Slaegt
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Latest Slaegt News
Below is our complete Slaegt news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
OpEd
Favorite Albums Of 2022
The following list isn't a poll or consensus among Metal Underground staff. Rather, it's one guy's opinion--one guy who hasn't even listened to the vast majority of the metal albums that came out in 2022. There are several selections that aren't even metal.
That said, maybe you like a few of these and haven't heard of some. I've found a lot of new (to me) music this way, and maybe you're in the same boat.
If someone (who likes many of the albums listed below) sees that I'm missing something obvious, please note the album in the comments section so I (and others) can check it out.
Here's to new discoveries and a metal 2023!
In no particular order:
Telekinetic Yeti - Primordial
Russian Circles - Gnosis
Slægt - Goddess
Rammstein - Zeit
Orm - Intet • Altet
Built to Spill - When the Wind Forgets Your Name
Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram
Abbath - Dread Reaver
Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain
Black Anvil - Regenesis
Saor - Origins
Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
Devin Townsend - Lightwork
Caamp - Lavender Days
Ufomammut - Fenice
Turbocharged - Alpha Beast, Omega God
The Black Angels - Wilderness of Mirrors
Tankard - Pavlov's Dawgs
Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
Kampfar - Til Klovers Takt
Hulder - The Eternal Fanfare
Heilung - Drif
Slaegt Posts New Lyric Video Online
Danish Black Heavy Metal outfit Slaegt (a.k.a. Slægt, meaning "lineage” / “heritage" in Danish language and pronounced /sl?gt/) are releasing their 4th studio album "Goddess" worldwide today via Century Media Records.
Alongside this, a lyric-video created by Cloud Music Typography for the album’s opening track "Deceived by an Amethyst" can be seen below.
Slaegt comment: "'Deceived by an Amethyst' is a driving and pulsating, rock’n’roll metal song, with lyrics dealing about deception, wishing for the wrong things, but in the end realizing, that things have to change and ties have to be cut. All wrapped in the signature Slaegt sound, with loads of melody and edge."
And Slaegt then add the following statement about today’s album release date: "The day has come! We are super excited, happy, and proud to finally be able to present Goddess, in all its glory, to you all! 40 minutes of powerful and emotionally charged black heavy metal, done in the unique Slaegt way. We can’t wait for you to hear it, feel it and get to know it. Let us know what you think and don’t forget to order a copy!" More...
Slaegt Releases New Music Video
Danish black/heavy metal outfit, Slaegt (aka Slægt, meaning "lineage" / "heritage" in Danish language and pronounced /sl?gt/), have launched their second single, "Kiss From A Knife," off their upcoming, fourth studio album, "Goddess," to be released worldwide on March 18 via Century Media Records. Check out the video for "Kiss From A Knife" below.
Slaegt states about the track, "’Kiss From A Knife’ is in some ways the most aggressive and chaotic song we have written to date. But, as the vigilant ones know, a certain order can arise from chaos, if the powers within are harnessed carefully and with the right intent. The lyrics to the song deal with the union, that can occur in interactions, that initially look separating rather than uniting. This might seem like a paradox, but sometimes, the greatest truths in life are found in the biggest contradictions."
"Goddess" was recorded and mixed by Martin ‘Konie’ Ehrencrona (Refused, In Solitude, Viagra Boys, Tribulation) at Studio Cobra as well as mastered by Magnus Lindberg (The Hellacopters, Cult of Luna, Dool) at Redmount Studios, both in Stockholm, Sweden in late 2021. The album comes with stunning artwork created by Dávid Glomba (Svartidaudi, Cult Of Fire, Malokarpatan) and showcases Slaegt’s most elaborated and accomplished work to date across 6 songs and 40 minutes of playing time. More...
Slaegt Premiere New Song & First Ever Music Video
The music video for “Fealty, Thunder Whip”, the first single from Slaegt's upcoming album “Goddess” (out March 18 on Century Media Records), hit Youtube this morning.
Watch it in full here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edEbF6cEuow
The video was shot, directed, and edited by the band. This is their first music video.
To pre-order the new album, click here.
Slaegt Signs With Century Media Records
Danish Black Heavy Metal outfit Slaegt (a.k.a. Slægt, meaning "lineage” / “heritage" in Danish language and pronounced /sl?gt/), one of the most vital and exciting bands to come out of the Scandinavian Metal scene, are thrilled to announce that they’ve signed a new deal with Century Media Records. The first studio offering with their new label (and fourth full-length overall) is entitled "Goddess" and will see a worldwide release on March 18th, 2022.
