The Condors are a relatively new fixture to Vampire. In that sense it holds on to a lot of tradition. Despite that, the album somehow embraces bits and pieces of the last 35 years or so of metal music. So you could say that “With Primeval Force” generally is both colder and more atmospheric than our debut less verses and choruses, a bit less ‘traditional’ songwriting. Already when I began writing the first tunes for this album (‘Pyre of the Harvest Queen’ from our 2015 EP was originally supposed to be on it) I wanted the band to go for a more introvert and cold sound, as opposed to some of the chorus-laden ”fist-in-the-air songs on our debut album. As the cover art suggests, the musical and lyrical horizons have broadened every song feels as it lives its own life, still well-placed in the general picture. How would you compare, musically, “With Primeval Force” to your debut?īlack String: “With Primeval Force” has a more mature feel to it. Since that we’ve spent most of the time forth and back between our rehearsal room and the studio where the album was recorded. What have Vampire been up to since the release of the “Cimmerian Shade” EP?īlack String: We did a 16-date tour with Tribulation and Grave Pleasures, passing through seven European countries in January last year. And back when we took those names we had no idea they would become as popular as they are… Why all this? Well, we belong to the generation who wasn’t really interested in knowing Quorthon’s real identity. ‘Hand of Doom’ is an obvious reference, while ‘Black String’ and ‘Command’ are a little bit more obscure hints at music we like. Another important reason was to add a portion of juvenile mystique and a ‘rock star’ feeling to our personas. Those were the days!Īnd what’s with the pseudonyms? They’re cool, but are they connected to the music?īlack String: Originally, we adopted pseudonyms, or alter egos, to avoid connections to our former bands. Ancient mystery, dark aspects of European history, moonlit open tombs and faceless figures enshrouded in pungent fog…In all its late ’80s nocturnal glory, “Castlevania II” also gels nicely with some of our musical influences of the period. “Castlelvania II: Simon’s Quest” was an atmospheric and nostalgic over-the-top re-imagining of vintage Gothic tropes, and that’s basically, thematically, where you find Vampire as well. Hand of Doom: That is perhaps not the most obvious reference for how our music actually sounds, but the overall aesthetics of the band is not that far off. Hand of Doom and Black String revel in flesh with Decibel to vomit details on the savage, the unrelenting “With Primeval Force”.įor someone who’s never heard Vampire before how would you describe the band musically? You’ve said before, it’s a bit like “Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest”. Songs like ‘Skull Prayer’, ‘He Who Speaks’, ‘Ghoul Wind’, and ‘Knights of the Burning Crypt’ burn with the same fire that permeated vintage Destruction, splatter cadavers like Repulsion, and scorn the same light that Necrovore did back in ’86. At once violent, creepy, heavy, aggressive, and melodic, Vampire’s sophomore effort is primed to take death metal even further into the dark. Now, three years and an EP later (2015’s ‘Cimmerian Shade’), Vampire have returned from their Nordic cave to unveil new album, “With Primeval Force”. Vampire quickly landed a label deal with Century Media, who issued the group’s grave-robbing self-titled debut in 2014. Formed in 2011 in Gothenburg, the Swedes - helmed by drummer (now vocalist) Hand of Doom and guitarist Black String - quickly impressed, with the group’s 2012 self-titled demo garnering heavy praise from Darkthrone’s Fenriz. From musical influences like Mercyful Fate, Slayer, and Possessed to filmic influences like Hammer Horror, Sweden’s Vampire are taking death metal into the abyss.
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