Brutus Post Lyric Video for “Drowning”; New Album Due in April
Scandinavian classic heavy rock five-piece Brutus will release their third album, Wandering Blind, April 29 through Svart Records. The full-length comes preceded by a new single, “Drowning,” for which the band have a lyric video posted now, and it finds the band as veterans of a still-booming set of ’70s-inspired European heavy, their self-titled debut (discussed here) having arrived in 2010, akin to the likes of second-LP Witchcraft and the then-doomier Burning Saviours. Brutus had their heads deep in boogie rock on their second offering, 2013’s Behind the Mountains, and that release found them playing Høstsabbat in their native country as well as international fests like Roadburn, Desertfest and Freak Valley.
They mark a decade together in 2016, and that tenure finds them staking out their own territory within the style that apparently today I’ve decided I’m calling New Millennium Analog — see also “the heavy ’10s” and any number of other intermittent descriptors — still definitely rooted in classic methods, but moving forward as well. That’s been an interesting challenge for bands like Brutus, how to progress and invariably become more individual while keeping the sense of homage to what’s come before. I don’t know this, but I’d imagine it’s a gradual process that comes through songwriting rather than something Brutus plotted out — that is, nobody’s sitting around going, “We’re gonna be 20 percent more modern this time” — but their sound remains natural and you can still hear their roots in “Drowning,” which keeps a positive air despite something of a downer lyric.
You can read more about the album below, courtesy of the PR wire. Video follows. Enjoy:
Brutus, “Drowning” official video
Today, Norwegian heavy blues-rockers Brutus premiere the video for “Drowning.” The track is being released today as a single on 7″ vinyl – featuring an exclusive B-side, “Ute av fokus,” and which can be ordered HERE – as well as digitally via iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, and more. “Drowning” is also the first single off Brutus’ forthcoming new album, Wandering Blind, set for international release on April 29th via Svart Records.
Self-described as “heavy blues rock for the new generation,” Brutus was started 10 years ago by three Swedes in Oslo who found two Norwegians, and “we started to jam together. Despite that it was 2006, the music that came out was more akin to what was made in England and the US in 1969-1970 – good rocking stuff like Leaf Hound, Grand Funk, Blue Cheer, and Pentagram that we were spinning a lot on our turntables.”
Brutus’ third album to date, Wandering Blind was recorded at Engfelt & Forsgren Studios in Oslo by Christian Engfelt (Cato Salsa Experience, Big Bang, Serena Maneesh). In 2010, they released the self-titled debut album on Swedish label Transubstans, and in 2013 came the critically acclaimed Behind The Mountains via Svart Records. Following the release of Behind The Mountains, Brutus have toured around Europe a couple of times and played festivals like Roadburn, Desertfest, Bukta Festivalen, Stone Rising Festival, Freak Valley Festival, and many more. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Brutus’ Drowning
1. Drowning
2. Ute av fokus
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