Pekka Laine experimenting with the vinyl colors at Helsingin Levypuristamo. All of the Svart exclusive vinyls will be unique and the spectrum of colours is psychedelic! As Pekka said, there will be ”A Heavenly Vomit”, ”I-am-a-different-kind-of-tiger”, ”May Day at the Marble Quarry” and dozens of other variations.✨
Pekka Laine & The Enchanted in Slumberland out on Friday! Pre-order yours while you still can! 🏖
https://www.svartrecords.com/en/product/pekka-laine-pekka-laine-the-enchanted-in-slumberland/12567
Pekka Laine & The Enchanted
Pekka Laine - Malibu Beach out now! ⚫️ Haven’t listened to the new single by Pekka Laine yet? Do it now and feel the waves and the hot sand of Malibu Beach in your feet 🏖🌞
Pekka Laine - Malibu Beach 🏖
⚫️ The first single of the 2nd album out on June 7th!
Pekka Laine & The Enchanted
New music video by Haunted Plasma out now! Watch ”Machines Like Us” from Svart Records’ YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/5Llx78vTCLg
⚫️ The second single by the powerhouse of futuristic synth in symbiosis with the super violence of kosmische black metal, features Mat McNerney (Hexvessel, Grave Pleasures/Beastmilk) on guest vocals.
”Machines Like Us is a song that pulsates and sparkles hypnotizing lines of code straight into the nervous system. It presents a bittersweet vision of a machine intertwining with the human consciousness.”
Music video directed by Kalle-Erik Kosonen.
Archzie & Bazie from The 69 Eyes checking out the vinyl pressing process of the ”Motor City Resurrection” at Helsingin Levypuristamo, Helsinki.Originally released in 1994 by 1 + 2 Records, the compilation presents the band’s glam metal and hard rock phase containing early 7” singles and EPs. Now mastered for vinyl by Mika Jussila at Finnvox with close supervision by the band, Motor City Resurrection has never sounded this good before. Out on March 22nd via Svart Records – pre-order now!
Kati Rán & SÁLA, Episode 2, About 'STONE PILLARS'
Kati Rán speaks on the single 'Stone Pillars' that is coming out on 23rd February 2024, worldwide through Svart Records.
Kati: "This is about the upcoming first single 'Stone Pillars' and the inspiration I drew from. Stone Pillars is not a typical 'Viking' genre song by any means,
though its contents are steeped in Nordic mythology, historic instruments and references to old ritual customs. It is also one of few songs written in English, besides Nordic languages on the new album SÁLA".
Credits:
Filmed by Erik Wildeman | Wildeman Visuals, the Netherlands.
Audio produced by Jaani Peuhu and Kati Rán.
Audio excerpt taken from the single Stone Pillars, to be released worldwide next friday on 23.Febr 2024.
With Kristian Espedal, Mitch Harris, Jaani Peuhu and Icelandic female choir Umbra Ensemble.
SÁLA - New Album + Signing Announcement
Dutch artist and Nordic folk pioneer Kati Rán announces her long-awaited 13-track full-length album SÁLA (old Norse for 'sea' and 'soul') together with the news of signing to Svart Records, Finland.
⚫ Kati Rán elaborates: ”For me, signing to Svart Records was the most natural next step. Collaborating and releasing my music with Svart’s long-standing expertise in bringing out amazing artists and vinyl for true music connoisseurs, I’m grateful to be able to bring my audience a beautiful, elevated experience to enjoy my new Nordic Dark folk album SÁLA.
Together with Jaani Peuhu (Swallow the Sun, IANAI, Lord of the Lost, Hallatar) and Christopher Juul (HEILUNG), my new album has been tenuously crafted and produced and is curated by my many years of writing, researching, and traveling the Northern landscapes, taking on board with me incredible artists, sounds, and musicians to breathe the Nordic soul into the heart of this album.
I’m looking forward to opening the floodgates to SÁLA with the release of the first single and opening track “STONE PILLARS” on the 23rd of February. It embraces our most vulnerable side, questions our mind, and attempts to resurrect or reposition ourselves through spinning with the Fates. It dips right into the heart of things."
