02/26/2024 13:51

Decrowned

Decrowned unleash 'Rainworld' music video

Melancholic Finnish metallers Decrowned unveiled their first full-length 'Persona non grata' on February 23rd, via Rockshots Records.

The band also published a music video for 'Rainworld'.

The video was directed and filmed by Säynevirta Photography & Video.

The band commented on 'Rainworld': "'Rainworld' was almost going to be dropped from the album. It is one of the oldest songs and Jaakko didn't like it so much in the beginning and it is a song that he composed. Luckily we talked Jaakko over and now the song has risen as one of our favorites and strongest songs from the album. Lyrically it paints up a rainy and gray landscape of a depressed mind. Seasons go too slowly for this individual. He wants them to pass faster so that eternal sleep and rest would finally take place."

For this new record, every member brought something to the table, but guitarists Jaakko Kauppinen (guitars) and Simo Puustinen composed most of the songs. Musically, the band takes a turn into heavier waters from its predecessors (EPs 'Hansel's Nightmare' (2019) and debut 'Weight of the Dark Sky' (2018)), still keeping in mind the essence of Decrowned. Lyrically 'Persona Non Grata' is a very dark album, reflecting things that pass through the generations, consuming us from inside. It is a description of a haunted future and the past that took wrong turns on personal and universal levels. This undefined black matter that flows ignoring time and reason is the unwanted entity... Persona non grata.

Track listing:
1. Folklore Pt. 1 (intro) (00:48)
2. Mouth Leaks Black (04:20)
3. Rainworld (04:16)
4. Stonewing (03:56)
5. Mindparasite (04:44)
6. Scarred (05:02)
7. Awaken (03:30)
8. Faceless (03:50)
9. The Bird and the Tree (04:51)
10. The Vigorian Man (04:09)
11. Persona non grata (04:52)
12. Folklore Pt. 2 (outro) (00:42)

(source: Rockshots Records)