Swedish doom/death metal band October Tide release new music video for »Peaceful, Quiet, Safe«; »The Cancer Pledge« LP out now via Agonia Records!

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Stockholm, Sweden based melodic doom/death metal band October Tide has released new music video for the opening track »Peaceful, Quiet, Safe« taken from their latest album, »The Cancer Pledge«, out on October 6th, 2023 via Agonia Records.

Says the band: “It’s out! The new video for the song »Peaceful, Quite, Safe« from our latest album »The Cancer Pledge«. Filmed at Black Waves Fest in Poland last year. Thanx once again to Dronicon Films.”

Courtesy of Agonia Records:

Sweden’s masters of melodic, doomish death metal, October Tide released their seventh studio album, »The Cancer Pledge«, on October 6th, 2023 via Agonia Records.

“It’s a direct continuation of the previous album,” states guitarist Fredrik Norrman (ex-Katatonia, ex-Trees Of Eternity, TheNightTimeProject). “Less doom and more death metal, yet melodic and with more layers. I’ve searched for inspiration in records I listened to in the 80’s and 90’s when I grew up. But it still sounds like October Tide.”

The sound of October Tide, aside from being doom intertwined melodeath, is fronted by emotionally compelling guitarwork, known to subside into melancholic and introspective tones. Even though the band has shapeshifted over the years – starting off as a duo of Katatonia fame musicians, Fredrik Norrman and Jonas Renske, back in 1994 – it has retained and evolved its trademark formula. The present-day line-up, intact since 2016, features said guitarist & founder Fredrik Norrman, second guitarist & Fredrik’s brother Mattias Norrman (ex-Katatonia), vocalist Alexander Högbom (ex-Demonical), bassist Johan Jönsegård (Letters From The Colony) and drummer Jonas Sköld (Letters From The Colony, Thenighttimeproject).

»The Cancer Pledge« was recorded and produced in 2023 by October Tide and Karl Daniel Lidén (Bloodbath, Katatonia). The latter mixed and master the album. The cover artwork was designed by Albin Högbom.

Order »The Cancer Pledge« here: octobertide.store

October Tide is:
Alexander Högbom – Vocals
Fredrik Norrman – Guitar
Mattias Norrman – Guitar
Johan Jönsegård – Bass
Jonas Sköld – Drums

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