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Dun Ringill Premiere “Blood of the Lord” Video; Discuss Concept Album

Posted in Bootleg Theater on March 17th, 2023 by JJ Koczan

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With the advent of ‘Blood of the Lord’ — the audio of which was released last week and the purposefully grainy, narrative-plus-performance-footage video for which you can see premiering below — Swedish doom rockers Dun Ringill move one step further to their next full-length, Where the Old Gods Play Act 1. As the number in the title implies, it’s not the only ‘act’ to come, but part of a duology with Act 2 to follow the first installment sometime in between now and next Spring through The Sign Records. But that’s fine, since it seems like the Gothenburg outfit are giving plenty for listeners to dig into either way as they move forward, and maybe a bit of time to digest Act 1 is reasonable ahead of the conclusion.

To wit, “Blood of the Lord” is 4:46 in the video, but you’re probably going to want to hear the track two or three times before it really begins to sink in. There’s an immediate hook, which is helpful — a severe, pious melody behind the throaty incantations of vocalist Thomas Eriksson — but that melody is from an actual chorus, and thrice-over guitar only gives an even grander sensibility to the track. It’s not haphazard or kitchen-sink’ed for the sake of rudderless maximalism, but there’s a lot going on in sound over that solidified structure, and that’s before you even get to the actual themes of the album, song, video, etc.

You might recall way back in Nov. 2022, Dun Ringill put out “Awakening” (video premiere here) as the first A/V sign of Where the Old Gods Play Acts 1 & 2 to come. At that point, they gave a bit of background on the tale, saying, “The storyline is set in 1904 dun ringill blood of the lordon the Isle of Skye in Scotland where Lucia, with low self-esteem from her troubled past, meets a local church group which is led by a strong, charismatic and manipulative individual.” She joins a cult, in other words. We’ve all been there, right? Maybe your cult is weed, maybe it’s riffs — mine is doom and Star Trek — maybe it’s playing squash on Thursdays, hell, maybe it’s your band, but as human I think we learn that the drive to belong to something bigger can be a treacherous impulse to follow. Maybe you find a home, maybe you find a trap. Maybe you find both.

Perhaps that’s a bit of what’s going on here in terms of plot as protagonist Lucia leaves behind her ‘mother church’ in favor of the new place she’s found in the Scottish Highlands, and fair enough. Dun Ringill are less dogma-takedown than they might otherwise be — at least here; recall there’s two LP’s worth of material still to come — and seem to prefer to serve the characters and action rather than the underlying message, which is how a project like this works without being crushed by its own ambitions. If you caught wind either of 2020’s Library of Death (review here) or 2019’s debut, Welcome (review here), the contextual backdrop of classic doom will feel consistent with what’s come before, but this isn’t the kind of thing a band takes on lightly, especially for a third (and fourth) record.

Much intrigue here. Four months after the first single (they’re going quarterly, which I can appreciate), Dun Ringill directly speak in sound to the ‘going-big’ implications in the concept behind Where the Old Gods Play Acts 1 & 2. And I won’t put too fine a point on it, but why the hell not? If we’ve learned anything since Library of Death it’s that life is too short to stifle yourself. Fucking a, Dun Ringill. All-in. Do it. It’ll be the better part of at least another year before this full story is told, but the plot thickens on multiple levels with “Blood of the Lord,” and one is eager to see where they go from here. I guess it’ll be a few more months, huh?

More background from the band (via the PR wire) follows the video itself on the player below.

Please enjoy:

Dun Ringill, “Blood of the Lord” video premiere

 

Dun Ringill returns with second single from double concept album!

Get it: https://orcd.co/dunringill_bloodofthelord

Dun Ringill returns with the second single leading up to their double concept album ”Where the Old Gods Play Act 1 & 2”. ”Blood of the Lord” is an epic track by the Swedish 6-piece group on which Nordic folk influences are combined with doom and progressive metal to create huge, monumental soundscapes. The single tells the story about the concept album’s main character Lucia’s religious conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism.

Dun Ringill on ”Blood of the Lord”:

“A big meaning needs a big sound!!!

This song has one of the deepest meanings on this conceptual album and it inspired us to write one of our most epic tracks ever!

