Danish atmospheric post-metal outfit Vægtløs announces debut album »Aftryk« and premieres a music video for the first single!
Aalborg, Denmark based blackgaze/doom/post-metal outfit Vægtløs has announced their debut album, »Aftryk«, which will be released on February 2nd, 2024 through 46 records labels around the world including P.O.G.O. Records (Belgium), Geenger Records (Croatia), Grazil Records (Austria), Kvlt & Kaos Productions (Austria), Silent Pendulum Records (USA) and Ripcord Records (Scotland).
Watch a music video for the first single »Ingenting kan forhindre, at små struber skælver en forårsnat««! Video by Jon Gotlev / No Heroes who also made the album artwork. The poem in the song is read by Thomas Burø.
Tracklist:
01. Ingenting kan forhindre at små struber skælver en forårsnat
02. Først da vi bar din kiste gik det op for mig, hvor meget tungt du skulle igennem, før du blev så let
03. Her i vores hjerter bærer vi en ny verden
04. Tag dit knuste hjerte og lav det til kunst
Courtesy of P.O.G.O. Records:
We are are proud to be part of debut record release from Vægtløs’ »Aftryk«, out 2nd of February 2024.
About the album:
The album is a culmination of several years of work that was hindered in growing by a pandemic and the constant setbacks of life. The record is a melodic and vast sound that is forged to enclose the personal Danish lyrics about people close to the band who died or suffered deadly diseases. The inspiration to do so has been found in watching and expericering the unadulterated beauty of life and death.Originally each song was named after the person that band sang about, but that was changed to more fitting titles, as the protagonist of the song (singer Troels’ sister in law) suddenly died. The song was intended to be a “let’s beat this cancer together” rally call, but ended in a more tragic manner.The record was written and recorded in their own studio, and mixed and mastered by producer Jacob Bredahl.
The record is out on 46 record labels around the world, and it comes in a million different formats.
Pre-order »Aftryk« here:
vaegtlos.bandcamp.com
pogorecords.bandcamp.com
What do you do when one of your best friends gets diagnosed with cancer? How do you handle losing someone close to you?
Vægtløs are trying to wade into questions like these on their upcoming album, which solely includes songs about people close to the band who died or suffered deadly diseases.
Vægtløs focuses on a vulnerability and openness that are lacking in the music scene, but also in society, in general. Life is fleeting and fragile, and Vægtløs is a bridge to gap between the monumental emotional dread underlying the fact that all beauty will eventually die and the cathartic strength found in music.
In these immensely bleak times, the need for melancholic and desolate music has never been greater. Vægtløs pours every last bit of passion into their aggressive yet emotional music which can be described as intense and atmospheric post-metal with hints of black metal, post-rock, post-hardcore, and emo, eventhough it is not a distinct variation of neither of those, but a mutated multifaceted modificaton of the sum. Musically the band never took any notice of trends and genres, as the band draws inspiration equally from life as from art and music.
Recorded by Vægtløs.
Engineered by Rasmus Glassau Clausen and Vægtløs.
Mixed and mastered by Jacob Bredahl.
Poem read by Thomas Burø.
Vægtløs is:
Frederik Højlund – Guitars
Jeppe Nørgaard – Bass
Tobias Aske Heltborg – Drums
Troels H. Sørensen – Vocals
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well