AUÃN: Release New Album in Full.
November 12, 2017
AUÃN are revealing their highly anticipated complete new full-length, 'Farvegir Fyrndar', which is slated for release on November 10th.
'Farvegir Fyrndar' is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners listed below.
AUÃN comment: "We are proud to unveil our new album 'Farvegir Fyrndar' in full. For us it has been a long journey reaching this point. We put a lot of effort into making this second album as vast and powerful as possible. The songs are more complex and driven by emotion. Hopefully, they will strike you as hard as they did to us. 'Farvegir Fyrndar' is in itself a journey as the title entails, which roughly translates as 'Ancient Paths' or 'Ancient Riverbeds'. The feelings portrayed in these songs revolve around depression, loss, and the unknown as embodied by the vivid landscapes of our homeland, Iceland."
Track list:
1. Veröld Hulin (6:24)
2. LÃfvana Jörð (4:06)
3. Haldreipi Hugans (8:04)
4. PrÃsund (4:03)
5. Ljósaslæður (6:37)
6. Blóðrauð Sól (4:27)
7. EilÃfar Nætur (5:42)
8. Skuggar (5:14)
9. Í Hálmstráið Held (5:20)
Total playing time: 49:57
AUÃN have previously announced a European tour also joined by label mates THE GREAT OLD ONES in support of GHAALS WYRD. A full list of confirmed dates can be found below.
AUÃN +GAAHLS WYRD +THE GREAT OLD ONES:
01 Dec 17 Bochum (DE) Matrix
02 Dec 17 Vosselaar (BE) Biebob
03 Dec 17 Paris (FR) Petit Bain
04 Dec 17 Toulouse (FR) Metronum
05 Dec 17 Madrid (ES) Chango
06 Dec 17 Barcelona (ES) Boveda
07 Dec 17 Marseille (FR) Jas Rod
08 Dec 17 Milano (IT) Circolo Svolta
09 Dec 17 Bologna (IT) Alcemica Music Club
10 Dec 17 Zürich (CH) Werk 21
12 Dec 17 München (DE) Backstage
13 Dec 17 Wroclaw (PL) Firlej
14 Dec 17 Erfurt (DE) From Hell
AUÃN Festivals:
15 Dec 17 Berlin (DE) Columbiahalle (De Mortem Et Diabolum)
16 Dec 17 Eindhoven (NL) Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2017
18 Jan 18 Groningen (NL) Eurosonic Noorderslag
20 Jan 18 København (DK) BETA2300
09 Mar 18 ReykjavÃk (IS) Gamla BÃó (Oration MMXVIII)
30 Mar 18 Oslo (NO) Inferno Festival 2018
For all its beauty, Iceland can be a sinister place where furious elements rage teaching fear but also inspiring human creativity. Hailing from the village of Hveragerði in the south of the volcanic island, AUÃN are the latest offspring from the burgeoning black metal scene in this land of ice and snow to set their dark sails for foreign shores.
With their second full-length, 'Farvegir Fyrndar' (literally meaning "Ancient Riverbeds" ' with a long tail of untranslatable subtext), AUÃN continue their fast ascent. Unlike the majority of their blackened brethren from the country's capital Reykjavik, this young band does not base its sound more or less on DEATHSPELL OMEGA worship, but rather reaches back to a more classic second generation black metal approach for inspiration.
AUÃN deliver haunting melodies and beautifully frozen atmospheres ' as opposed to the jarring and caustic blunt force trauma that has brought this remote place in the Northern Atlantic to the black metal forefront of late
Founded in the bleak winter of 2010, AUÃN's talent was quick to be recognised. The band got invited to Iceland's main metal event, the Eistnaflug Festival and won the local Wacken Metal Battle contest in 2016, while making it to the top 3 at the main event. Performances at the prestigious Inferno and Roadburn Festivals followed in 2017.
With 'Farvegir Fyrndar', AUÃN not only demonstrate the impressive progress of their songwriting skills but also deliver a clear definition of their very own black sound. Warning: this album grows with every spin and will take a long time to even come close to any limit!
Line-up:
Aðalsteinn Magnússon - guitar
Andri Björn Birgisson - guitar
Hjalti Sveinsson - vocals
Hjálmar Gylfason - bass
Sigurður Kjartan Pálsson - drums
Style: Icelandic Black Metal
Recording: Birgir Jón Birgisson and Rolf Grove at Sundlaugin Studio
Mix & Mastering: Stephen Lockheart at Studio Emissary
Cover art: VÃðir Mýrmann Þrastarson
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