Begin juni introduceerde Demon Head haar nieuwste album met de single "Every Flatworm". Vandaag krijgen we een nieuwe sneak peek met de release van "Draw Down the Sky." Deze meeslepende en sfeervolle track belichaamt de unieke mix van doom en psychedelische rock waar Demon Head om bekend staat.
Het nummer begint met een hypnotiserende gitaarlijn die direct een mysterieuze sfeer oproept. Verwacht echter geen lang uitgesponnen intro’s. De band pakt je gedurende vier minuten in met complexe gelaagdheid en heel wat onverwachte wendingen, zoals een gitaarsolobattle en de toevoeging van wat saxofoon.
"Draw Down the Sky" is een sterke tweede single die de muzikale evolutie van de band benadrukt. Wederom toont Demon Head haar durf om een eigen koers te varen, los van trends of luistergemak, zónder haar kenmerkende sound te verliezen. Al moet wel gezegd worden dat deze muziek live een stuk beter overkomt. Plaats daarom zeker dinsdag 1 oktober in je agenda. Dan komt Demon Head naar België; een ideale kans om je te laten wegblazen door de virtuositeit van deze Deense rockers.
Though Holes Shine the Stars verschijnt op 20 september 2024 via Svart Records.
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Demon Head is proud to announce the release of Through Holes Shine the Stars on Svart Records. The album is the fifth full-length from the band that celebrated their first 10 years of existence last year, and it is undoubtedly another milestone on their tireless – and very own – path through the wilderness. It is a deeper, darker well of tones and melodies than before, while being significantly more extroverted than their last releases. All in the seemingly effortless, strangely catchy, and unique manner that Demon Head have become known for.
The eight songs were written collectively during several concentrated sessions from 2019–2022 and recorded entirely by the band themselves from October 2022 to March 2023 in their own studios in Copenhagen and the west coast of Ireland.
Guitarist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist producer, Birk Gjerlufsen Nielsen expands on the process: “This long and careful process has allowed us to reach a balance between structural precision and artistic expansion, melodic simplicity, and compositional depth. It feels like we’ve uncovered every possibility within each of these songs without losing track of the original nerve.”
In continuation of previous collaborations, Demon Head have mixed the album with the legendary engineer and producer Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica, Morbid Angel, Ensiferum, etc.) in Sweet Silence Studios. Vocalist and recording engineer Marcus Ferreira Larsen remarks: “Like any true master Flemming has created a direct and hard-hitting, transparent mix that does nothing but enhance what is already communicated in the compositions and the performance. He helped us place everything in the landscape that we’ve carved through recording everything ourselves once again.”
Demon Head’s forthcoming fifth album Through Holes Shine the Stars will be released on September 20th, 2024 via Svart Records on black, limited trans-violet, and blue/turquoise vinyl editions, not forgetting the fabulous CD- and C-cassette formats.