To bring the feeling of the lyrics alive, we used choirs for the first time ever and accompanies it with three-harmony guitars, playful drums and super heavy bass lines to give the song a larger-than-life presence.

The lyrics are about Lucia, who has to convert from Catholicism to Protestantism to take the communion in order to stay in the congregation where she has found peace.

But is there peace within this Parrish?

Note that the chants of Blood of the lord, Body of the lord take a sinister twist towards the end to become Blood for the lord, Body for the lord….”

”Blood of the Lord” (radio edit) is out on all streaming platforms from the 3rd of March. Dun Ringill’s double concept album will be released as two separate albums during 2023 and 2024 respectively via The Sign Records.

Upcoming gigs with Dun Ringill:
14/4 – Retro Bar, Raufoss, Norway
15/4 – Telerock, Notodden, Norway
19-20/5 – Kristiflax festivalen, Tjörn, Sweden

Dun Ringill is:
Thomas Eriksson – Vocals (Also in Intoxicate and Ex-Grotesque and Doomdogs)
Neil Grant – Drums (Ex- End Of Level Boss and RAAR)
Patrik Andersson Winberg – Bass (Ex The Order of Israfel and Doomdogs)
Jens Florén – Guitar ( Also in Lommi and ex live guitarist for Dark Tranquillity)
Tommy Stegemann – Guitar ( Ex Silverhorse)
Patric Grammann – Guitar ( Ex Southern Festival Train and Neon Leon)

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Dun Ringill Premiere “Awakening” Video; Announce Where the Old Gods Play Acts 1 & 2

Posted in Bootleg Theater on November 17th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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A six-minute chug-riffer with burl to spare, Dun Ringill’s new single “Awakening” is the first herald of their upcoming two-part full-length release, Where the Old Gods Play, set to issue next Fall and in early 2024 as their first outings through The Sign Records. Early for a single, you say? Yeah, it is, but somehow with two record’s worth of material in their pocket I think the band aren’t in danger of running out of new material anytime soon.

And such productivity isn’t necessarily new for the Swedish six-piece, who got together in 2017 after bassist Patrik Winberg‘s prior outfit, The Order of Israfel, well, fell. In 2020, Dun Ringill brought forth Library of Death (review here) as the follow-up to 2019’s debut, Welcome (review here), so they’ve kept a pretty steady pace, perhaps making up for a bit of lost-to-the-void pandemic-time with these back-to-back LP offerings. But however they get it done, it’s emblematic of their style as well as work ethic that they’re as recognizable as they are, touting Nordic folk elements that, yeah, are there, while the band meanwhile completely manages to skirt actually being folk metal.

Where the Old Gods Play Acts 1 & 2, should they follow the pattern — and the expectation they will is born of the band’s reliable level of songwriting — will be doom rockers for the converted, but make no mistake, they’re metal-born. The same is true of “Awakening.” The medieval-style visuals, creepy-stuff-in-the-woods, and dudes playing on hillsides with amps to be found nowhere (I’m sorry, I love that shit; takes me right back to Headbanger’s Ball) could hardly be more appropriate for the song itself. If you want to think of “Awakening” as an early check-in from Dun Ringill, proof of life and announcement of good things to come, do that. But it’s also a righteous groove on its on with some wicked guttural vocals that, if you’ve got a quota for dudely in your afternoon, will almost surely meet it.

Further, if even just the word “Awakening” triggers religious associations in your mind — a spiritual awakening, in other words — that would seem to be no coincidence, since Where the Old Gods Play Acts 1 & 2 takes its narrative framework from a film script penned by Winberg. I’ve never made a movie and I’m not familiar with the process from start to finish — as opposed to, say, making a record by doing the drums/basic tracks first — but I’d imagine both Acts will be out before an actual cinematic manifestation of the story appears, but still, having a storyline reach across two full-length albums is not exactly lacking ambition as it stands.

I’ll hope to have more to come as we get closer to the release of Where the Old Gods Play Act 1, but for now, here’s “Awakening” followed by what details are available now for the album(s).

