After releasing two ferociously promising demos virtually a decade in the past, the Swedish black thrashers referred to as Curse merely disappeared. Based on Felix Lundkvist, the band’s drummer, “Curse was disbanded indefinitely for private causes in 2012. We had been heading in the direction of various things in life. It was not till we got here throughout our new guitarist M. Snake in late 2018 that we began to make new music. About 4 months later we discovered our bassist, an outdated pal who needed to make music that we felt like we needed to report.”
Let’s thank the morning star then in any other case Curse’s model new apex shredder would by no means have come to exist. Titled The Awakening… and the Outdated, this new Curse EP counts six tracks of tightly vicious, classically catchy and extremely listenable black thrash energy.
“Earlier than we even talked a few full size album we had been looking for a sound that represents the place we’re at this level,” says Felix. “The sound was just about decided earlier than getting into the studio. Since we did a dwell recording, the sound was virtually the similar as in the rehearsal. Some tweaks had been made however nothing main to the total sound.
“The songs [themselves] are tales of how we painting completely different components in historical past,” continues Felix. “As an illustration the music ‘I Am Demise’ refers to the black loss of life that [ravaged] Europe in the 14th century however it will possibly simply be in contrast with the Covid-19 [pandemic] that’s taking place proper now. A illness that’s spreading past our comprehension.”
The Awakening… and the Outdated
The Awakening… and the Outdated comes out this Friday on cassette from American pandemonium, Redefining Darkness Information. Based on Felix, Curse “had been looking for some cowl artwork and got here throughout Hellish, a digital artist on Instagram. We determined to purchase a canopy artwork from him, which then turned the cowl artwork for The Awakening… and the Outdated. Hellish then shared on Instagram that we purchased the artwork and additionally shared a hyperlink to our music. Shortly after Thomas from Redefining Darkness contacted us about eager to make the album occur.”
Like everybody else in the world, Curse are at present underneath quarantine, however, Felix says the band “are determining what the subsequent step is when it comes to new music. For now we’re taking it gradual attributable to quarantine however the objective is to have new songs able to be recorded this fall or early subsequent 12 months.”
Preorder The Awakening… and the Outdated from Redefining Darkness Information.