Svart Records is delighted to expand its international artist roster with the signing of established Dark Nordic Folk artist Kati Rán and to release her second full-length album SÁLA on 24th of May 2024.
PRE-SAVES and special vinyl editions in gold, transparent smoke, and black as well as digipack CDs are available for pre-order NOW: https://orcd.co/katiransala
Svart Records webstore:
https://www.svartrecords.com/en/product/kati-r%C3%A1n-s%C3%81la/12142
Credits:
Audio "STONE PILLARS“ feat. Gaahl Kristian Espedal, Mitch Harris (Napalm Death), Jaani Peuhu, the Icelandic choir Umbra Ensemble and Páll Guðmundsson, produced by Kati Rán and Jaani Peuhu.
Kati Rán speaks on the 'sea' and 'soul' behind her new music album coming out in 2024.
⚫ "I'm so happy to share this and speak about what it meant for me to create my new album, its theme, and the mythologies I drew from. Tomorrow, Friday 9th February we will light the first beacon to announce something BIG at 13:00 CET on all my social media pages.
Right here, you are in the perfect spot to find it, especially if you are a treasure collector of sorts ..."
Credits:
Filmed by Erik Wildeman Wildeman Visuals, the Netherlands
Audio by Kati Rán and Jaani Peuhu.
Excerpts taken from the new Kati Rán album SÁLA, 2024.
SÁLA Episode 1 contains a cover art teaser photographed by Arne Beck, Norway
Hand-drawn illustrations by Halfdan Skrifa @halfdantattoo, Belgium
Cover design design by Atelier Solawende, the Netherlands
Headpiece jewelry by Laura Petresc, Transylvania
The Svart exclusive marble vinyl reissue of The Bones’ 2002 album “Bigger Than Jesus” is here!
The Bones are a punk ‘n’ roll band from Karlskrona, Sweden founded in 1996. With the high energy punk and rock recipe of The Ramones and Motörhead as the base, some 50's and 60's rock’n’roll thrown in to the mix and topped off with sweet melodies à la The Bay City Rollers and The Barracudas, The Bones know for sure how to produce catchy, uptempo earworms. Their sophomore album Bigger Than Jesus (2002), originally released by People Like You, is 14 solid hits of beer-soaked punk ‘n’ roll hymns guaranteed to put a big smile on your face!
#svartrecords #punkvinyl #rocknrollvinyl #punknroll #thebones #biggerthanjesus #vinylgram
Just arrived! ARCTIC HARDCORE: Complete Studio Recordings & Rare Rehearsal Tapes - all recorded material from legendary Finnish punk band BASTARDS!
This 6LP box set was done as a tight co-operation between the record company and members of the band, and we couldn't be more happy with the result. The nearly four-hour(!) long compilation contains 136 songs, of which fifty are never released versions or completely unheard material, until now. The box set also contains a thick booklet with the band’s history, lyrics, complete song information and a lot of photos from the band’s active years.
Available now on a Svart exclusive red 6LP box set (limited to 100 copies, contains a A2 size poster), black 6LP box set and a 3CD edition ⚫️📦
#svartrecords #bastards #bastardsband #punk #hardcorepunk #punkvinyl #hardcorevinyl #suomipunk #punkinfinland #finnishpunk #vinyylinvinguttajat
Amorphis guitarist Tomi Koivusaari releases his Bjørkø solo album today, out now on Svart Records!
Listen: https://orcd.co/gvaq1bj
LP / CD: https://www.svartrecords.com/en/product/bj%C3%B8rk%C3%B8-heartrot/11789
"Heartrot" features an all-star lineup of vocalists in multiple languages, and serves as an emotional panorama with each track capturing a unique sentiment. Koivusaari describes it as "a soundtrack to an imaginary film" replete with a "strong visual connection to nature and an ever-present sense of melancholy."
This exclusive and limited-to-250 edition of Bjørkø’s “Heartrot” includes a small bag of dried birch leaves, to be used to bring the scent of a fresh Finnish midsummer morning into any sauna near you.