Enjoy:

Dun Ringill, “Awakening” official video

Dun Ringill on “Awakening”

”This is the Awakening……”

This opening song from the new album starts off with the sound of the waves breaking against the shore with distant bagpipes being heard, before the heavy folky-doom takes the listener on a menacing dance between light and darkness. The bruised and scarred Lucia (main character of this concept album), has just woken up on the sea-shore to start her unpredictable journey…

”The memories are frightening…”

The storyline is set in 1904 on the Isle of Skye in Scotland where Lucia, with low self-esteem from her troubled past, meets a local church group which is led by a strong, charismatic and manipulative individual.

”This is the day of reckoning…”

The music of the album carefully reflects the main story which unfolds. Behind the dramatic backdrop of the Scottish highlands, we follow Lucia’s dark inner journey which will form her personality and mind, leading to her Awakening.

”I will meet it with a welcoming…”

Awakening on:
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/album/2uvbqSrKjbBdVn9XFVl3NK
iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1648458207
Deezer – https://www.deezer.com/album/363385027

Awakening is the first single taken from the forthcoming double concept album ”Where the Old Gods Play Acts 1 & 2”. The piece of work will be available over two single albums, released in Autumn 2023 & spring 2024.

WTOGP 1 & 2 is the follow up to their highly acclaimed albums “Welcome” and “Library of Death”. After the release of album No 2 ” Library of Death”, the band decided to challenge themselves further by writing an ambitious double concept album. To enhance the story, the band (now with a new drummer) choose to increase the intensity of their dark, progressive visions whilst still faithfully incorporating their native Nordic folk influences.

The release of their new album will be an adventurous double concept album, released as two single albums via The Sign records, is based on a movie script written by Patrik Andersson Winberg (bassist and main songwriter in DR) and Jonas Granath (teacher in religion and literature). Contact has been made with movie producers who have shown great interest in the script thus far. More info to follow later this year. The story (based in Scotland in early 1900) centers around the manipulation of the church with a priest whose secret agenda only reveals itself at the end.

Dun Ringill is:
Thomas Eriksson – Vocals (Also in Intoxicate and Ex-Grotesque and Doomdogs)
Neil Grant – Drums (Ex- End Of Level Boss and RAAR)
Patrik Andersson Winberg – Bass (Ex The Order of Israfel and Doomdogs)
Jens Florén – Guitar ( Also in Lommi and ex live guitarist for Dark Tranquillity)
Tommy Stegemann – Guitar ( Ex Silverhorse)
Patric Grammann – Guitar ( Ex Southern Festival Train and Neon Leon)

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Dun Ringill Sign to The Sign Records; New Single Coming Soon

Posted in Whathaveyou on November 8th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

Swedish doom rockers Dun Ringill have signed to The Sign Records for the release, presumably next year, of their next album. Actually, info is pretty light when it comes to the announcement below, but there’s a pre-save link for a new single and at least that’s something to go on. Pre-save. What an age we live in. Almost like actually getting a thing.

I came to Dun Ringill via The Order of Israfel, but as you can see below, there are any number of other avenues one might take or have taken, up to and including Doomdogs, Dark Tranquillity and Silverhorse. However you go, the band represent something of a branching out for The Sign, who have plenty of variety among their acts at this point but still are mostly known for heavy garage and other, rawer kinds of classic worship. Dun Ringill know where they’re coming from, for sure, and they’re a good fit for the label accordingly, but the metallic edge of their riffing is a distinguishing factor as well. So much the better.

Here’s the news I’ve got for now. When/if I see word on a next album, I’ll post it:

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We are proud to welcome Dun Ringill to The Sign Records Family!

Pre Save the first single “Awakening” to your playlists and follow the band’s upcoming journey together with The Sign Records.

PRE SAVE HERE https://orcd.co/dunringillawakening

Dun Ringill started in 2017 as a dark and doomy project with Nordic folk influences, creating music with big harmonies and presenting them with lyrics directly from the land of evil and darkness within the creative mind of bassist Winberg. This quickly evolved into becoming something much bigger and before long the unique musical recipe of Nordic folk, doom and progressive metal would be born.

