Left Hand Solution
From:
Sundsvall,
Sweden
Last Known Status: Active
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Below is our complete Left Hand Solution 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.
Left Hand Solution Shares New Music Video
Today, Left Hand Solution share a doomy, dark, and nostalgic video moment with their new video for the song "Worn Away," which is released today for the first time digitally! "Worn Away" was recorded and produced by Thomas Hedqvist at Kitchen Studio in Grönborg, Sundsvall, in June 1996, but has never been released digitally before. To celebrate the release of the 25-year edition of the album "Fevered" - including this track, Joakim Mårdstam compiled this deeply nostalgic video from old VHS tapes filmed during the original recordings album "Fevered."
25 years ago, Left Hand Solution's second album, "Fevered," got an international release through Nuclear Blast. Despite Doom metal, was not at its peak and female-fronted Metal still being seen as a curiosity, it sold an impressive 10000 copies and lifted the band from the tape trading scene to the larger stages. To celebrate this groundbreaking release, the original tapes were remastered and compiled on a double LP, including one bonus track recorded for the album but only available on a long-ago sold-out compilation and three demo versions of album tracks from the cassette The Wounds of Bitterness. In total, one hour and 10 minutes of brilliant doom metal. "Fevered 25 Anniversary Edition" will release worldwide on November 25th on a limited transparent orange 2LP Vinyl. More...
Left Hand Solution Shares Dolly Parton Cover
Left Hand Solution had revealed a brand-new music video for the song “Jolene” taken off their upcoming album “Dead Of Winter”. This is also the first video clip the band has done in a very long time! The video was shot at Sundsvalls Teater in Sweden.
What made Left Hand Solution always special was their combination of hard riffs, dark melodies, and Mariana Frykman’s dark and beautiful voice. Being one of the early metal band with a female vocalist their influence has been largely overlooked and their cult following has grown quite a lot lately.
Drummer and songwriter Erik Barthold states about the recording of the album:
"I remember starting to write the song “First Day Of Winter” as the first snow fell in the year 2002. Little did I imagine that it would take another 18 years for it to be fully completed! The song was finished this summer in a hot recording studio, but of course, we had to wait until the winter solstice for this release. Sorry, that we’ve kept you waiting, but here it finally is in its full winter dress."
Erik tells more about the songs:
"’First Day Of Winter’ deals with depression, depicted as the long and cold Swedish winter. As you might have noticed Left Hand Solution songs usually aren’t that fast in tempo. With the track ‘The Sleeping Dead’ we tried to write a more up-tempo song. But it became more of a mid-tempo song, anyway... ‘Jolene’ is a song by Dolly Parton, and ‘The Hallowed Blood’ is about the deceptive human heart that yearns for love. The salvation of being loved.
"I found the lyrics to ‘Flame Of Desire’ when I went through my old notes and writing papers that I’ve kept for many years. I wrote this lyric a long way back, more than 25 years ago. The music was newly written, and we decided it to be an acoustic track. It is inspired by the music of Glenn Danzig.
"20 years ago, we talked about using more acoustic instruments on our songs, but as the band was put on hold that didn’t happen. Until now. When our guitarist Jocke recorded the guitar for this track, I started to hear the sound of a violin in my head, and we decided to go along with it. Of course, you can’t do this without a nod to My Dying Bride. A band that had a big influence on me in the 90’s."
The new album "Dead Of Winter" can be purchased now from the band's official bandcamp More...