White Void Release “the Shovel and the Cross” Single & Video

February 19, 2021 Eric Peterson Brutal News, Press Releases Comments Off

DEBUT ALBUM, “ANTI,” OUT MARCH 12TH!

With only three weeks left until their debut album Anti sees the light of day, Norwegian eclectic hard rock band WHITE VOID are offering another glimpse at the tonal variety you can expect from the record. Their new single, The Shovel And The Cross, manages to hint at classic influences like Roky Erickson, New Model Army and Black Sabbath, while still maintaining a bold anything-goes approach that lets singer Lars Nedland showcase his ability to shift from an uber-cool dark post-punk timbre to formidable theatrical heights with ease. Anti will be released on March 12th, 2021.

The Shovel And The Cross is again accompanied by an artfully crafted music video, which you can watch here:
https://youtu.be/BmaArqp5dow

Front man Lars Nedland comments on the song:

“Facing the absurd is overwhelming. Sometimes you just feel like digging your own grave. After all, we are here against our will!

This song is about the darkness we face while trying to figure out what the hell we’re supposed to be doing here.

The video goes suitably with that theme as it shows my face quite literally falling to pieces. You know, normal, Norwegian stuff. It’s dark here. We try to entertain ourselves.

Want to see me lose face? This is your chance!”
Pre-save Anti on the streaming plattform of your choice:
http://nblast.de/WhiteVoidAntiPreSave

PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:
http://nblast.de/WhiteVoid-Anti

WHITE VOID
“Anti”
Release date: March 12, 2021
Gatefold LP, CD, Digital Album

Tracklist:
1. Do. Not. Sleep.
2. There is No Freedom but the End
3. Where You Go, You’ll Bring Nothing
4. The Shovel and the Cross
5. This Apocalypse is for You
6. All Chains Rust, all Men Die
7. The Fucking Violence of Love
8. The Air was Thick with Smoke

PHYSICAL FORMATS:

CD Jewelcase
CD Jewelcase + Patch (ltd. to 200)
Gatefold LP – Black
Gatefold LP – White (ltd. to 300)
Gatefold LP – Pink + Grey Splatter (ltd. to 100)

Official video for the single This Apocalypse is For You:
https://youtu.be/iR7-HveXK_s

Official video for the single Do. Not. Sleep.:
https://youtu.be/oJJQCSNRxfA

WHITE VOID is absence of direction and sense in life. It’s a description of the fundamental disharmony between the individual’s search for meaning and the meaninglessness of the universe.

Eclectic hard rockers WHITE VOID are a curious bunch. Forged in the space between the occult rock of the seventies, the no-excuses-hard rock of the eighties and the British New Wave movement, they balance on the event horizon that separates old from new. Aggression from melody. Dream from drive.

Add to that the fact that the bandmembers of WHITE VOID have their backgrounds in Norwegian black metal, chiptune electronica, pop music and blues, and you’ll see why Anti is an album that’s hard to pin down. It’s darkly melodic, it’s driven, and it’s infused with earworms, hooks and licks. Boasting a shameless attitude, though, it comes forth as deeply true to the core of our shared hard rock heritage.

In the center of WHITE VOID stands Lars Are Nedland, long time member of BORKNAGAR and SOLEFALD. Leading a team of musicians including Tobias Solbakk of IHSAHN fame, electronica staple Vegard Kummen and blues rock virtuoso Eivind Marum, he navigates the waters of hard rock riffs, new wave harmonies and blues rock solos with determination and elegance.

Still, Anti probably doesn’t sound like you think. It’s an album riddled with contrasts and references, musically as well as philosophically. The concept is based on Albert Camus’ Absurdism and deals with how you cope with an existence that is in its core absurd. Musically it draws on the past while forging towards the future. And the result? Well, enter the Void to find out!

WHITE VOID is:
Lars Nedland- Vocals
Tobias Solbakk – Drums
Vegard Kummen – Bass
Eivind Marum – Guitar

White Void

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