Dun Ringill is:
Thomas Eriksson – Vocals (Also in Intoxicate and Ex-Grotesque and Doomdogs)
Neil Grant – Drums (Ex- End Of Level Boss and RAAR)
Patrik Andersson Winberg – Bass (Ex The Order of Israfel and Doomdogs)
Jens Florén – Guitar ( Also in Lommi and ex live guitarist for Dark Tranquillity)
Tommy Stegemann – Guitar ( Ex Silverhorse)
Patric Grammann – Guitar ( Ex Southern Festival Train and Neon Leon)

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Dun Ringill Premiere “Reverend of Many Faces” Video

Posted in Bootleg Theater on April 6th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

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Swedish doomers Dun Ringill issued their second album, Library of Death, last summer through Argonauta Records. It is a particularly Scandinavian take on classic doom and metal in its construction of riffs and melodies and all the more in a piece like opener “Raven’s Tear” or the later “Well of Desire,” and in the kind of folkish undercurrent — at least that seems to be how they thought of it — there and in “My Funeral Song,” the Gothenburg six-piece not only flesh out arrangements with strings or dig through to a stylistic niche, but they use the material as a setting in which an examination of death, and thus the nature of life, take place, the band welcoming a host of guests in order to push their sound further into these yet-uncharted spaces, including Matti Norlin, who handles nyckelharpa, cello, violin and hurdy-gurdy across as range of tracks.

If you missed Library of Death, the title-track coming second after “Raven’s Tear” and making a morose side A trilogy piece with “My Funeral Song” ahead of the album-centerpiece “Dance of the Necromancer,” upon its release, remember, at the time there was no shortage of less-theoretical death to be concerned with in Summer 2020. And in that context, though the material would have been written earlier — likely over the course of 2019/early 2020 following the release of their debut LP, Welcome (review here), also through Argonauta Records; decidedly pre-plague in any case — even in the context of the traditionalist and markedly untraditionalist metal brought to bear, Library of Death feels woefully of its time, right unto the flute on “Dance of the Necromancer” or the hurdy-gurdy on “Well of Desire.” Even as it’s out of its time, purposefully so, both in its use of folk elements/instruments and its foundation in classic metal.

Maybe I’m overthinking it, but the way the three-plus-minute “NBK”dun ringill library of death (an acronym for “Natural Born Killers”), so willfully bursts out with driving, straight-ahead heavy metal seems too willful to just be a coincidence stuck in ahead of “Reverend of Many Faces” because it didn’t fit anywhere else. Dun Ringill, as a six-piece, no doubt have a hard enough time coordinating anything — have you ever tried to get six people into the same place at the same time? — that to then go ahead and broaden the lineup even further by bringing aboard guest players seems frankly like too much work if it wasn’t the point to start with. That is to say, the contrasts Dun Ringill set up across Library of Death, between classic structures or modern tonality, between folk and metal, even between guttural or more melodic vocals, are jarring at times, but these are jarring times. What else can it be that so readily pulls from varied pasts but the present?

“Reverend of Many Faces,” which includes an appearance from the admirably ubiquitous Per Wiberg on church organ in an epic closing section, caps the album in a manner that highlights the considered nature of the tracks’ direction. It is very much a culmination, not quite mirroring “Library of Death” or “My Funeral Song” back on side A, but in part continuing the thread after the aside of “NBK.” Bringing the point home, as it were. And it does so in grand fashion, the final dirge sounding very final indeed as the band cut the audio short to end cold and send a last message about the fleeting nature of our existence. We’re here and gone. So too, were they.

It’s a dark sound, but it moves, and even as epic as “Reverend of Many Faces” gets, it doesn’t lose its underpinning in doom metal. You’ll find Dun Ringill know what they’re doing when it’s all over, and the deeper you dig, the wider their breadth feels across Library of Death as a whole.

Happy to host the premiere their video for “Reverend of Many Faces.” I’ve also included the full album stream below for your perusal and the complete credits, which are ample in themselves.

Please enjoy:

Dun Ringill, “Reverend of Many Faces” official video premiere

Dun Ringill on “Reverend of Many Faces”:

Behind the sacred face of this holy Reverend, hides a dark and complex mind. He has an evil agenda and he will use his status and power to plead and honor “His True Father” ….

We see all over the world repeatedly that priests and reverends use their status and power in the society in horrible ways. They abuse and use children and adults behind the closed doors of their church, all in the name of God….What God to they obey?

