02/15/2017 22:18

Nighon

Nighon: new album 'The Somme' out in May; msuic video for 'The Greatest of Catastrophes' released

Finnish "symphonic shock metal" band Nighon's sophomore full-length album 'The Somme' will be release on May 5th, 2017, via Inverse Records.

The album was recorded during spring and summer 2016. Drum recordings took place at Soundspiral Audio Studio wih Juho Räihä. Other stuff was recorded at Nighon home studio. Mathias Lillmåns (Finntroll, Magenta Harvest etc.) have produced the album with the band, and appears on vocals on 'I Fear for Tomorrow'. The album was mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd at Studio Fredman in Göteborg, Sweden.

Track listing:
1. Marseille 1914
2. The Greatest of Catastrophes
3. The Dirge
4. Lest We Forget
5. Medic
6. Blow Them to Hell
7. Altafjord
8. Scharnhorst
9. Reclaiming Ravenpoint
10. You Do not Know What the Night May Bring
11. Minor Secundus
12. Tragédie
13. I Fear for Tomorrow
14. Somme

The song titles indicate, the lyrical topics deal with World Wars, their similarities and crises what we see in the world today. The album sound more radical when compared to the debut, and the band have widened their spectrum. The first music video 'The Greatest of Catastrophes' is a mixture of the start of WWI and the Ukrainian crisis.

Line-up:
Nico Häggblom - vocals
Alva Sandström - female vocals
Björn Johansson - guitar
Michael Mikander - lead guitar
Mats Ödahl - bass
Mika Paananen - drums

(source: Imperiumi.net)