Name: Måsstaden Under Vatten
Brand: Vildhjarta

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

19439914491

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Colour

black

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

194399144916

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Vildhjarta

Genre GB

Metal

Label GB

Century Media

With a decade between releases, Vildhjarta remain as inscrutable and as close to anonymity as a band can be. Vildhjarta's down-tuned, staccato riffs and pulverizing grooves are the sound of music stripped to its essence. Yet, the Swedish collective’s long-awaited album, måsstaden under vatten, is far more than a recitation of djent values. Clocking in at 80 minutes, it thematically picks up where the dark Swedish fable of 2011’s Måsstaden left off and delivers on the promise that record hinted at. Tracks like the recently released “när de du älskar kommer tillbaka från de döda” (“When the Ones You Love Return From the Dead”) suggest a newfound subtlety and sophistication amidst the bombast and beauty in the breakdown.

Since dropping a minute of new live music in 2016, the band's focus has almost entirely been on the new album with drummer and now noted producer, Buster Odeholm (Born of Osiris, Shadow of Intent, Humanity’s Last Breath) heavily involved in the production, mixing and mastering of the music. Visual artist Rickard Westman, who did art for Vildhjarta's debut as well as their Thousands of Evils EP in 2013, has also returned to the equation to reprise his disturbing visual iconography. Says the band: “Art happens when art happens.”

Måsstaden Under Vatten

Music GB