Udåd announce debut self-titled album

February 5, 2024 James Weaver

UDÅD have announced their debut self-titled album!

The upcoming album, a self-titled effort, is the debut album from the new project helmed by MORK‘s Thomas Eriksen, and is scheduled to be released in March this year, via Peaceville Records.

Speaking about the upcoming debut album, Eriksen says, “since MORK is constantly evolving for each release and has become its own beacon; I have decided to create a space for me to be more primal. You can take Isebakke, which is quite primitive, and see UDÅD as a step backwards from that. UDÅD allows me to express a much more primal black metal feeling. Ripping off the flesh and exposing a more raw, pure atmosphere. It’s been many years since I last felt this strong vibe of pure black metal in my veins. ‘It’s alive!’.”

Performances and engineering duties were conducted by Eriksen himself at Atomen Studios in Halden, Norway, with the process becoming a particularly gruelling experience when it came to vocals. “The recording of vocals for Udåd turned out to be a very painful and unorthodox experience for me. I decided from the start to do something completely different to my usual vocal approach in MORK. I wanted something that could match the primitive nakedness of the music. So, I ended up doing this primal powerful shouting scream, which really took the energy and air out of me. It was hard, but then again, I really put everything into it, which forever will live on through the recording.” Mastering was carried out by Jack Control at Enormous Door [DARKTHRONE, MORK].

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming debut album below:

Track List:

1. Den Evindelige Ende
2. Bakenfor Urskogens Utkant
3. Avgudsdyrker
4. Blodnatten
5. Den Virkelige Apokryf
6. Vondskapens Triumf
7. Kald Iver
8. Antropofagens Hunger