January 24, 2025 will see Swedish doom and hard rock maestros Avatarium release their much-awaited new studio offering “Between You, God, the Devil and The Dead” through AFM Records. The band’s sixth album will be available as ltd. LP Vinyl (Black, Orange/White, Silver), a 2-CD Ear Book, CD Jewelcase and Digital formats, you can now pre-order your favorite edition at: https://avatarium.bfan.link/between-you-god-the-devil-and-the-dead
Following the previously-released, first single “Long Black Waves” – blending gloomy hard rock with heavy doom metal accents – today, Avatarium present an official music video for their haunting album title track! Guitarist Marcus Jidell comments: “Sometimes it feels like being a true musician today is being a part of an underground resistance movement, resisting a culture that wants our brains and souls to shut down. Here’s a song that wants to turn your gaze towards something different. A song made by humans for humans”.
Get “Between You, God, The Devil and The Dead” on all digital streaming services at: https://avatarium.bfan.link/between-you-god-the-devil-and-the-dead-SINGLE
The video clip is now premiering here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh7ymzMDuas&ab_channel=AFMRecords
More than ten years ago with founding Avatarium, Candlemass icon Leif Edling made the doom metal world a darker and ultimately more interesting place. Over the next years, they released two EPs, four critically acclaimed full-length records, and a live DVD, ‘An Evening With Avatarium – Live in Stockholm’. Edling eventually left Avatarium‘s ranks due to health issues, but the band forged onward, and 2022 found them capping off a prolific decade with their latest album and AFM Records debut, ‘Death, Where Is Your Sting’.
Following the much-acclaimed record release, lauded by fans and music press worldwide and numerous live appearances at prestigious festivals or on tour with acts such as Swallow The Sun, early 2025 will see the Swedish doom maestros even double down on all expections! Their forthcoming studio offering, “Between You, God, The Devil and The Dead” — produced and mixed by Marcus Jidell with a mastering by Svante Forsbäck (Candlemass, Amorphis and many more) — features eight new enthralling tracks, that showcases the band’s exceptional songwriting skills and qualities. Avatarium have evolved since their 2013 self-titled debut, and although they have always introduced new elements along the way, with their epic fusion of a doom-ladden occult sound and dark, heavy yet melancholic, poetic facets, the Swedish collective fronted by extraordinary vocalist Jennie-Ann Smith proves, why they belong to one of the most unique acts the modern heavy music scene has to offer!
“Between You, God, The Devil and The Dead” Tracklist: 01. Long Black Waves 02. I See You Better In The Dark 03. My Hair Is On Fire (But I’ll Take Your Hand) 04. Lovers Give A Kingdom To Each Other 05. Being With The Dead 06. Until Forever And Again 07. Notes From Underground 08. Between You, God, The Devil and The Dead
Avatarium is: Jennie-Ann Smith (Vocals) / Marcus Jidell (Guitars) / Andreas Habo Johansson (Drums & Percussion) / Mats Rydström (Bass)
