Orbit Culture announce new album ‘Descent’

ORBIT CULTURE have announced a new album!

Titled Descent, the upcoming album from the Swedish metal band is the follow-up to 2020’s Nija, and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via Seek & Strike.

Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist/guitarist Niklas Karlsson says, “we wanted this album to sound as big and aggressive as possible, while maintaining a pleasant listening experience. I took a lot inspiration from the movie Dune, not because of the story or anything, but because the combination of imagery and music created this vast picture and we wanted to convey that epic feel with this new album.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; From The Inside. The new song is the second single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from Vultures Of North, which was released back in August last year.

Speaking about the new single, Karlsson says, “right off the bat, starting in the writing and demo stage of this album, all of us in the band felt that this song was special. It is somewhat of a melancholic track, but with a deadly punch that works well over this atmospheric clean guitar. The intro felt right, the verse felt right and the chorus felt right. It’s just one of those songs that combined all of the elements of this album into a single track.

The lyrics contain several metaphors talking about not really being fit in and dealing with life’s everyday bullshit. I drew a line between the similarity of solitude to being left outside in the cold, which mostly starts within yourself. That’s how the whole visual aspect of the video came from, being left out, seeing the world and the rest of the world can see you, but you can’t be touched.”

Watch the official music video for From The Inside here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:

Track List: 

1. Descending
2. Black Mountain
3. Sorrower
4. From The Inside
5. Vultures Of North
6. Alienated
7. The Aisle Of Fire
8. Undercity
9. Descent
10. Through Time

Descent is set for release on August 18th via Seek & Strike. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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