Reverend of Many Faces is the brand-new video from Dun Ringill, taken from the bands second album “Library of Death”, released July 31st-20 via Argonauta Records.

Filmed and directed by: Patrik Andersson Winberg

The Reverend: Henrik Myrberg

Music by: Dun Ringill, Lyrics by: Patrik Andersson WInberg

Dun Ringill’s new album digs deeper into the soil of Nordic folk music and at the same time, it is even darker, rawer and heavier than their debut. Recorded with mastermind Joona Hassinen at Studio Underjord and Grand Recording Studio during the winter of 2019, with Library of Death the band creates a haunting vibe of the evil wilderness and the dark woods lurking around the corner.

The album was arranged in a basement in the grey parts of Gothenburg while the lyrics were written on the high and mighty mountains of Norway. This special combination gives this album its unique aura of a beautiful darkness and malevolent feelings, that will follow you into your dreams…

When The Order of Israfel took a one year break from September 2017, the rhythm section Patrik Andersson Winberg (Bass) and drummer Hans Lilja (also in Lotus) grabbed the chance to create new music again together with Patrik’s old band mate from the Doomdogs era, Tomas Eriksson (Intoxicate and ex Grotesque). To make this exciting project of Dun Ringill as great as possible, the band teamed up with Gothenburg’s fella musicians, guitarists Tommy Stegemann (Silverhorse), Jens Florén (also in Lommi & ex- live guitarist for Dark Tranquillity) and Patric Grammann (SFT, Neon Leon). After the band released their critically acclaimed debut, Welcome, in March 2019 – followed by several gigs and tours with acts alike Church Of Misery, Year Of The Goat and Elder to name just a few, their new studio album Library of Death saw light of day on July 31st on Argonauta Records.

Dun Ringill are:
Thomas Eriksson – Vocals
Hans Lilja – Drums
Patrik Andersson Winberg – Bass
Jens Florén – Guitar
Tommy Stegemann – Guitar
Patric Grammann – Guitar

Guests:
Glenn Kjellberg – Vocals (“Reverend of Many Faces”)
Matti Norlin – Nyckelharpa, Hurdy Gurdy, Cello, Violin
Philip Lindgren – Flute
Trevor Pricket – Spoken Word (“My Funeral Song”)
Per Wiberg – Church Organ (“Reverend of Many Faces”)
Matilda Winberg – Church Choir (“Reverend of Many Faces”)

Dun Ringill, Library of Death (2020)

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Dun Ringill Set July 31 Release for Library of Death

Posted in Whathaveyou on May 18th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

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With their penchant for classic metal theatrics intact, Swedish doom rockers Dun Ringill give a first glimpse at their second album, Library of Death, in the new video for “NBK.” The record, which follows behind their 2019 debut, Welcome (discussed here), will see release on July 31 through Argonauta Records, and as I haven’t heard the thing yet, I can’t help but wonder how the stateliness of the debut might coincide with what they describe below as being a rawer and darker presentation that also dives further into folk influences. Funny, I thought “classic metal” and “Nordic folk” were kind of the same thing at this point. Ha.

The acronym “NBK” stands for “natural born killer,” as the PR wire reveals, and you’ll find the video at the bottom of this post, under the album info. You know how this works. Don’t pretend you don’t.

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DUN RINGILL (feat. members of THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL) Share Album Details + Brutal, New Music Video!

Following their highly acclaimed debut album Welcome, Swedish heavy doom rock collective Dun Ringill ( feat.members of The Order Of Israfel, Doomdogs & many more ) have just announced the release of their sophomore album titled Library of Death on July 31st 2020 via Argonauta Records!

Dun Ringill’s new album will dig deeper into the soil of Nordic folk music and at the same time, it is even darker, rawer and heavier than their debut. Recorded with mastermind Joona Hassinen at Studio Underjord and Grand Recording Studio during the winter of 2019, with Library of Death the band creates a haunting vibe of the evil wilderness and the dark woods lurking around the corner.

The album was arranged in a basement in the grey parts of Gothenburg while the lyrics were written on the high and mighty mountains of Norway. This special combination gives this album its unique aura of a beautiful darkness and malevolent feelings, that will follow you into your dreams…

Today, Dun Ringill are sharing a first track taken from the Library Of Death, and premiering an ironically brutal music video to the track “NBK” (= Natural Born Killer)!

