Icelandic metal trio Fortíð have dropped a video for their latest single, “Uppskera (Harvest).” The track is the first taste from their upcoming full-length effort, Narkissos, out October 13th. Parallel to the release, a 3CD artwork entitled Völuspá, which features all three albums of the original trilogy, will be released. Each album comes with three bonus tracks and the book includes among other items introductions byEinar “Eldur” Thorberg Guðmundsson and Kári Pálsson as well as all lyrics in original language and English translations.
The band comments:
“This song opens up with the final verses in Gestaþáttur* from Hávamál”, mastermind Einar Thorberg Guðmundsson explains. “The poem translates something like this: ‘Cattle die, kindred die / You yourself die / But reputation never dies / Of one who has earned it. / Cattle die, kindred die / You yourself die / But I know one thing that never dies / And that’s a dead person’s deeds’. The song continues by journeying into the mind of a man with a ruined reputation from his past deeds. And as the title ‘Uppskera’ (‘Harvest’) suggests, this man is reaping as he sowed, but he blames all his misfortunes on others. His name will not be honoured after he is gone from this world.”
Watch the clip below and pre-save the album here:
Track List:
01) Narkissos
02) Drottnari
03) Vefurinn sem ég spinn
04) Uppskera
05) Þúsund þjáninga smiður
06) Rotinn arfur
07) Illt skal með illu gjalda
08) Tímans ör
09) Við dauðans dyr
