Dun Ringill to release concept album »150 – Where The Old Gods Play – Act 1« via The Sign Records; tour with Pentagram in August!
Swedish progressive doom metal band Dun Ringill is gearing up to release their new full-length album »150 – Where The Old Gods Play – Act 1« on August 4th, 2023 via The Sign Records.
Tracklist:
01. Awakening
02. The Parish
03. The Devil Wears A Papal Tiara
04. Baptised In Fire
05. Nathaniels Hymn
06. Blood Of The Lord
07. The Last Supper
The band comments: “We are thrilled to announce that our new album »Where The Old Gods Play Act 1« shall be released on August 4th via The Sign Records. Available on CD, LP and all streaming platforms. Recorded at Grand Recordings.
The extremely positive responses to our 3 lead-up singles have been truly humbling and we can’t wait to share the full album with you! This is part one of a double-concept album (part 2 shall follow in 2024).
Allow yourself to be taken back in time to the haunting Scottish Island of Skye in 1900. Watch as a young ship-wrecked stranger (Lucia) is welcomed by the local priest and guided towards happiness and safety……or was she? This is by far our most ambitious project to date and we’re confident you’ll agree that the soundtrack suitably lives up to this adventurous and sinister story.
For those located in Sweden: We will be holding a special release-party at The Abyss in Gothenburg where we will perform the album from start to finish.
Catch us on tour throughout Europe in August as support band to Pentagram.”
Photo by Robert Hellström
Courtesy of The Sign Records:
This August, Dun Ringill will release the conceptual album »150 – Where The Old Gods Play – Act 1«. A unique mix of Nordic folk inspired, doom and progressive metal. Following the album release, the band will go on tour with legendary metal outfit Pentagram, dates and album below.
European Tour with Pentagram:
03.08 DK – Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
04.08 SE- Gothenburg, The Abyss *
05.08 NO – Oslo, Parkteatret
06.08 TBA *
07.08 DE – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof
08.08 DE – Dortmund, Junkyard
09.08 DE – Kassel, Goldgrube
10.08 DE – Leipzig, UT Connewitz
11.08 DE – Berlin, Lido
12.08 TBA *
* = Dun Ringill only
Nordic folk, doom and progressive metal meet storytelling lyrics on Dun Ringill’s upcoming, studio recorded album »150 – Where The Old Gods Play – Act 1«. After the launch of their second »Library Of Death«, the Swedish 6 piece decided to challenge themselves further by writing an ambitious double concept-album, released as two separate albums during 2023 and 2024 respectively. To enhance the storytelling, the band (now with a new drummer) choose to increase the intensity of their dark, progressive visions whilst still faithfully incorporating their native nordic folk influences.
Dun Ringill found a new lease of life when they decided to throw themselves into the grandiose and almost impossible mission of composing a cohesive and well-written story, whilst simultaneously recording a concept record without unwanted pretentiousness. It was important to make the songwriting the main focus, yet at the same time have both the lyrics and music compliment each other, making them live in unison and also work independently as individual songs.
During this journey, the band has developed and explored many new areas outside their folk-doom comfort-zone by introducing a strong progressive element, which resulted in an advancement of their technical, musical and emotional expressions. The journey has been vibrant, powerful, challenging and at times very dark. Without the excessive downtime which the pandemic offered, this work would simply never have seen the light of day.
»150-Where The Old Gods Play« (Act 1 and 2) are based on a movie script written by Patrik Andersson Winberg (bassist and main songwriter in Dun Ringill) and Jonas Granath (teacher in religion and literature). Contact has been made with movie producers who have shown great interest in the script thus far. The story, based in Scotland in early 1900, centers around the manipulation of the church with a priest whose secret agenda only reveals itself at the end.
The beginning of Act 1 starts with the emotive track »Awakening«. The unmistakable drive and passion of the opener signals the start of a powerful inner-journey, complete with twists and turns for the band but also the now introduced main character, Lucia. Act 1 concludes with »The Last Supper« which will leave the listener on a cliff-edge, almost anxious to discover how the story will unfold by the end of Act 2, which shall be released in 2024.
Welcome to Lucia and Dun Ringill’s journey Where the Old Gods Play……
»150 – Where The Old Gods Play – Act 1« will be released on The Sign Records on the 4th of August on vinyl, CD, and all streaming platforms. The album features guest performances by Per Wiberg (Keyboard on »The Parrish« and Sara Uneback (violin on »Nathaniels Hymn« and intro to »The Devil Wears A Papal Tiara«), and was mastered by Magnus Lindberg.
Dun Ringill is:
Thomas Eriksson – Vocals (Intoxicate, ex-Grotesque, ex-Doomdogs)
Neil Grant – Drums (ex-End Of Level Boss, ex-RAAR)
Patrik Andersson Winberg – Bass (ex-The Order Of Israfel, ex-Doomdogs)
Jens Florén – Guitar (Lommi, ex-Dark Tranquillity (live ))
Tommy Stegemann – Guitar (ex-Silverhorse)
Patric Grammann – Guitar (ex-Southern Festival Train, ex-Neon Leon)
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