Sweden’s JIRM have inked a deal with Ripple Music to release their fifth album, The Tunnel, the Well, Holy Bedlam, next year. And, you know, presumably whatever they do from that point on as well. The band also recently announced a reissue through Majestic Mountain Records of their 2011 album, Bloom, and with the forthcoming album as the follow-up to 2018’s Surge Ex Monumentis (discussed here), it will be the second LP since they shortened their moniker from Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus.

I gotta be honest with you. I saw this band about five years ago and was pretty blown away by what they were doing. The last album pushed in a way different, proggier and more classic metal direction, but from where I sit that only makes them less predictable in terms of the new stuff, particularly with the pandemic-born changes in the recording process noted in the PR wire info below. I don’t know what to expect from them and I like that.

I don’t know about this promo photo though.

Either way, kudos to band and label and here’s looking forward to what’s coming:

JIRM (formerly Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus) ink worldwide deal with Ripple Music for the release of their fifth studio album.

Stockholm-based hardest heavy rock stalwarts JIRM (formerly known as Jeremy Irons & the Ratgang Malibus) announce their signing to US powerhouse Ripple Music, for the release of their fifth full-length “The Tunnel, The Well, Holy Bedlam” in early 2022.

JIRM will make an impact on you: they have an innovative, and highly personal take on psychedelic rock and its many facets and elements. It is music with a retrospective outlook, taking the listener on adventurous excursions, deep into one’s mind. Their music aims to broaden your horizons and consciousness.

The band was formed in 2004 under the name Jeremy Irons & the Ratgang Malibus, by Micke Backendal and Karl Apelmo. In 2007, they were joined by Henke Persson and Viktor Källgren to seal the definitive line-up. JIRM has toured extensively, from Sao Paulo (Brazil) to Pleszew (Poland), positioning themselves as one of the hardest working and most prolific outfits of the underground heavy rock scene. They decided to change the name to JIRM when releasing their fourth full-length ‘Surge Ex Monumentis’ in 2018, a record that brimmed with newfound energy.

Their upcoming fifth album “The Tunnel, The Well, Holy Bedlam” has been recorded in a true pandemic style: the tracks were recorded one by one, in five different studios across Sweden. It’s been a challenge both from a songwriting and technical point of view. However, the end result sounds bigger and better than ever, with no holds barred. There is one thing you you can be absolutely sure of with JIRM’s upcoming fifth album: “it’s not a joke this time, I’m leaving reality for sure”.

“The Tunnel, The Well, Holy Bedlam” is slated for an early 2022 release through Ripple Music. Stay tuned for more details!

JIRM is
Karl Apelmo — vocals, guitar
Micke Backendal — guitar
Viktor Källgren — bass
Henke Persson — drums

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https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/
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JIRM, Surge ex Monumentis (2018)

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