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The Bastard

by Thorium

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited edition (200 copies). Red vinyl LP in picture cover

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited edition black vinyl LP (200 copies) in picture cover

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about

Scandinavian death metal band Thorium strikes back with a vengeance. New album “The Bastard” to be unleashed. Their 6th album since the formation in 1997 “It wasn’t in the cards, but in Spring this year I felt incredibly inspired to write an album that would go back to the very beginning of Thorium. Make the album that was the natural follow up from our debut album – or actually go even further back and make an album that was supposed to be our actual debut album. At least in my head. When we played in South America at Septembro Negro Festival in September last year I meet up with my old friend Martin Schulmann (Centinex and Demonical) and that sort of triggered something in me. Martin was a part of the original Thorium line-up. And so was Jonas Lindblood from Taetre (now Puteraeon) who I have kept in touch with during the years. So I was like. Fuck it. Let’s make “The Bastard” album – the original debut album from Thorium”, Thorium-founding MHA says.
“Somehow it felt like hooking up with a new girl who looks and acts like your old girlfriend and make it turn into a creative relationship
that – this time – actually works out and everything turns out exactly how you want it to be – because you are in complete control and you
know which mistakes not to make. Does this make sense?”, MHA continues. Well, the songwriting tag team with Rogga Johansson (Paganizer), Thomas Olsson (Blackscape) and MHA began work and the operation was quick and dirty, capturing the old vibe of writing Scandinavian death metal. The whole process of the album ended up
taking less than six months, from the beginning of the songwriting in March, to the recording in April, the mix and mastering in May
to the release of the album in September. Thorium bass player Jesper Nielsen added the bass and Thorium guitar players JP Storm and Jose Cruz are both featured with guitar solos on the album alongside Jonas Lindblood. “Sometimes you end of waiting and waiting and waiting for an album to be released. Some songs are written years ago, recordings done years ago, the album is postponed by the label, all band members have 100 opinions about everything from artwork to the smallest details
in the mix. With this album everything feels fresh, energetic and like one big erection”, MHA laughs. The mixing and mastering of the album was taken care of Marco Angioni at Angioni Studios and key words were “loud”, “wall out sound”, “massive” with a modern take on old school.
“This time around we wanted the sound to come of the speakers. Some death metal bands aim for an old school sound like 1991...  more

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released September 20, 2024

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