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With everything they do, Swedish genre-blending rockers DAMPF remain unique in their idiosyncrasy. It should therefore not come as a surprise for the band to release today, not one, but two brand new singles and videos. ‘War With The World’ and ‘Might As Well Have Died’ juxtapose two tales, one of light and one of darkness.
With DAMPF there will always be the contrasts and opposites, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dreams and nightmares, comedy and tragedy… but through it all runs the common thread of theatre, of the grandiose, of the joys in the unpredictable, and an overwhelming confidence in embracing them all. Whether the gothic dungeon of ‘War With The World’ or the snakes and misty forests of ‘Might As Well Have Died’, DAMPF reign supreme in telling stories of theatrical chaos and colour.
The two singles are taken from their sophomore album, No Angels Alive, out this week via Silver Lining Music.
The first song ‘War With The World’ is a maritime singalong-flavoured juggernaut… “Persuading people to go to war by using powerful words is obviously a complex subject” begins A-TRON. “Take for example Napoleon, he made people go euphorically wild with his speeches and suddenly people were charging towards the ‘enemy’ with only pikes or other makeshift weapons even though they knew that the enemies were stronger and larger in numbers. They felt invincible thanks to those speeches: people just responding with flock mentality to those words, instead of taking a moment to think: ‘hold on, you’re going to fight that person for what?! A bottle of rum or whatever? Madness!” chuckles singer/song-writer A-TRON (aka Martin Erikson – E-Type).
“The second song ‘Might As Well Have Died’ is probably DAMPF's darkest yet,” continues A-TRON. “The lyrics are the dark thoughts you can sometimes have, for various reasons, when you can't sleep. Why am I putting energy into all of this when it's done anyway? It can be a simple relationship that has ended, you think you have done everything that you can and it still goes to hell. Or you try to work or study for a better future, then a handful of dictators start wars in all corners of the world… threatening me with nuclear weapons when I just had a baby, what the hell? It’s a feeling of cold, empty hopelessness.”
Watch/Listen to ‘Might As Well Have Died / War With The World’ here Videos by Ted Lindén at Bullsize Production.
‘Might As Well Have Died’ filmed at Skansen (www.skansen.se)
Led by singer/songwriter A-TRON (aka Martin Erikson – E-Type) and Beak, No Angels Alive is an all-in 10 song storytelling experience blending expansive yet tightly bound stylistic ingredients incorporating hard rock, thrash, melodic power metal and electronic edges. Recorded at Yard Street Studios (Solna, Sweden) and produced by Jona Tee, be gloriously warned: DAMPF’s second studio offering, No Angels Alive, is not -and never was conceived to be- for the faint of heart.
Completed by Bhéara (aka Olivia Thörn on vocals), Haderajja (aka David Wallin on drums – Hammerfall), Bahari (aka Pontus Egberg on bass – King Diamond, The Poodles), Skaeggyxa (aka Love Magnusson on guitar – Dynazty), Sha-Zam’s (aka Sam Söderlindh on guitar) and Arkoūda (aka Björn Åkesson, growl), DAMPF engage in a theatrical journey through the timeless historical corridors of human darkness and their opus, No Angels Alive, plays like a grand collective performance piece, with an innate sense of beautiful, catchy melody finding ample room and context alongside the overall brutality of DAMPF.
Watch/Listen to the recently released singles/videos ‘Masquerade’ and ‘No Angels Alive’ here Videos by Ted Lindén at Bullsize Production.
Scary yet colourful, heavy yet catchy, listen to No Angels Alive with a genreless mind and an open heart; the rewards of this immense and unique album will be plentiful.
“Power metal with irresistible pop-appeal from someone who knows how it works” – CLASSIC ROCK
“The band moved forward without losing what they stand for: diversity, joy of playing and the desire to break through the boundaries” – LEGACY
“No Angels Alive with the spirit of breaking through genres and an open heart. The rewards of their work will be surely rolling in” – MYREVELATIONS.DE
“Pure power with melodic trips into the darkness” – DARKSTARS.DE
No Angels Alive will be released this Friday on CD digipak, 12” gold and black splatter vinyl, digital formats and special D2C products and bundles. Pre-orde now at this location.
Tracklisting
| 1. No Angels Alive |
| 2. Masquerade |
| 3. Ghost |
| 4. Might As Well Have Died |
| 5. Heart Of Darkness |
| 6. War With The World |
| 7. Hellfire |
| 8. Away |
| 9. Mists Of Avalon (Don’t Wake Me Up) |
| 10. Dark Side Of My Moon |
DAMPF are:
| Martin Erikson [A-TRON] – Vocals |
| Olivia Thörn [Bhéara] – Vocals |
| Beak – Keys |
| David Wallin [Haderajja] – Drums |
| Pontus Egberg [Bahari] – Bass |
| Sam Söderlindh [Sha-Zam’s] – Guitar |
| Love Magnusson [Skaeggyxa] – Guitar |
| Björn Åkesson [Arkoūda] – Growls |
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