Swedish occult dark rockers Skräcken premiere new single »Sweet Silence«; debut album »Echoes From The Void« out June 20th via Dying Victims Productions!

Gothenburg, Sweden based occult dark rockers Skräcken premiere new single »Sweet Silence« taken from their upcoming debut album, »Echoes From The Void«, set to release on June 20th, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions.

Tracklist:
01. Demoner Utan Ögon
02. By His Word
03. House Of Greed
04. Witch
05. Her Presence
06. Sweet Silence
07. Visions Of Fire
08. The Ghost Of Society
09. Wasteland

Courtesy of Dying Victims Productions:

Dying Victims Productions is proud to present Skräcken’s highly anticipated debut album, »Echoes From The Void«, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Formed in 2022, Sweden’s Skräcken are a band with roots in the forests around a small village in northern Dalarna. The idea for Skräcken was born through sleep paralysis, where an old lady in an 18th-century dress came to visit: the title of their debut EP, The Presence, was thus apt. The quintet may be new in name but include in their ranks vocalist Sofie-Lee Johansson, formerly of the late / great Night Viper.

Photo credit: Clara Koch

If the 19-minute »The Presence« was but a foretaste of their potential, Skräcken are set to blow open the doors with their first full-length, »Echoes From The Void«. Totaling nine songs in 41 minutes, Skräcken’s debut album is a tour de force of moody, melancholic hard rock that seemingly sits in its own category. With some sort of strange magick, the Swedes evoke ancient visions of obscure ‘70s and ‘80s hard rock without sounding exactly like anyone; it’s more down to feeling, of being lost in time but not quite knowing how you got there.

Across »Echoes From The Void« lingers a thick fog of the occult – the sulfur and brimstone swirl just at the corners of perception, as do visions of misty moors – and the brisk-but-never-busy gait of Skräcken’s songwriting helps cement the sensation of hypnosis or, indeed, sleep paralysis. But through it all, the band remain hard-rocking to the very end, melancholic their muse may be. Of course, Johansson’s powerful & distinctive pipes vividly illustrate these visions drawn from paintings by Zdzislaw Beksinski and the dark sides of society. Open your ears and hear Skräcken’s »Echoes From The Void«!

Out 20th June 2025

DVP 337 Skräcken – »Echoes From The Void« LP/CD (2025):
● Regular LP version on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code.
● Special LP version on red vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and woven patch.
● CD comes with sticker and obi

Pre-order your copy HERE.

Skräcken is:
Filip Spetan Magnusson – Bass
Daniel Nordin – Drums
Sebastian Lindberg – Guitars
Martin Nordin – Guitars
Sofie-Lee Johansson – Vocals

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