Norwegian heavy/thrash/doom metal trio Coffin Storm unleashed their debut album »Arcana Rising«; out now via Peaceville Records!
Norwegian heavy/thrash/doom metal trio Coffin Storm presents their debut album, »Arcana Rising«, set to released this Friday, March 29th, 2024 via Peaceville Records.
Featuring Apollyon (Aura Noir), Bestial Tormentor (Infernö) and Darkthrone’s Fenriz on vocals.
Tracklist:
01. Over Frozen Moors
02. Arcana Rising
03. Open The Gallows
04. Eighty-Five And Seven Miles
05. Ceaseless Abandon
06. Clockwork Cult
Courtesy of Peaceville Records:
Overlooking the ancient lands of sensational heavy metal, Norway’s Coffin Storm is the new band consisting of a trio of Kolbotn veterans, with the line-up of Apollyon (Aura Noir/Lamented Souls) and Bestial Tormentor (Infernö/Lamented Souls) completed by Darkthrone’s Fenriz on vocal duties.
The trio’s debut album »Arcana Rising« offers a powerful fusion of classic heavy metal, slow thrash and doom (a torrent of rousing, accomplished titanic riffing commandeered by Fenriz’s unmistakable vocal prowess).
»Arcana Rising« contains six sprawling metallic epics covering the 45 minute running time, and was recorded at a variety of studios in the band’s native Norway, with work originally commencing back to 2021. With production overseen by Apollyon himself, »Arcana Rising« truly channels & encapsulates the spirit of the 80s, with inspiration from such masters of metal as Candlemass, Pentagram, Metallica & early Kreator, with musical nods to early Paradise Lost & Cathedral from the more extreme side of the doom spectrum, as well as including traces of the DNA from Apollyon & Bestial Tormentor’s own prior work together with their cult doom act Lamented Souls, to create a sensational and majestic opus.
Fenriz explains the origins of the band: “Kolbotn is a hilly foresty place directly south of Oslo, Norway. When Ole Jørgen and Olav and me grew up there in the 80s we had easy access to all the metal in the massive amounts of record stores in Oslo. Olav and Ole Jørgen started playing doom metal together in the 90s (Lamented Souls) but in 2020 they teamed up again and making riffs in the slow thrash/doom/classic heavy metal style. When the songs started to take form, Ole Jørgen took his place on the drum throne and soon started to record them. Wanting it to be a 100% Kolbotn project, they asked if I wanted to lay down vocals for it and after a couple of sessions in 2021 and 2022 Coffin Storm was born.”
Mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door (Darkthrone), the cover art appears courtesy of Polish artist Maciej Kamuda. Animated lyric video by Matthew Vickerstaff.
»Arcana Rising« is released on 29th March on CD, limited orange vinyl, and black vinyl with pre-orders available HERE!
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well