Swedish stoner metal trio 10,000 Years to release new album »Esox Lucifer« on Ripple Music this summer; new video »Two Million Stones« available!

Västerås, Sweden based stoner metal trio 10,000 Years has announced their fourth full-length album, »Esox Lucifer«, which will be released on August 7th, 2026 via Ripple Music / Evil Noise Recordings.

Check out a music video for the first single »Two Million Stones« below!

Tracklist:
01. Beasts Of The Northern Wild
02. Pursuit Special
03. Fleur de Sledgehammer
04. Church Of The Red Museum
05. Alien Tactics
06. Two Million Stones
07. Paranoidium
08. Esox Lucifer

Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:

Swedish stoner metal berserkers 10,000 Years return with their new album »Esox Lucifer« on Ripple Music this August 7th, and present the rip-roaring first track »Two Million Stones« today.

☄️ Watch new 10,000 Years video »Two Million Stones« ☄️
+ stream the single on Bandcamp

10,000 Years return with their eagerly awaited new album to once again pummel the world into oblivion! Delving deep into existential dread and dark lore, »Esox Lucifer« drifts through deep space with the same sci-fi, horror, and fantasy obsessions that have always fueled the band.

»Esox Lucifer« delivers the riff-centric, melodic stoner metal that 10,000 Years has become known for, all driven by Erik Palm’s guitar wizardry and searing solos, the thunderous anchor of Alvin Risberg’s drums, and Alex Risberg’s fuzzed-out bass and fire-driven howls. The result is the band’s most ambitious work to date – one that will easily win over fans of Torche, High On Fire, The Sword and Kylesa!

It was produced by the band themselves with Erik Palm engineering, recorded in four months at their own Pine Hill Studios (drums cut at Studio Fluff in Västerås by Andreas Morén), mixed by Robert Lamu of Skraeckoedlan, and mastered by Magnus “Devo” Andersson at Endarker Studio.

10,000 Years »Esox Lucifer« out August 7th on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital) // Evil Noise Recordings (cassette)

Formed in the plague year of 2020, 10,000 Years has wasted no time forging their signature brand of skull-crushing stoner metal. Across three records in as many years – including II, which earned them a nomination for Best Metal at the Swedish Independent Grammys (Manifest) – the band has proven relentless.

Their 2024 release, »All Quiet On The Final Frontier«, saw the Riff still reigning supreme, but with a newly melodic edge described as “an experience that’s as heavy as it is spiritual” by The Sleeping Shaman and “the psychedelic-stoner embodiment of science fiction” by Ghost Cult Magazine. The album marked their debut on Californian label Ripple Music, introduced powerhouse drummer Alvin Risberg on wax, and locked into perfect symmetry with Erik Palm’s guitar wizardry and Alex Risberg’s thundering bass and howling vocals. A massive leap forward into new and hugely exciting territory, which will be sealed with their upcoming album »Esox Lucifer«, coming in the summer of 2026.

10,000 Years lineup:
Erik Palm – Guitars
Alex Risberg – Bass/Vocals
Alvin Risberg – Drums

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