Danish progressive doom metal wizards Alkymist releases first single and music video »Digging A Grave« from upcoming album »UnnDerr«!

Copenhagen, Denmark based progressive doom metal band Alkymist has announced their third album, »UnnDerr«, which will be released on November 15th, 2024 via Indisciplinarian.

Watch a music video for the first single »Digging A Grave« below!

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 progressive doom metal wizards Alkymist announce the release of their new and third album entitled »UnnDerr« set for a November 15th, 2024 release on vinyl and digital formats. With the announcement, Alkymist release the album’s first single »Digging A Grave« alongside a music video by director Mikisoq H. Lynge.

Listen to Alkymist’s new single »Digging A Grave« HERE!

»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.

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.

Also, Alkymist has just announced a »UnnDerr« release show on November 29th at Loppen, Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark with special guests and label mates Offernat – tickets are now available HERE.

Photos by Roeluf Witmans

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