BRÅND NEW ALBUM + VIDEO PREMIERE
Brånd is one weird/post black metal act from the Upper Austrian town of Linz.
Started off in 2015 as a solo act by Vritra (Kringa, Weathered Crest), over the past ten years the ever-evolving project ventured into various soundscapes, splitting releases with extreme underground torchbearers like Absolute Key, Calvary and Rosa Nebel.
Joined by musicians to evolve old and new ideas, their debut full-length album Tåg & Nåcht grew from 4-track demos gathered over the last decade to become an album of richly arranged songs from all over the fields of interest, breaking from their lo-fi tradition to new horizons that span from broken post-punk à la Teenage Panzerkorps to pagan declamations in the vein of Fenriz folk metal excursus Isengard; dark anarcho punk assaults in the style of Poison Ruin mitigated by traces of 70’s German krautrock like La Düsseldorf; new age juxtapositions melted into a heavy metal cast, wind instrument raids equally James Chance and Death In June dropping when least expected. All in one incredibly coherent album.
First single Födweg is out today with an official video.
Tåg & Nåcht is out 29 May 2026 - Split release with Tour de Garde in CAN/USA.
