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artist: Svarta Havet
title: Månen ska lysa din väg
year: 2025
genre: Black Metal
type: Album
label: Prosthetic Records
language: Swedish
rel. date: 2025-05-09
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
runtime: 00:36:56
size: 91.24 MB
rip date: 2025-05-09
source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/657795201
tracklist:
1. Göm dig 4:53
2. Härlig är jorden 4:32
3. Avgrunden 5:04
4. Alla sover 4:30
5. Djur 5:58
6. Under staden 2:49
7. Misstag 3:40
8. Ditt rike 5:30
release notes:
Hailing from Turku, Finland, SVARTA HAVET are set to release their
sophomore album, titled Månen ska lysa din väg, via their new label home
Prosthetic Records on May 9. On Månen ska lysa din väg, the
self-described dyster (gloomy) post-hardcore group cast a critical eye
over the negative effects of Western colonialism, capital greed and
convenience at the cost of sustainability, presenting a rallying cry for
change whilst never losing sight of the light that this world has to
offer.
Formed in 2018, SVARTA HAVET - translated as "black sea" - were born
from the Finnish DIY punk and hardcore scene, with the members bonding
over a shared affinity for punk music and community-first ideals with a
focus on antifascist, feminist, trans and queer politics. Where their
2021 debut full-length, JORD/VATTEN, served as an introduction to SVARTA
HAVET's amalgam sound of post-metal, hardcore punk and black metal,
Månen ska lysa din väg is a deftly woven together panorama of their
respective influences and a captivatingly urgent political and
compassionately personal case for humanity's course correction.
Månen ska lysa din väg, translated in English as "The moon will light
your way" and a direct quote from album track Göm dig, was recorded in
January 2024 at Waiting Room Studio in Tampere, Finland, with engineer
Mikael Neves. SVARTA HAVET sought to capture the spirit and essence of
their written material, approaching the recording sessions in as close a
way to their live shows as possible, with minimal overdubs and studio
trickery in favour of organically captured intensity during each
instrument's recorded take.
Mixing for Månen ska lysa din väg was then handled by Matthew Michel of
NØ / MAN (with previous mixing credits including Portrayal of Guilt,
Majority Rule and Darkest Hour) at Viva Studio in Fairfax, Virginia,
before being mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland,
Oregon. The ensuing result is one of a dynamically ferocious edge
between chaos and melancholy in songs such as lead single Härlig är
jorden and Avgrunden, the latter a plea for humankind's collective
action in the face of environmental catastrophe.
As dark as the subject matter gets across Månen ska lysa din väg's eight
songs the moonlight shines through, this duality is best exemplified by
the one-two cascade of Djur and Under staden. Where Djur's narrative
hones in on wilfully ignorance to the perspective of animals with
respect to human war and destruction, in spite of humankind's intrinsic
links to the animal kingdom, Under Staden deals in survival of animal
and insect species within urban spaces and homogenous cultural
landscapes of the city.
With communities residing at the heart of their purpose, on a localised
and a broad scale, SVARTA HAVET are not ones to lay idle in their hopes
of a better world. 2025 will continue to see the band both touring their
home country and beyond, as well as being deeply involved in organizing
gigs and events through the collectively-run venue, Kirjakahvila ("Book
Café") - a queer feminist, anti-capitalist DIY community space in
Finland. In addition to hosting local acts, the group's tireless efforts
to support international bands will continue to see SVARTA HAVET helping
to foster a vibrant underground scene in the process.