Speaking about their new label, the Copenhagen based band comments: "It is with utmost pleasure we can announce that we have signed a deal with Century Media. Century Media is a huge force within the metal world - their history speaks for itself and their roster of current and former acts is a sight to behold. The label is made up of passionate and professional people, whose work is very impressive in regards to how they maintain to be such a successful label while still understanding and respecting their artists’ creative process and work. So it would be an understatement to say, that we are truly looking forward to where this collaboration will take us, our music, and our listeners."
Speaking on the signing of Slaegt, Century Media Records Vice President Phillipp Schulte says: "We are happy to announce a worldwide partnership with Slaegt. The band’s vision, their passion and courage to create dark and timeless music as well as their breathtaking live performances have made a huge impression on us. We couldn’t be prouder to welcome this great band to Century Media Records."
A first single and video as well as further details for the "Goddess" album will be launched on January 14th, 2022 with the start of the album’s pre-order, so mark your calendars!
Additionally, Slaegt have just announced a next European tour together with fellow Danish group Demon Head, to follow the new album’s release
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2021 Metal Magic Festival (Part Three)
One last take on the 2021 Metal Magic Festival… After this, I won’t clog the MetalUnderground airwaves with anything more from the festival, but I will occasionally post a photo or two, and sometimes with a story, here going forward. Parts one and two are here and here.
Now that I have had a week to reflect on the festival, my biggest regret is that I didn’t watch more bands in their entirety. My other biggest regret is that I didn’t spend enough time talking to new and old friends. So, if I had to do it all over again, I would need this festival to happen twice more—once to see all of the bands from beginning to end and once to miss all of the bands and just sit and talk with the wonderful metalheads who visit this festival every year.
Next year’s festival dates have been announced as July 7-9, 2022. The 2022 Metal Magic Festival will be back at the place where it was held in 2017-2019. The ground has been improved so no more drunken trips over the holes in the ground made by cows. Also, it’s the week before the 2022 Gefle Metal Festival, another small metal festival that shouldn’t be missed. Some years they are on the same days.
And now for the promised "dozen photos or so"…
Illdisposed bassist Onkel Kusse
Crocell frontman Asbjörn Steffensen
Afsky’s sound check was enough to give me chills
Altar of Oblivion
Turbocharged giving a shout out to my home country
Wokeh’s Tiago Dias
Traditional humor and horror in the Metal Magic prop department
Ultra Silvam
Slaegt
Hadron
Helvetets Port providing the background music for someone’s dinner
Evil warning the crowd to “take care of your balls”
Drukner
Furious Trama
Denial of God
Dead Void
Gabestok
Dusk @ 2021 Metal Magic Festival
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2021 Metal Magic Festival (Part Two)
The promised “much more thorough review” may never happen, given my time demands and my already fuzzy memory of all of the events that happened at this year’s Metal Magic Festival.
However, I will promise one more post with a dozen photos or so when I have the time to find those photos.
For now, the words of Ronnie Ripper of Turbocharged will sum up my thoughts on the subject.
”Another MMF completed! And there is nothing just "another one" about it, it's been two years and it's in the middle of a worldwide madness that has halted life as we know it, still the grand masters of everything worth living for has succeeded to not only put our little shitty band back on a stage, they have also pulled off the event of the year with no gunpowder spared! Salutes go out to everyone who made Metal Magic Festival the most precious happening on earth yet another year! Life would be shit without you folks, stand tall and keep the spirit alive! Massive thanks from the bottom of my heart!”
The set from Turbocharged was far from shitty. They furiously cranked out a shit ton of covers that had the audience moving, shaking, and smiling—just like Ronnie was as he roamed the grounds of the festival site during all three days.
Metal Magic Festival crowd
Crocell on the indoor stage
Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Manoj Ramdas (AKA Viron Vortex) waking up the Friday crowd
Slægt on the indoor stage
Ronnie Ripper and Turbocharged on the outdoor stage at 2021 Metal Magic Festival
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Live Concert Report: 2021 Metal Aid (Night Two)
For day one, click here.
Night two of 2021 Metal Aid at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark saw a few more people in the seats despite a UEFA Euro 2020 match, featuring Denmark, happening simultaneously. Between bands I noticed a number of Metal Aid attendees checking their phones for score updates. Alas, even with an early Danish goal, Belgium came back to defeat the Danes 2-1. Everyone was better off focusing on the music.
