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TRIBULATION Issue Official Visualiser Video For ‘Hemoclysm’ Track
June 8th, 2023

Swedish death metal band Tribulation have released an official visualiser video for the track ‘Hemoclysm’, which can be viewed below.

Tribulation issued four-track EP Hamartia on April 7th, 2023 through Century Media Records.

Hamartia marks the recording debut of guitarist Joseph Tholl, replacing the departing Jonathan Hultén.

The EP was recorded in Stockholm with Robert Pehrsson at Studio Humbucker as well as Linus Björklund at Studio Ryssviken, and subsequently mixed by Tom Dalgety in the UK. Mastering was handled by Magnus Lindberg at Redmount Studios in Stockholm.

“The plan going forward is that Joseph and I will split the writing duties, just as me and Jonathan did before,” said guitarist Adam Zaars. “The other difference this time is that we did work a bit closer with each other on these songs. On the last couple of albums, we’ve basically written our material separately. This time, even though Joseph wrote ‘Axis Mundi’ and I wrote the other two songs, I still went to Stockholm every other weekend for the entire spring leading up to the recording, and we sat together and tried different things out. We’ve worked closer this time than we’ve done at least since The Children Of The Night (2015). Comparing it to the last album, I’d say the new songs are a bit more cynical, harsher in a way.”

Rounding out the EP is a cover interpretation of the Blue Öyster Cult track ‘Vengeance (The Pact)’, the original version of which featured on June 1981 album Fire Of Unknown Origin.

“We’ve been meaning to do a Blue Öyster Cult cover for over a decade now, and finally got around to doing it,” Zaars said. “They’ve been a constant source of inspiration throughout the years as they always seemed to find new creative ways of doing their thing, which is what we’re always striving for. It will stand out a bit from what we usually do as anyone listening will find out soon enough!”

Cover artwork was designed by Zaars.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Hamartia’
02. ‘Axis Mundi’
03. ‘Hemoclysm’
04. ‘Vengeance (The Pact)’ (Blue Öyster Cult cover)

Tribulation’s line-up is as follows:

Johannes Andersson (vocals and bass)
Adam Zaars (guitars)
Joseph Tholl (guitars)
Oscar Leander (drums)

Directed by Johan Bååth in collaboration with Astrid Bergdahl, music videos were filmed for the title track and ‘Axis Mundi’. In addition, a stop motion music video was released for the band’s cover of Blue Öyster Cult’s ‘Vengeance (The Pact)’. All three clips can be viewed below.

Fifth studio record Where The Gloom Becomes Sound was released in January 2021 via Century Media.

Promotional photograph by Dirk Behlau.