‘this song just screamed for Swedish lyrics’.”
It’s rare for a band to commandingly return with their best effort to date, but Finland’s …AND OCEANS are here to prove that 2020’s “Cosmic World Mother” was the sound of creative floodgates bursting through into a new body of water, an ocean if you will. Well, that was their pinnacle up until their new album, “As In Gardens, So In Tombs”, is let out into the world. Everything that …AND OCEANS’ first full-length in 18 years did well – blistering Symphonic Black Metal, heady themes that dealt with the connection between philosophy and psychics, and …AND OCEANS’ trademark adventurous songwriting – “As In Gardens, So In Tombs” manages to eclipse and recontextualize. It’s the sound of a band seizing every ounce of momentum and upping the ante in every way. While …AND OCEANS has never written the same album twice, in many ways, their latest sounds like an opportunity for the Finnish group to pick up and improve upon what they started. Symphonic Black Metal is never this fun, free, and fantastic.
“As In Gardens, So In Tombs” track listing:
- As in Gardens, so in Tombs
- The Collector and His Construct
- Within Fire and Crystal
- Carried on Lead Wings
- Likt Törnen Genom Kött
- Cloud Heads
- Wine into Water
- Inverse Magnification Matrix
- The Earth Canvas
- Ambivalent God
Bonus: - Samlarens Valv
- Third Eye Catalyst You can watch the official live video for “Eiswanderer” below:
