Swedish progressive sludge band VAARA presents their self-titled debut album; available now on all major streaming platforms!

Kiruna, Sweden based progressive sludge band VAARA has released their self-titled debut album on June 7th, 2024.

Listen to »VAARA« on Spotify and all major streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. Reducing
02. Demands
03. Meetings
04. Retort
05. Movement
06. Detonation

From the northern part of the polar circle in a town between the two mountain mines in the country of Sweden comes VAARA.

The landscape is barren cold, open, rough and rugged, it will question your will to survive and if that’s not enough you can work deep inside the mines where you won’t see the light of day for most of the year.

This first release from this group is based on the frustrations, anger, fear and despair the people revolting against fair conditions and pay in 1969 felt. How little the human body was worth when profit was on the agenda.

“We are not machines!”

Musically it is very varied going from soft slow chord structures to full on doomy sludge, while stepping on everything from progressive to punk in between, still keeping a dynamic and rythmic pulse going.

It is mixed by Ulf Blomberg at HoboRec and mastered by Magnus Lindberg at Redmount Studios. Have a listen and see if it is something pursuing further.

The members all have various project behind them in the music scene with experiences in recording and touring and we have a couple of shows on the horizon, the Kiruna Festival being the closest to date.

Written, performed and produced by VAARA.
Accordion on »Meetings« by Robert Lahti.
Samples from the documentary »Kamrater, motståndaren är välorganiserad« were approved by Folkets Bio.
Mixed by Ulf Blomberg at HoboRec.
Mastered by Magnus Lindberg at Redmount Studios.

Vaara is:
Peter Jakobsson – Guitars, Vocals
Mikael Salmi-Siikavuopio – Bass, Backing Vocals
Gabriel Mattila – Drums, Vocals

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