Doomed Confessionary: Thomas B Sørensen (Natskygge)
Photo credit: Jan Vestergren Laursen
Natskygge is a psychedelic space rock band from Esbjerg, Denmark.
They have released »Echo Dreams (Chapter 1)« in June 2025, which consists of three tracks, and a lot more is coming! The chapters will be a full release during 2026, and more tracks will continue to be dropped until then. »Echo Dreams« will be the third album from the band, who are signed to Kozmik Artifactz.
Natskygge’s sound is a combination of bone-dry, fuzzsaturated riffs and floaty atmospheric soundscapes. With a focus on dynamic compositions and textured instrumental sound, Natskygge invites the listener to a journey into a chaotic sonic cosmos, containing everything from stabilizing blues rock references to new unchartered musical territories. Its hypnotic rhythm sections, molten hot fuzz guitar and heavy, acid driven synthesizer pared with a dreamy vocal.
Natskygge are Thomas N Iversen (bass, vocals, synthesizer), Martin Lykkegaard (guitar) and Thomas B Sørensen (drums).
Can you please say a few words about your band?
We are three guys living on the west coast of Denmark, playing and making music together for around 7 years. We jam our way through the songwriting, and have ended up with a sound that’s a sort of combination between dry sort of straight fuzz riffs, and floaty synth and space effects saturated soundscapes, somehow pieced together. The band was formed in 2018 and we have two full albums released on Kozmik Artifactz so far.
What was the biggest challenge for the band?
The biggest challenge for the band has always been finding the right bassist. So, until recently, Natskygge was a four-piece, our vocalist also playing guitar. But since we never really found the right bassist, we came to the conclusion that we would be better off as a trio. Our vocalist, Thomas N Iversen, switched out the guitar and has been great on the bass ever since. Martin had to switch more between rhythm and lead pieces on his guitar, let’s just say it took a great effort converting our songs for the trio setup, but luckily it was the best decision we ever made and the struggle really paid off.
What can you be most proud of so far?
I think we are most proud of our two releases. They really mean a lot as accomplishments for the band, and hence the former question, we also have gone through a couple of band members in that process. At some point the joke was that we lose a bassist for each album. This is just a testament to the hard process of making music, where tough decisions need to be made from time to time. On the lighter side, we are now in great sync when it comes to sound and direction for the band, being just the three of us.
What was your biggest regret?
I think the biggest regret must be the amount of live performances we have had to turn down during the promotion and release of our two albums. Our first album was released directly into the Corona wasteland, where no concerts were being held, so back then the live promotion of the record was almost non-existing. On this second release we didn’t have the right setup, and the prioritizing of time for live performances was not possible to the extent that it needed to be. That meant it wasn’t promoted to the extent it needed to be, and that was influencing the band negatively back then.
What was the best concert/tour so far and why?
The best live experience I think was at Stengade in Copenhagen opening for Green Leaf, that was a great night in front of an awesome audience.
What was the biggest surprise on the music scene for you?
I think it’s really nice to see more and more bands distancing themselves a little from the overt marijuana imagery and lyrical themes. It seems we, as a whole, are figuring out that the core elements, being the heavy riffs and the psychedelic sound, are used to explore more serious or even philosophical topics. It’s not something I saw coming, but I think it’s welcoming as these drug references always were a little too easy for me.
What is currently in your heavy musical rotation?
Right now, I have King Buffalo on heavy rotation. I caught them in Holland earlier in the year, and they are great, I love the stoned vocals and feel of that band. I also loved the recent Fu Manchu release, and of course I have to mention Dead Meadow and Ty Segall.
What was the best advice you’ve ever been given as a musician?
What initially comes to mind is not exactly any single advice, but just the process of recording our first album, where we had some intense recording sessions with our producer, Rasmus Madsen, back then. It was an incredibly growing experience for us all, and we have taken lots of the advice we got through those sessions and applied them to our playing. This is a big part in what defines our sound today.
What are your guilty pleasures?
For me, being kind of a metalhead back in my teens and early 20s. There are a number of old albums that I revisit from time to time. Some of Illdisposed or Hatesphere’s old records, and then there is my whole relationship with System Of A Down, which I think could be deemed as way too excessive back in my teenage years. Sometimes I just seem to need a hit of that nostalgia.
Can you say something more about the current music scene in Denmark?
The music scene in Denmark has always been a little different from the neighbouring countries. It seems to me that domestic music from Denmark is more pushed forward, which I think means that some of these subgenres never really get picked up and form a scene. In Denmark today, the stoner and fuzz rock subgenres are really small compared to what’s the status in the countries around us. We are trying to push back on that a little, however, it is hard to have that influence. That being said, there is somewhat of a scene in Copenhagen and in Odense.
Where can we see you live this year (concerts/tours)?
We are doing the booking work right now, so we can’t really disclose too much about that yet, however, as we have our new recording, »Echo Dreams (Chapter 1)« out, we are planning to play a little this fall, and then intensify that over the spring and summer period 2026. The full release will come during 2026, and so, Natskygge will be a lot more active in the coming months.
What are your plans for the future as a band?
We plan to have our full release »Echo Dreams« out as early in 2026 as we can. Then, we need for once to get a release promoted with some touring. We would love to see a couple of festival appearances in either 2026 or 2027, but who can really say where the music will take us. We are having a lot of fun writing music and sharing with like minded music fans, and that is the most important for us.
How can people best support your band?
People could support our band by following our Bandcamp account, buying our records and off course showing up to our gigs. Our Bandcamp has just been reviewed after we had some trouble getting access. We had to start from scratch so that profile definitely need some more followers as it is now.
Do you have any message for your listeners?
We would like to thank everyone who is following us on our exploratory trip musically. It is fulfilling to be able to share our accomplishments musically with the great audience we have within the scene.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well