“Killing is my Business…. and Business is good!!” The band quotes the first Megadeth album, and continues: “You are all invited to the party: A violent butcher fiesta!”

The artwork for Library of Death has been created by Henrik Jacobson / Art of Henk and is inspired by the lyrics from the album. Dun Ringill’s forthcoming record will also feature songs with guest musicians such as Opera singer Glenn Kjellberg, Per Wiberg from Kamchatka and formerly Opeth and Candlemass, Matti Norlin from the band Lugnet and Philip Lindgren of ex Hypnos.

When The Order of Israfel took a one year break from September 2017, the rhythm section Patrik Andersson Winberg (Bass) and drummer Hans Lilja (also in Lotus) grabbed the chance to create new music again together with Patrik’s old band mate from the Doomdogs era, Tomas Eriksson (Intoxicate and ex Grotesque). To make this exciting project of Dun Ringill as great as possible, the band teamed up with Gothenburg’s fella musicians, guitarists Tommy Stegemann (Silverhorse), Jens Florén (also in Lommi & ex- live guitarist for Dark Tranquillity) and Patric Grammann (SFT, Neon Leon). After the band released their critically acclaimed debut, Welcome, in March 2019 – followed by several gigs and tours with acts alike Church Of Misery, Year Of The Goat and Elder to name just a few, their new studio album Library of Death will be seeing the light of day on July 31st on Argonauta Records. With a pre-sale and more tracks to be unleashed in the weeks ahead, the band is currently also preparing for a heavy live schedule to hopefully follow more than soon.

Dun Ringill are:
Thomas Eriksson – Vocals
Hans Lilja – Drums
Patrik Andersson Winberg – Bass
Jens Florén – Guitar
Tommy Stegemann – Guitar
Patric Grammann – Guitar

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Dun Ringill Premiere “The Door” Video; Welcome out March 1

Posted in Bootleg Theater on February 12th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

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Just when you think you might have Dun Ringill figured out, that’s when the flute kicks in. The Gothenburg-based doom rock six-piece — three guitars! — make their debut March 1 with the suitably-enough titled Welcome, and it presents a realization of progressive doom that’s anti-genre enough to earn a Cathedral comparison. Metal, and not. Doom, and not. Prog, and not. And so on. The nine-minute opener and longest track (immediate points), “Welcome to the Fun Fair Horror Time Machine” sets a pretty broad context between its clean and growled vocals, copious riffing and title-line hook, and while they don’t quite hit that same level of weird-for-weird’s-sake again, the rest of the album remains informed by the moves that song makes. And that is not without purse. They’re not short on pedigree, and at no point does the Argonauta Records release feel like they’re trying to reach beyond their intentions. That is, that weirdness at the outset is on purpose. You’re supposed to be thrown off. That’s the idea. It’s why you put the longest track first, and here, it works.

Not that the rest of what follows dun ringill welcomeis entirely straightforward, either. Following the Mellotron-laced rocker “Black Eyed Kids,” third cut “Open Your Eyes (And See the Happiness and Truth)” once more ups the theatrics over a classic metal riff that shifts in its middle section to a stretch of acoustic strumming then bursts back to life like nothing ever happened, and “The Door” turns from rocking swing to a doomed march and back again, all the while vocalist Thomas Eriksson repeats “The door! The door! The door! The door!” like a madman. Eriksson‘s dramatic approach plays a large role in the personality of the album — he indeed is the one welcoming you to the fun fair horror time machine at the outset — but that’s not to downplay the contributions of guitarists Jens Florén, Tommy Stegemann and Patric Grammann, bassist Patrik Andersson Winberg and drummer Hans Lilja, who are able not only to provide a backdrop for the stagecraft on display even in the recording, but to build a world around it in which it can take place.

“Snow of Ashes” touches on psychedelia in its second half, while closer “The Demon Within” turns from an opening guest vocal from Matilda Winberg to a culminating Hammond organ appearance by Per Wiberg of Candlemass, Opeth, etc. It’s not quite as far out as the piano and flute on the opener, but it makes a substantial bookend just the same, and Eriksson layers harmonies to rise to the occasion in his soaring early verses. Of course a Hammond lends a classic feel inherently, but again, even as Dun Ringill set up their last march, they do so with a resonant foundation in metal, not quite the NWOBHM, but not quite not. Add that to the list above of stylistic elements touched on by Welcome even as the album refuses to commit to any single style and thereby casts its identity in that refusal.

