Denmark’s Metal commando Baest strikes back announcing the worldwide release of their massive 4th studio album entitled “Colossal” on August 15th, 2025, via Century Media Records.
Produced with Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studio (Heaven Shall Burn, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Haunted, etc.), the album contains 9 tracks across 42 minutes including the already released singles “Colossus” and “Imp of the Perverse” as well as upcoming singles with guest vocal features by Jesper Binzer of D-A-D on “King of the Sun” and by ORM on “Misfortunate Son”. The album’s artwork was created by Solomacello and can be seen above. Here is the complete tracklisting of “Colossal”.
“Colossal” will be available as Ltd. CD Digipak (with 3 bonus tracks: 10. Elysian Nights (02:52), 11. Aftermath (03:00) and 12. King of the Sun (Pre-production Version) (04:17)) in its initial pressing, as Digital Album and as LP on 180g. vinyl in the following European variants:
• Black LP (Unlimited)
• Ltd. neon orange LP (700x copies, available from cmdistro.de & selected Indie retailers)
• Ltd. transp. sun yellow-red splattered LP (500x copies, available from cmdistro.de, Bandcamp & Baest)
• Ltd. apricot colored LP (500x copies, available from Baest)
Pre-order “Colossal” here.
Tracklist:
1. Stormbringer (04:32)
2. Colossus (04:23)
3. In Loathe And Love (05:09)
4. King Of The Sun (feat. Jesper Binzer of D-A-D) (04:09)
5. Imp Of The Perverse (05:56)
6. Misfortunate Son (feat. ORM) (04:02)
7. Mouth Of The River (04:24)
8. Light The Beacons (03:42)
9. Depraved World (06:04)
Baest commented about the “Colossal” album and the band’s current activities as follows: “Paying homage to the heavy metal roots of our music, we wanted to incorporate fast, classic and rocking riffs. This album showcases our passion for melody and a new direction for our death metal. Keeping the energy of former releases and adding new flavours to the inferno ‘Colossal’ stands out as an honest, original and exciting release. Recording it over the course of 2 years at Antfarm Studio with Tue Madsen has been a different but exciting process, leaving a lot of space in between material released off the album, with the two first singles ‘Colossus’ and ‘Imp Of The Perverse’ being almost a year old by now. We found that giving songs more time to grow felt right, and we also had to reinvent our own style and sound in that process, which leads to our satisfaction with ‘Colossal’ – it’s a broad album sound wise, and we feel this is the essence of Baest. Playing some of the new tracks live on our recent tour with Danish rock legends D-A-D was helpful in cementing the appeal of the new tracks and helped us finish the album recordings between those shows. Next up, we embark on our first ever US/North America run supporting Arch Enemy, and we are following this tour up with a ton of European festivals. This will be the perfect platform to show the new material and get feedback from the fans – see you on the road”!
Also today, a next single and video off “Colossal” is being launched for the track “Misfortunate Son” (feat. ORM), which can also be seen in a video by Moshmallows below.
Baest also checked in with the following comment about the song: “‘Misfortunate Son’ is the newest single release from our upcoming 4th album ‘Colossal’. Recorded at Antfarm Studio with Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Heaven Shall Burn, Meshuggah), it brings forth a blend of melody and brutality. The song showcases our passion for classic heavy metal riffing while incorporating the signature catchiness we always strive for with Baest! We brought our Danish heroes ORM to add some eerie vocals, contributing a darker mood to the track…”
In other news and starting this weekend, Baest will be making their debut tour across USA and Canada supporting Arch Enemy on their “North American Blood Dynasty 2025 Tour” alongside Fit For An Autopsy and Thrown Into Exile. Don’t miss these upcoming dates…
North American Tour Dates 2025:
14.04.2025 San Diego (USA) – The Observatory
15.04.2025 Los Angeles (USA) – The Wiltern
16.04.2025 San Francisco (USA) – The Regency
18.04.2025 Portland (USA) – Roseland Theater
19.04.2025 Seattle (USA) – The Showbox
20.04.2025 Vancouver (Canada) – The Pearl / Sold Out!
22.04.2025 Edmonton (Canada) – Union Hall
23.04.2025 Calgary (Canada) – MacEwan Hall
25.04.2025 Salt Lake City (USA) – The Complex
26.04.2025 Denver (USA) – Summit Music
28.04.2025 Minneapolis (USA) – The Fillmore
29.04.2025 Chicago (USA) – The Vic
30.04.2025 Detroit (USA) – The Majestic
02.05.2025 New York (USA) – Palladium Times Square
03.05.2025 Worcester (USA) – The Palladium
05.05.2025 Philadelphia (USA) – Theatre Of The Living Arts
06.05.2025 Silver Spring (USA) – The Fillmore
08.05.2025 Montréal (Canada) – L’Olympia
09.05.2025 Toronto (Canada) – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10.05.2025 Stroudsburg (USA) – The Sherman Theater
European Festival 2025:
28.05.2025 Stockholm (Sweden) – Stockholm City Theatre
30.05.2025 Kirchdorf (Germany) – Bavarian Battle Open Air
31.05.2025 Jelling (Denmark) – Jelling Musikfestival
07.06.2025 Maastricht (Netherlands) – South of Heaven
21.06.2025 Ukmergė (Lithuania) – Kilkim Zaibu
28.06.2025 Haderslev (Denmark) – Kløften Festival
04.07.2025 Kalmar (Sweden) – Metal Theatre
18.07.2025 Mulfingen (Germany) – Boarstream Open Air
25.07.2025 Thy (Denmark) – Alive Festival
09.08.2025 Kortrijk (Belgium) – Alcatraz Festival
13.08.2025 Dinkelsbühl (Germany) – Summer Breeze Open Air
16.08.2025 Svendborg (Denmark) – Haarders
21.08.2025 Kaltenbach (Austria) – Kaltenbach Open Air
18.10.2025 Besiktas (Turkey) – Portals Metal Fest
And more shows to be announced soon…
Stay tuned for further news on Baest and “Colossal” coming soon…
Line-up:
Svend Karlsson – Rhythm/Lead Guitar
Simon Olsen – Vocals
Lasse Revsbech – Rhythm/Lead Guitar
Sebastian Abildsten – Drums & Percussion
Mattias ‘Muddi’ Melchiorsen – Bass
Web:
linktr.ee/baestband
