TAAKE - New Album Details Revealed; Track Streaming
October 22, 2014, 9 years ago
With the traditional three year wait between Taake albums now over, Dark Essence Records has announced the first details of what will be the iconic Norwegian band's sixth full-length album. Titled Stridens hus, the seven-track album is set for release on December 8th worldwide, with the exception of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where the album will appear on December 12th. The label has also debuted the track "Det fins en Prins" from Stridens hus, and it can be heard below.
Stridens hus is recorded and produced by Bjornar Nilsen (Vulture Industries) at his Conclave and Earshot Studios in Bergen. As with all Taake albums, frontman and founder Hoest plays all the instruments himself, but this time members of the Taake live band have also contributed to the recording. Album artwork from a photo by Nekrographie.
Tracklisting:
"Orm"
"Det fins en Prins"
"Stank"
"En Sang til Sand om Ildebrann"
"Kongsgaard bestaar"
"Vinger"
"Det fins en Prins":
With a career spanning over two decades, Hoest has always remained faithful to his trademark Helnorsk Svartmetall sound, but he has never allowed the grass to grow under his feet, and, with each release, he has breathed new life into an often stale and derivative genre; his unique and innovative twists ensuring that black metal still remains fresh and relevant today. And Stridens hus is no exception. Parts of the album demonstrate a groove and rock sound, whilst others dsiplay a distinctly punk attitude. But the whole is without a doubt unmistakably Hoest's Taake: varied, intense, unique and unpredictable.
Taake is currently in the middle of the Kulde Tour which will end on the 26th October. Upcoming shows are as follows:
October
23 - F-Haus - Jena, Germany
24 - Phantoms of Pilsen Festival - Pilsen, Czech Republic
25 - Mega Club - Katowice, Poland
26 - Progresja - Warsaw, Poland
November
December
January
14-18 - Mexico - TBA
May
July
August
