After announcing their signing to Century Media Records back in July, young Swedish blackened thrash metal force Sarcator are unleashing their newest single “Swarming Angels & Flies”, which will also be the title track of their upcoming studio album.
The record, marking already the third full length release for the band, will be released on January 17th, 2025, via Century Media Records.
The title track “Swarming Angels & Flies” is accompanied by a performance video directed by Christoffer Tönnäng. Watch the official video below.
Sarcator’s “Swarming Angels & Flies” sets the bar high for the upcoming album in terms of speed, heaviness and pure desire to see this song (and hopefully soon more) unfold live. Starting off like an explosion, the song delivers a sonic blast hurling the audience straight into a fire pit with raw, untamed energy.
Vocalist Mateo Tervonen shares about the single:
“‘Swarming Angels & Flies’ is the title track for our upcoming record for a reason. It represents the elements of the album perfectly and is one of those songs that you want to break the silence with. It erupts out of nowhere and hits you like a concrete fist. A perfect violent introduction of what’s to come and what this album really is about”.
The title track does only offer a glimpse of what the upcoming album “Swarming Angels & Flies” will entail and yet one thing is certain: This album marks the most intense, brutal and rawest creation yet for the band. It is a remarkably mature and sophisticated piece of work, from mercurial musicians who are only in their early 20’s, and still at the beginning of their creative journey. Across eight, grotesque and utterly venomous tracks, Sarcator have deftly blended the wide-eyed extremity of their debut album with the inspirational musicality of their second record “Alkahest”, while playing everything with more intensity than ever before. Both deliriously melodic and mercilessly brutal: “Swarming Angels & Flies” is the most dangerously potent record the Swedens have made to date.
Sarcator share about the record and its creation process:
“We wanted to highlight the most aggressive and extreme parts of us, but we still wanted to work with dynamics, so you still have elements of classic rock and post-punk, which we started experimenting with on the last record. There is no question that it’s our most intense, brutal, and rawest creation yet – it’s not really a genre album and we like to keep it that way”.
“Swarming Angels & Flies” is now available for pre-order in the following formats:
• CD Jewelcase (in O-Card) w/ 11 tracks
• Ltd. Purple LP (300x copies!) w/ 8 tracks & 2-page LP insert
• Black LP w/ 8 tracks & 2-page LP insert
• CD Jewelcase (US Version) w/ 8 tracks
Pre-order & pre-save “Swarming Angels & Flies” here.
Tracklist:
1. Burning Choir
2. Comet of End Times
3. Swarming Angels & Flies
4. The Deep Ends
5. Where the Void Begins
6. The Undercurrent
7. Closure
8. Unto Sepulchres
9. Dogfight (cover – originally by Anti Cimex)*
10. The Black Vomit (cover – originally by Sarcófago*
11. Torture (cover – originally by Sadus)*
* (Bonus track on Ltd. CD Jewelcase in O-Card only)
Sarcator will be joining Eradikated, Eternal Evil, and Bloodstain for the “The Rising Four” tour in autumn/winter 2024 with a total of 10 stops throughout Sweden.
More information and tickets can be found here.
Sweden Tour Dates 2024:
26-Oct-24 – Dynamo, Norrköping / Sweden
02-Nov-24 – Mejeriet, Lund / Sweden
09-Nov-24 – Musikhuset, Gävle / Sweden
15-Nov-24 – Intiman, Västerås / Sweden
16-Nov-24 – Frimis, Örebro / Sweden
21-Nov-24 – Debaser, Stockholm / Sweden
22-Nov-24 – Surr Arena, Göteborg / Sweden
30-Nov-24 – The Tivoli, Helsingborg / Sweden
06-Dec-24 – Platens Bar, Linköping / Sweden
07-Dec-24 – Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad / Sweden
(w/ Eradikated, Eternal Evil, Sarcator, Bloodstain)
While the tour in Sweden will wrap up 2024 for the band, two festivals have already been announced for Sarcator in 2025 with many more live dates following soon.
Festivals 2025:
25.-26.07.2025 Freißenbüttel (Germany) – Burning Q Festival
18.-20.09.2025 Schrobenhausen (Germany) – Metal im Woid
Line-up:
Mateo Tervonen – Vocals, Guitar
Felix Lindkvist – Bass
Leo Buchalle – Guitar
Jesper Rosén – Drums
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/sarcatorband
www.instagram.com/sarcator
