“The most important song on the album for me personally”, says Sebastian Ramstedt (lead guitar) about “As Stars Collide”, the 2nd single and video taken from NECROPHOBIC‘s upcoming album, “In the Twilight Grey”. “It starts off with the main melody, that was actually something my mother sang to me as a kid in the early 70‘s. It is almost like a chant, or a dark lullaby. I wanted to honor her melody, but put it in my own context. I used one of the oldest stories ever told and drew inspiration from Innana‘s Descent – the tale where the morning and evening star meet in the underworld to decide whether good or evil should reign. I wanted to create something that stretched beyond the metal barriers.”
Check the elaborate lyric video done my Brendan McGowan (https://www.brendanmcgowan.com/): https://youtu.be/_udLWGQrGVA
Preorders for “In the Twilight Grey”, that will be out March 15th, 2024, can be found under the following link: https://necrophobic.lnk.to/InTheTwilightGrey. The album will be available in the following formats:
Ltd. Deluxe Gatefold combat green 2LP & LP-Booklet & Poster incl. 2 bonus tracks (1.000x)
Gatefold black LP
Gatefold dark green LP (300x)
Ltd. CD Mediabook (comes with a special, extended booklet and 2 bonus tracks)
Standard CD Jewelcase
Digital album
Enigmatically titled “In the Twilight Grey”, NECROPHOBIC‘s tenth studio album immediately asserts its separation from everything that has gone before. Colder and more biting than recent efforts, “In the Twilight Grey” is full of brutish metal songs, hewn from unnamed obsidian horrors.
NECROPHOBIC have always been a more dynamic and daring band than their somewhat narrow reputation might suggest. “In the Twilight Grey” hammers their boldness home via some of the most hard-hitting and direct songs they have ever recorded. Equally, the new album is home to several songs that push NECROPHOBIC‘s music down strange, new avenues. Fueled by the dark side, Sebastian Ramstedt understands the importance of retaining the essence of the band‘s early days, even as the means of expression continues to evolve.
Yet again “In the Twilight Grey” was produced, mixed and mastered by Fredrik Folkare (of death metal icons Unleashed) at Chrome Studios, Stockholm and engineered in close collaboration by Folkare and the band themselves. For the artwork they teamed up with Jens Rydén, another likeminded institution from the Swedish scene.