Night two consisted of Demolizer, Withering Surface, Slægt, and Artillery. Withering Surface and Artillery have been around for decades, while Demolizer and Slægt are on the younger side. Slægt has actually existed for a decade now, even though the members of the band are still in their 20s. The current lineup has been active for six years.
Demolizer got the crowd going with their brand of thrash metal. Young and old seemed to enjoy their energy and spirit. While there were moments of crossover and punk, I was pleased that they were more in the thrash category than what I was expecting.
Withering Surface were next. After a farewell concert in 2005, Withering Surface disbanded. In 2019 they reformed, wrote a new album which was released in 2020, and were booked to play a number of shows, including 2020 Copenhell and Metal Magic. Covid-19 wiped out most of those opportunities, or at least postponed them, so Metal Aid was their first performance in front of a crowd this large in over 15 years. They did get in a few small gigs in 2020 before Denmark went back into lockdown.
They will be at the 2021 Metal Magic Festival in a few weeks. When Michael H. Andersen, the vocalist for Withering Surface and co-owner of Mighty Music along with many other metal titles, asked the crowd how many had seen them at the 1999 Roskilde Festival, not many hands went up. Some of the youngsters in the crowd probably weren’t even born yet. Perhaps one or two were conceived at the 1999 Roskilde Festival. Nergal, of Behemoth, would not be surprised if such a conception were to have occurred.
If you are a fan of Melodic Groove Metal and haven’t heard Withering Surface before, check out their old stuff or their 2020 album, “Meet Your Maker”.
For me, and several others that I spoke with, the highlight of Metal Aid was Slægt. Since 2017 they have been one of my top ten favorite bands, and I don’t see them falling off that list anytime soon. Their last two albums and a 2019 EP are fantastic. Their live performances are always outstanding, energetic, and smile producing. Don't be surprised if they release a new album of material in 2022.
I’ve been lucky enough to see them five times now, even though they have yet to tour the USA. When they visit a town near you, don’t miss it! I would love to see a Slægt world tour with bands like Cloak and Tribulation. Slægt will also be at the 2021 Metal Magic Festival where I will happily see them for the sixth time.
Last, but not least, was the mighty Artillery. It’s been over 30 years since “By Inheritance” frequently made its rounds in my college CD player, but the surviving members continue to impress and deliver the goods.
I saw Artillery at 2016 Copenhell, but I was so jet-lagged and tired that I didn’t make it through more than a song or two before heading home to get some sleep. Artillery went on at Copenhell a 1:15 a.m., and my first act of that day was Solstifir, a full 12 hours earlier. On this evening, at Metal Aid, I was able to relax and enjoy their entire set.
Overall, Metal Aid delivered on the promise of emergency assistance to metal bands and fans alike. Going forward, the metal community can anticipate a return to concerts and festivals that we have so desperately missed during the past 15 months.
Details Confirmed For Metal Aid 2021
After the cancelling of the 2021 edition of Copenhell, which would have been happening on these same days, a much smaller festival will be taking place next week in Copenhagen.
Metal Aid is the name of this new festival, and it promises to provide two days of "emergency help" to metal fans and bands, both craving to hear and be heard.
Metal Aid will feature eight Danish bands ranging from classic thrash, heavy, black, folk, symphonic, and melodic death metal. The dates are June 16-17 and the venue is Amager Bio.
Here is the running order (with headliner on top):
Wednesday June 16:
Svartsot
Heidra
Ethereal Kingdoms
Lotan
Thursday June 17:
Artillery
Slægt
Withering Surface
Demolizer
A few tickets remain here.
Everyone with a ticket to Nordic Noise 2022 gets free access to Metal Aid, but you'll have to act fast before they are gone. If you have a ticket for Nordic Noise 2022 you need to write an email to weiss@targetgroup.dk with an attached receipt for your purchase of the Nordic Noise 2022 ticket, and a special code for the Metal Aid 2021 ticket will be sent.
Expect a review, with photos, on metalunderground.com soon.
A Good Day To Buy On Bandcamp
Friday (March 20, 2020) only, Bandcamp is waiving their 15% cut and Sargent House is also going to give 100% of every cent of all SH released albums to the artists DIRECTLY. So if you want to help ANY of the label’s bands just pick a record or song that SH released by them and all that money will go to that artist immediately.
