Progressive fuzz heavy hitters Skraeckoedlan originally released their second album, Sagor (review here), in 2015, and it was something of a special moment for the band. Foremost, it was a chance for them to prove decisively that their 2011 debut, Äppelträdet (review here), was no fluke, and further, it was a moment that allowed them to reach a wider audience by releasing through Razzia Records in their native Sweden. I guess it went well — they’re still a band, and they’ve only garnered more notoriety over the last five years since Sagor came out, touring and last year releasing the follow-up LP, Eorþe (review here) through Fuzzorama. Fair enough they might want to revisit that time, and The Sign Records, which previously reissued the first album in 2018 and is also doing another pressing, obliges with a subsequent Sagor LP reissue.

“Doomedag” as I understand it was a bonus cut on the original LP pressing of Sagor that’s never been digitally released before. The only version of it I could find anywhere was a live show from 2017, and while that looked like good fun, with the band in a small venue packed onto a stage, headbanging and all that kind of thing, it’s hardly the most representative of the track itself. All the better then, that here, on the day Sagor is being reissued — and that new pressing of Äppelträdet as well — comes a video for the studio version of “Doomedag”; something that hasn’t appeared online before to support an album initially put out five years ago. You’d almost think these things were planned in advance.

But anyhoozle, you’re gonna dig the track, which is on the shorter and less epic end of Skraeckoedlan‘s sound and has some pretty awesome push behind it from the drums. Plus the single has the art above, and that alone is worth the price of admission, which if you’re keeping up, is nothing. This premiere kind of came in last-minute, but hell, I dig the band and I dug Sagor when it came out, and I’ve legitimately never heard this song before, so I’ll take it. Doesn’t need to be any more complicated than that, really.

Enjoy the video:

Skraeckoedlan, “Doomedag” official video premiere

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2aw0r5p6kOlpqWUE9HG84p

The Sign Records re-release the second album “Sagor” by Skraeckoedlan on colored vinyl August 14. The album, which turns five years old this year, will be released on 180g double LP with gatefold cover. The first pressing is limited to 1000 copies, and the vinyl is available today.

“Mountains. Colossal peaks stretch past the darkened clouds and further into the cosmos. In the leviathan’s towering shadow the landscape is left black, like the uncertainty of eternity. Only a pulse remains. A barely noticeable but steadily growing sensation, a promise of direction in the fangs of darkness. Through the dream we escape time, to the brink of infinity where love thrives.”

To celebrate the 5 year anniversary of their album Sagor, Skraeckoedlan is now releasing a song that previously only was to find as a bonus track on the original print of the vinyl. The song is called Doomedag, and is a song about finding yourself, to always look ahead and not to be scared about the unknown. The album was recorded in numerous studios with different technicians and producers during a two year period. The band collaborated with Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah, El Caco) and Niklas Berglöf (Ghost) among others.

The artwork has been made by Johan Leion, who also designed the debut album, Äppelträdet.

Order the vinyl: https://freighttrain.se/skraeckoedlan-_-sagor-dlp/

“Sagor” will be available in 1000 copies of colored, 180g gatefold double LP. Besides the re-release of “Sagor”, The Sign Records will also release a new pressing of Skraeckoedlan’s debut album “Äppelträdet” in 500 copies of 180g purple vinyl.

Skraeckoedlan:
Robert Lamu – Vocals/Guitar
Henrik Grüttner – Guitar
Erik Berggren – Bass
Martin Larsson – Drums

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