Swedish blackened sludge harbingers This Gift Is A Curse share »Void Bringer« music video; new album »Heir« out now via Season Of Mist!

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Stockholm, Sweden based blackened sludge harbingers This Gift Is A Curse share a brand new music video for »Void Bringer« taken from their fourth full-length album, »Heir«, out on March 7th, 2025 via Season Of Mist.

Courtesy of Season Of Mist:

A new official music video has been released for Void Bringer, a track taken from »Heir«, the latest full-length album by Swedish blackened sludge band This Gift Is A Curse. The video was directed and produced by visual artist Lars Kristoffer Hormander, and presents a monochrome visual narrative built around ritual, hallucination, and descent.

Following a storyline created in collaboration with vocalist Jonas A. Holmberg, Void Bringer depicts a figure’s psychological and spiritual collapse as they undergo a violent path toward transcendence through sacrifice. Drawing heavily on themes of isolation, cosmic horror, and metaphysical disintegration, the visuals combine AI-generated forms with an aesthetic inspired by silent-era cinema and early horror imagery.

Void Bringer is the third single from »Heir«, and is described by the band as a conceptual centerpiece – both musically and lyrically. The track explores ideas around human consciousness as a form of contamination, the myth of spiritual elevation through destruction, and the confrontation of internal voids. The accompanying video expands on this narrative, offering a visual counterpart to the song’s focus on inevitability, obsession, and the dissolution of self.

»Heir« is out now via Season Of Mist. Order & stream HERE.

On April 19, 2025, This Gift Is A Curse will bring selections from »Heir« to the stage at Kollektivet Livet in Stockholm, Sweden, marking one of their first major live appearances since the album’s release. Appearing as special guests on the evening, the band will deliver their distinct blend of blackened sludge and atmospheric violence in a rare hometown performance. The show forms part of a larger European tour headlined by Gaerea, but for Stockholm audiences, it offers a direct encounter with the raw, immersive energy of »Heir« in a live setting.

Tickets for this show are available HERE.

This Gift Is A Curse is:
Jonas A. Holmberg – Vocals
Patrik Andersson – Guitars, Vocals
David Deravian – Guitars
Lars Gunnarsson – Bass
Christian Augustin – Drums

Guest musicians:
Laura Morgan (Livmødr) – Vocals

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