HALCYON DAYS – N.I.T.C
AUGUST 13th – 2024
Fall 2024 is upon us and the Norwegian melodic hardcore act Halycon Days is set to release the first new single from their upcoming album.
The first track to be released is the short, yet effective N.I.T.C (Nail in the Coffin).
Here the band seamlessly weave together heavy vocals and drums with melodic guitar lines that opens up to a hard, yet emotional soundscape.
Halcyon Days comment:
“Nail in the Coffin is a song about letting go of the toxic and fake people in your life that is bringing you down, not really being your friends, bringing negativity or only wanting something from you, and that in the end is no good for you or your mental health.
Instead focus on taking care of the people that really cares about you, bring good to your life and you are happy to have in your life and cherish those relationships instead.”
N.I.T.C is produced by Martin Selen (Fixation, Gåte, Djerv), and is angry, energetic, hard hitting track – venturing even further into the bands heavy and somber soundscape.
Halcyon Days have paved the way in the Norwegian melodic metalcore scene the last decade – making room for acts like Atena, Fixation and Storm.
This new single is set to drop August 13th, right in time for the band to reenter one of Germany’s biggest metal festivals, Summer Breeze Open Air festival in Dinkelsbhül.
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About Halcyon Days:
Oslo-based Halcyon Days is a hard-hitting melodic metalcore act. These Norwegian metalcore frontiers have paved way in the NO melodic metalcore scene the last decade – making room for acts like Arena, Fixation and Storm.
Since the band’s inception in 2012, they have released two EPs and three albums, and through a steady focus on touring and playing shows they have established them selves in the recent uprising Norwegian metalcore scene.
Their debut album .ELEVATE received vide attention nationally and was, among other things, both recommended and played on the national Norwegian brodacster NRK P3.
Two years after their debut album, they self-released their self-titled EP in 2016 which was met with a fantastic response internationally, something that gave the band attention also on outside of Norway.
The band signed with Indie Recordings in 2018 and released their second full-length album Rain Soaked Pavements & Fresh Cut Grass on June 15, 2018.
Metal Trenches (US) referred to the album as “one of the better metalcore releases of the year”, while PureGrainAudio (CAN) described it as “a superb example of melodic metal/hardcore”.
The release received more than 1 million streams on Spotify and gave the band their first major shows outside of Norway with performances at festivals such as Summer Breeze Open Air, Reeperbahn Festival and High Five Summerfest.
On their last album Keep Myself from Sinking (Nov. 2021) Halcyon Days worked with legends such as Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah, Soilwork, Behemoth..) Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah) and Henrik Udd (Powerwolf, Septicflesh, Susperia, At the Gates).
Halcyon Days are:
Steffen Johansen – Bass
Robbe Madsen – Vocals
André Sørensen – Guitar
Eirik Løvås Bjerke – Drums
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