Danish prog doom metal ensemble Alkymist shares music video for »The Scent« from upcoming third album »UnnDerr«
Copenhagen, Denmark based progressive doom metal band Alkymist shares a music video for the latest single »The Scent« taken from their upcoming album, »UnnDerr«, set to release on November 15th, 2024 via Indisciplinarian.
Tracklist:
01. The Scent
02. Digging A Grave
03. UnnDerr
04. Light Of A Lost Star
05. My Sick Part
06. Fire In My Eyes
07. Masters Of Disguise
Courtesy of Indisciplinarian:
Today, Danish prog doom metal wizards Alkymist share the music video for »The Scent«, the second single from the band’s upcoming third album »UnnDerr«, which is set for a November 15th release. As with the video for the irst single »Digging A Grave«, the clip is created by filmmaker Mikisog H. Lynge. Combining original footage with excerpts from Fritz Lang’s classic »Metropolis«, the video conveys a stark vision of submission and longing, thus indirectly conveying the song theme of love as a destructive drug.
Lead singer Peter Bjørneg elaborates on the theme: “Somewhere in the crowd, buried in shame, there’s a soul that suffers. Sealed and closed up tight in despair and out of sight… because love can be a poison. One who has lost control over life, soul and mind. Whose existence is threatened and has done everything to hold on to the poison because it becomes a drug. You lose all sense of danger, you lose all peace of mind and your soul turns to dust. If you take in someone else’s poison – thinking you can relieve them by sharing it – you will instead destroy yourself.”
»UnnDerr« sees the band fairing into new horizons, conveying a more direct expression while retaining Alkymist’s psychedelic and progressive trademarks. The album consists of seven tracks and is the band’s first recording to include new drummer Per Silkjær (Fossils, Brunsten, Double Space, Sons Of Cain). The new effort is once again produced by Lasse Ballade and bears artwork from Anders Kidmose, while Ballade has also overseen the mastering.
Photo by Roeluf Witmans
The »UnnDerr« vinyl comes in three limited editions – 300 black copies and 100 petrol transparent copies and 100 red transparent copies – which are now available for pre-order HERE, while digital pre-orders are available HERE and Bandcamp pre-orders HERE.
Alkymist has announced a »UnnDerr« release show on November 29th at Loppen in Copenhagen, Denmark and also at Voxhall in Aarhus, Denmark on February 22nd 2025, both with label mates Offernat as special guests. Tickets are now available for Copenhagen HERE and for Aarhus HERE.
Alkymist Live 2224/2025:
29.11.24 – Loppen, Copenhagen (DK) w. Offernat
22.02.25 – Voxhall, Aarhus (DK) w. Offernat & Hudsult
In a large soundproof basement in Copenhagen, Alkymist, one of Denmark’s most distinctive metal bands, set up their own studio and worked non-stop for three years on their enigmatic third album »UnnDerr«. In the meantime, the band has recorded the album themselves, dropped the recordings, changed drummer and recorded the final album with producer Lasse Ballade (Orm, Solbrud, Konvent, Night Fever) as on previous albums.
In 2018, Alkymist released their critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album. The band played the same year e.g. at the Danish music industry’s SPOT Festival and the following year at Roskilde Festival. Expectations were high and the heavy artillery had moved into position for the release of the sequel »Sanctuary« in the spring of 2020. But a well-known pandemic shut down all plans. Instead, Alkymist chose to spend energy on improving their recording possibilities in the rehearsal room in Copenhagen and proclaimed shortly after the release of »Sanctuary« that they were working on new material. That was almost four years ago. A lot has happened since then, with the band contemplating and now back at full force.
On their debut album Alkymist’s focus was on finding their own expression. With »Sanctuary«, it was about further developing the sound and the special symbiosis in the music. And now on »UnnDerr«, Alkymist brings all the elements to a boil and explores what happens if the accelerator is stepped on a little further. Musically, the third album embraces musically more broadly and comes off as more direct with its distinct use of melody and groove, while the progressive and atmospheric elements are intact.
»UnnDerr« dives down into the ambiguity of what is above the surface and what lurks below… what is seen and what is hidden away, but is still messing around in the subconscious. Nothing’s normal in the Alkymist auspices… what happens if it’s all manipulated? Letters as symbols… what if you take the symbolism and look at the other side… does it start to mean something else? What kind of messages do you get and where does it lead you? With the music, Alkymist questions everything we believe, see and hear.
Artwork by Anders Kidmose.
Alkymist is:
Peter Bjørneg – Vocals
Stefan Krey – Guitars
Kaspar Luke – Bass
Per Silkjær – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well