Czech post-metal/atmospheric sludge band FDK is back with their third studio album »Sunlight«, out now via Kabinet Records

Prague, Czech Republic based post-metal/atmospheric sludge band FDK presents their third studio album, »Sunlight«, which was just released on January 13th, 2023 via Kabinet Records.

The band comments: “Our 3rd studio album Sunlight is here! You can get the album in digital form on our Bandcamp profile or on other digital platforms. The album is also released on classical LP, CD and MC media – if you are interested, please contact your favorite retailer or Kabinet Records: label@kabinetmuz.cz.”

Tracklist:
01. Prayer For The Sunlight
02. Unanswered Calls
03. Time Is Truth
04. Die Offline
05. Highways We’re Never Gonna Take
06. One Minute To Twelve
07. Something Pure
08. Proud And Scarred

Recorded in FDK Studio, Prague.
Mixed & mastered by Amak Golden at Golden Hive Studio, Prague.

Courtesy of Kabinet Records:

In autumn 2022, they released the single »Time Is Truth« and a music video directed by Tomáš Hájek (HatoHoto Studio), now FDK returns with the album »Sunlight«. And they confirm that there is no one far and wide who creates guitar music with a similar feeling for cutting and at the same time uplifting guitar music. In the dark post-metal of FDK, there is room for melancholic shades, but the record, like the previous ones, can cut into the living and especially overwhelm with its impressive density.

The name »Sunlight« follows the line of the previous, clearly graspable names of FDK albums, the release of the record itself is a symbolic dawn for the band, which has not been seen for a long time. “We like to put opposites together,” adds FDK, “And so it was suggested to use something that would shine through the generally melancholic dark record. But the sun’s rays not only give life, they can also destroy it.”

“We said to ourselves that we will record the next record ourselves, so that we don’t have to be under unnecessary pressure in a rented studio,” explains the band’s creative process. “That’s probably the reason why it took so long, on the other hand, we didn’t have to make compromises and could play with everything enough. We then mixed the record with Amák from the Golden Hive studio and gave everything enough attention.” The band created and recorded the record over the years in a Vysočany brownfield, where they found an ideal background. “It’s also a record about overcoming yourself.”

The Prague band FDK is the most prominent local representative of post-metal, at the same time a band whose sound has always exceeded local possibilities. Some people may remember their connection with Swiss doom/sludge band Zatokrev or US post-metal group Minsk. For the last thirteen years (»Earthlinked« was released in 2010), FDK has been practically unheard of, but the band has been working in seclusion and now they are back with the same line-up as when we last heard from them. And it’s an adequately loud return.

»Sunlight« is released on LP, CD, cassette and digital on Friday 13 January 2023 via Kabinet Records.

FDK are:
Jiří Valenta – Vocals, Guitar
Petr Víšek – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Petr Vaner – Guitar, Synthesizers
František Pekař – Bass
Přemysl Taschner – Drums

Upcoming shows:
9 / 2 / 2023 – Kabinet Můz, Brno (CZ)
10 / 3 / 2023 – Pod Lampou, Plzeň (CZ)
11 / 3 / 2023 – Chodov u Sokolova (CZ)
30 / 3 / 2023 – Praha, Café v Lese (CZ)

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