Finnish death-doom masters Swallow the Sun have dropped a visualizer for their latest single, “What I Have Become.” The single coincides with announcing the group’s upcoming new album, Shining, scheduled to arrive on October 18th via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2021’s Moonflowers was produced and mixed by Dan Lancaster and mastered by Tony Lindgren, with recording handled by Juho Räihä at SoundSpiral Audio. Listen to the previously released single for “Innocense Was Long Forgotten” at this location.
Juha Raivio comments:
“´What I Have Become` is about that moment when you look yourself deep in the eye from the mirror and your own eyes start to tell what your soul has become instead of what you always wanted it to be. The hardest thing is to forgive yourself and break that circle. After our last album, it soon became clear to me that writing another Moonflowers album would kill me.
So, I made a quiet wish to myself that if there ever will be any new music then please have a little bit of mercy on yourself rather than be that infinite black hole that will suck out the rest of your remaining light and soul just for the sake of it. Musically this album shines like a glacier diamond and has that power and punch that feels like a kick in your face! While lyrically the album deals with how fearing life will eventually kill you and how melancholy can become your God.
We want to thank all the support and trust from Century Media, not to mention our insanely talented producer Dan Lancaster having the balls and guts to jump straight in the deep end with this band and get us out of our comfort zone. This album truly feels like a sunrise in the night sky.”
Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:
Track List:
01) Innocence Was Long Forgotten
02) What I Have Become
03) MelancHoly
04) Under The Moon & Sun
05) Kold
06) November Dust
07) Velvet Chains
08) Tonight Pain Believes
09) Charcoal Sky
10) Shining
Feature Image Photo Credit: Jussi Ratilainen
