Swedish death/doom metal act Runemagick returns with »After Chaos: Nocturnal Vigil«; pre-orders and first single online now!

Swedish death/doom metal act Runemagick has announced their new full-length album, »After Chaos: Nocturnal Vigil«, scheduled for release on September 18th, 2026 via Hammerheart Records.

Watch a lyric video for the first single »The Nocturnal Vigil« below!

Tracklist:
01. After Chaos
02. Rune Magick Unbound
03. The Nocturnal Vigil
04. Urdr’s Cosmic Weave
05. Abyssal Continuum
06. Formless Dawn
07. The Vast That Knows No Shape
08. Into The Endless Continuance

Courtesy of Hammerheart Records:

Runemagick returns with »After Chaos: Nocturnal Vigil« and streams the first single »The Nocturnal Vigil« now. Also the pre-orders for the deluxe 2-CD and gatefold 2-LP are live!

Pre-order / listen now HERE.

Step away from the present. Enter the death/doom/pagan world of Runemagick! Listen in solitude to this journey and give it time to comprehend. Mixed and mastered by Andy La Rocque (King Diamond, Lex Legion, Death) at Sonic Train Studios and the artwork is done by Pablo Robbio (Spectrum Art) and Danny Pham with illustrations by Dísa Draugurinn, based on visions insired by listening to demos and lyrics of the album.

»After Chaos: Nocturnal Vigil« descends beyond the aftermath of collapse into realms where runes awaken, ancient currents stir and unseen forces move beneath the surface of existence. Through eight interconnected compositions, the album follows a solitary passage through stillness, vigilance, dissolution and transformation, guided by the hidden weave of Urðr and the enduring presence that remains when all forms have fallen away.

Blending death/doom metal with ritualistic atmospheres, meditative passages and cosmic depth, the album explores themes of rune magick, animism, continuity and becoming. Guest vocalist Dísa Draugurinn contributes shamanic trance-like invocations that further strengthen the album’s dreamlike and immersive character.

As a natural continuation of »Cycle Of The Dying Sun (Dawn Of Ashen Realms)«, the album moves deeper into the unknown, where endings reveal new thresholds and where awareness itself becomes part of the endless continuance.

Line up:
Nicklas Rudolfsson – Vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizers, jaw harp, drums and percussion

Special guest:
Dísa Draugurinn – Shamanic trance voice

• Entirely composed and performed by Nicklas Rudolfsson (Runemagick, The Funeral Orchestra, Unformulas, ex-Sacramentum)
• Mixed and mastered by Andy La Rocque (King Diamond, Lex Legion, Death) at Sonic Train Studios
• Deluxe double album
• Artwork by Pablo Robbio (Spectrum Art) and Danny Pham
• Illustrations by Dísa Draugurinn, based on visions insired by listening to demos and lyrics of the album

FFO: Celtic Frost, Bathory (viking era), Candlemass, Evoken, Hooded Menace, Winter

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well