Some recommendations:
https://russiancircles.bandcamp.com
https://sargenthouse.bandcamp.com
https://helmsalee.bandcamp.com/
https://redfang.bandcamp.com/
https://slaegt.bandcamp.com/
https://redwoodhill.bandcamp.com/ More...
Dimmu Borgir, Godflesh added to Brutal Assault '19
In an announcement sure to please black metal fans, Brutal Assault Festival reveals that Dimmu Borgir will be taking to the stage at Fortress Josehov, Czech Republic. Industrial pioneers Godflesh have also been added to the bill - they last played the festival in 2015.
More bands revealed in this update include legendary thrash bands Anthrax and Sacred Reich. Iron Reagan, Prong, The Ocean, Thy Art is Murder, After The Burial and The Obsessed are just some of the other names.
Unfortunately A Pale Horse Named Death, who were previously announced, will be unable to perform.
Brutal Assault 2019 will take place at Fortress Josehov in the Czech Republic, August 7-9.
The full lineup so far:
ABORTED
AFTER THE BURIAL
ALIEN WEAPONRY
AGNOSTIC FRONT
ANAAL NATHRAKH
ANATHEMA
ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY
ANTAEUS
ANTHRAX
CARCASS
CARPENTER BRUT
COUNTING HOURS
CRYSTAL LAKE
CULT OF LUNA
CYTOTOXIN
DEICIDE
DAUGHTERS
DESTRUCTION
DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA
DIMMU BORGIR
EKTOMORF
ELECTRIC WIZARD
GET THE SHOT
GODFLESH
GUTALAX
HEILUNG
HIGHER POWER
HYPOCRISY
IMMOLATION
IRON REAGAN
JINJER
JUNGLE ROT
KRISIUN
LIONHEART
MANES
MESHUGGAH
METAL CHURCH
MGLA
MIDNIGHT
MYRKUR
NAPALM DEATH
NECROS CHRISTOS
OF MICE & MEN
OCEANS OF SLUMBER
PERFECITIZEN
PRONG
RAISED FIST
ROTTING CHRIST
SACRED REICH
SAOR
SHAPE OF DESPAIR
SLÆGT
TAAKE
TANKARD
TAPHOS
TESTAMENT
THE OBSESSED
THE OCEAN
THY ART IS MURDER
TOSKA
UNFATHOMABLE RUINATION
VARGRAV
VENOM PRISON
VUUR
WINDHAND
WOLFBRIGADE
WOE UNTO ME
Slaegt Streaming Full Album
"Domus Mysterium," the debut LP from Copenhagen, Denmark-based black/heavy metal outfit Slaegt, is out now in Europe through Ván Records, and will see release this coming June through the label's new U.S. branch.
You can stream the album in full below or over at YouTube directly here if the playlist doesn't display properly. Issues Slaegt on the release:
"We are very proud of what we have achieved with 'Domus Mysterium' -- our first full-length as a group. It is an amalgamation of our work and inspiration up until the point where we entered the studio, and we feel that it perfectly shows how we have evolved and grown, as musicians and songwriters, since the recording of' Beautiful And Damned' in April 2015.
"The music contained on this album is more focused, and the lyrics are as personal as always, based on external as well as internal experiences. We have primarily found our inspiration in the moments we share with each other, be they exhausting, uplifting, defying logic, or making us even hungrier than before. To us it is the best work we have done thus far, but we also feel, that our full potential has not yet been reached, and it is in some ways only a taste of what is to come." More...
Van Records Expanding To U.S.
Germany's cult label Ván Records has sanctioned a partnership in the U.S. forging a new branch of the company to deliver the diverse catalog to more stateside listeners. Alongside the announcement, the label has also released new singles from The Ruins Of Beverast and Slaegt.
Having released over two-hundred albums, singles, EPs, splits, and more from across the realms of metal and rock since being founded in 2004, Ván Records has been largely responsible for the worldwide proliferation of acts such as The Devil's Blood, Urfaust, King Dude, and countless others.
Now, Ván Records' owner Sven Dinninghoff has furthered the label's relationship with King Dude founder TJ Cowgill to help launch the new U.S. division of the entity out of Seattle. This new branch of Ván sees the catalog now distributed stateside through Revolver, making these titles much more accessible to fans across North America and beyond.
The first wave of titles to see U.S. release through this new deal will strike on May 19th, including new LPs from The Ruins Of Beverast, Slaegt, Gold, and Dread Sovereign, with many more to follow. A Ván Records retail shop will also be launched this Summer. More...