First outing? Doesn’t seem like it’ll be their last. You can check out the premiere of the video for “The Door” below, and preorders for Welcome are up now from Argonauta.

Enjoy:

Dun Ringill, “The Door” official video premiere

Of what started as a dark and doomy project with Nordic folk influences, when some of the best musicians the Gothenburg scene has to offer came together for a jam in 2017, should become something bigger: Welcome DUN RINGILL, your next favorite new Doom Rock band featuring members of The Order Of Israfel, Doomdogs, Intoxicate, ex Grotesque and many more! Set for a release on March 1st 2019 with Argonauta Records, today DUN RINGILL have unveiled the hotly anticipated details about their first and full-length debut album titled ‘Welcome’!

Recorded with mastermind sound wizard Julien Fabré and co-produced together with the band, the album artwork has been created by Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquility). DUN RINGILL’s debut ‘Welcome’ will also feature songs with guest musicians such as Per Wiberg of Candlemass, Kamchatka and formerly Opeth.

The ‘Welcome’ track list will read as follows:
1. Welcome To The Fun Fair Horror Time Machine (feat. Emil Rolof on Piano + Björn Johansson on Flute)
2. Black Eyed Kids (feat. Emil Rolof on Mellotron)
3. Open Your Eyes (And See The Happiness And Truth)
4. The Door
5. Snow Of Ashes
6. The Demon Within (feat. Per Wiberg on Hammond + Matilda Winberg on Intro Vocals)

Coming in CD, LP and Digital Download formats, ‘Welcome’ by DUN RINGILL is available to pre-order at: www.argonautarecords.com

DUN RINGILL live:
08.03.2019 SWE – Helsingborg / Rockbåten
04.05.2019 SWE – Gothenburg / Sticky Fingers

DUN RINGILL is:
Thomas Eriksson – Vocals
Hans Lilja – Drums
Patrik Andersson Winberg – Bass
Jens Florén – Guitar
Tommy Stegemann – Guitar
Patric Grammann – Guitar

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Dun Ringill Set March 1 Release for Welcome; Album Details Posted

Posted in Whathaveyou on January 11th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

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As a gentleman of a certain age, every time I see the title of Dun Ringill‘s debut album, Welcome, I can’t help but hear the word said in the voice of the America Online sound effect on my Windows 95 computer. It was followed surely by “You’ve got mail,” or at least hopefully, since that was the equivalent endorphin rush to what social media notifications are now. “I’ve got mail, therefore I am,” and so on. All of this is surely besides the point of the Swedish outfit naming their first long-player Welcome, but it’s just where my head goes, and hey, it’s Friday, so maybe just roll with it.

The six-piece band have set a March 1 release for Welcome through Argonauta Records and have just unveiled the alternately nifty and horrifying cover art, as well as the track details and more background of its making. It all came down the PR wire, which assures regularly that, indeed, I’ve got mail. Which is fortunate, because I don’t have any friends to contact me otherwise, perhaps in part because I’m the kind of person who remembers computer sound blips from two and a half decades ago.

Info follows:

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DUN RINGILL REVEAL ALBUM DETAILS!

Debut ‘Welcome’ drops March 1st 2019!

Of what started as a dark and doomy project with Nordic folk influences, when some of the best musicians the Gothenburg scene has to offer came together for a jam in 2017, should become something bigger: Welcome DUN RINGILL, your next favorite new Doom Rock band featuring members of The Order Of Israfel, Doomdogs, Intoxicate, ex Grotesque and many more! Set for a release on March 1st 2019 with Argonauta Records, today DUN RINGILL have unveiled the hotly anticipated details about their first and full-length debut album titled ‘Welcome’!

Recorded with mastermind sound wizard Julien Fabré and co-produced together with the band, the album artwork has been created by Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquility). DUN RINGILL’s debut ‘Welcome’ will also feature songs with guest musicians such as Per Wiberg of Candlemass, Kamchatka and formerly Opeth.

The ‘Welcome’ track list will read as follows:

1. Welcome To The Fun Fair Horror Time Machine
(feat. Emil Rolof on Piano + Björn Johansson on Flute)
2. Black Eyed Kids (feat. Emil Rolof on Mellotron)
3. Open Your Eyes (And See The Happiness And Truth)
4. The Door
5. Snow Of Ashes
6. The Demon Within (feat. Per Wiberg on Hammond + Matilda Winberg on Intro Vocals)

When The Order of Israfel took a one year break from September 2017, the rhythm section Patrik Andersson Winberg (Bass) and drummer Hans Lilja (also in Lotus) grabbed the chance to create new music again together with Patrik’s old band mate from the Doomdogs era, Tomas Eriksson (Intoxicate and ex Grotesque). To make this exciting project of DUN RINGILL as great as possible, the band teamed up with Gothenburg’s fella musicians, guitarists Tommy Stegemann (Silverhorse), Jens Florén (also in Lommi & ex- live guitarist for Dark Tranquillity) and Patric Grammann (SFT, Neon Leon). In late 2018, the band premiered a first music video to the album opening track, watch ‘Welcome To The Fun Fair Horror Time Machine’ HERE!

Coming in CD, LP and Digital Download formats, ‘Welcome’ by DUN RINGILL is available to pre-order at: www.argonautarecords.com

DUN RINGILL is:
Thomas Eriksson – Vocals
Hans Lilja – Drums
Patrik Andersson Winberg – Bass
Jens Florén – Guitar
Tommy Stegemann – Guitar
Patric Grammann – Guitar

DUN RINGILL live:
08.03.2019 SWE – Helsingborg / Rockbåten
04.05.2019 SWE – Gothenburg / Sticky Fingers

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Dun Ringill, “Welcome to the Fun Fair Horror Time Machine” official video

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Dun Ringill Post “Welcome to the Fun Fair Horror Time Machine” Video

Posted in Bootleg Theater on October 31st, 2018 by JJ Koczan

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If the title sounds completely over the top, it is. I think that’s the idea. Apart from a studio snippet posted on the social medias, this is the first audio made public from Dun Ringill‘s impending debut album, Welcome, and it’s a rousing start. That’s probably the idea too. “Welcome to the Fun Fair Horror Time Machine.” What’s in a name, right?

Well, this name brings along nine-plus minutes of classic doom from members of Doomdogs and The Order of Israfel, among others — six dudes; plenty of pedigree to go around — and calls upon the masters of Scandinavian doom in order to cast its sound. Yes, I’m talking about Candlemass, but also some of Lord Vicar and Reverend Bizarre‘s ultra-schooled worship of Saint Vitus and Black Sabbath, doom that wants to get to the roots of when it and metal came together to become something dark and encompassing. I don’t know if horror themes will persist throughout Dun Ringill‘s recently-tracked LP, which Argonauta will release early next year, but they make an impression here with nod-ready riffs and vocals that swap between cleaner, Ozzy-style vocals and a throaty delivery of the titular hook that, yeah, it’s a little silly, but is also bound to get stuck in your head.

That is, get ready to spend the rest of your day welcoming various and sundry other people to the fun fair horror time machine. If only in your inner monologue.

I won’t claim to know what the rest of the album has in store, but “Welcome to the Fun Fair Horror Time Machine” is a more than solid execution of unpretentious traditional doom, and it bodes well for what might follow. The personnel already had me looking forward to the record. It’s fortunate to have the first glimpse at the material itself live up to that.

Enjoy:

Dun Ringill, “Welcome to the Fun Fair Horror Time Machine” official video

We are so proud and happy to finally release our debut video!

The single is also out on all digital platforms.

It was easy for us to pick the track “Welcome to the Fun Fair Horror Time Machine” as the first video and single” the band explains. “It shows the variety of the band that has their roots in doom but paints them with nordic folk music. The lyric idea behind is to explore the evil and dark side of our minds and this song and video shows it pretty well.“

Filmed & Directed by Robert Hellström
Make up Marianne Stepperud Antonsen
Actors Tomas Olsson, Ozzy Grammann, Eddie Grammann
Special thanks to Nalles Tivoli

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