Cult of Luna drop new album

 

Sweden‘s prolific post-metal band Cult of Luna have revealed their expansive new single “Into the Night” off their forthcoming album, The Long Road North. The record is one of their most beautiful and dynamic works to date which is palpably heard on the latest single. Guitarist and vocalist Fredrik Kihlberg explains, “’Into the Night‘ is about the search for something or someone that‘s been lost. It's about being in the state between conscious and unconscious, awake and dreaming. Seeing, hearing and experiencing things and not knowing if it's real or imagination."

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For over two decades Cult of Luna have forged a sound incomparable to others - ambitious, epic, visceral, and drenched in emotion. The Long Road North marks as a follow-up to last year‘s The Raging River EP. As is the case with every album from the band in recent years, there is a lot of shifting of dynamics and sonic density, and perhaps more so than usual on The Long Road North. "It's a big and cinematic sounding album. I think one of the reasons why we have been able to be so productive the last couple of years is that we have been consistently writing from the heart. We have let our instincts guide us, and I think it's getting clearer where we are heading," reveals vocalist/guitarist Johannes Persson, who has been one of the primary driving forces behind the band since their inception.    Persson continues, “The long road north is a long road home. A direction dictated by a call that penetrates rock and echoes through the forest. It flows over every lake, accelerated by the wind. When it reaches you, you know it’s time. Time to move forward. You don’t know where it will lead but you put the trust in it. With eyes raised towards the midnight sun it pulls you closer. The road is long and the end is uncertain.”   Recognized for their apocalyptic live performances that unrestrainedly explore the audience's imagination, Cult of Luna will bring their stunning live show to fans just in time as The Long Road North hits shelves worldwide. Currently they are confirmed to tour UK and EU next Spring with Alcest, Caspian and Holy Fawn - North American dates to follow. For a full list of dates, see below and to purchase tickets, click here. Follow Cult of Luna on Instagram for further updates to come. THE LONG ROAD NORTH TRACK LISTING:   1 - Cold Burn 2 - The Silver Arc 3 - Beyond I 4 - An Offering to the Wild 5 - Into the Night 6 - Full Moon 7 - The Long Road North 8 - Blood Upon Stone 9 - Beyond II HE LONG ROAD NORTH - FORMATS: - Digital & Streaming - CD Digibook - Deluxe Boxset - 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive) - Wine-red marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 700 copies) - Silver vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 500 copies) - Clear light rust marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 500 copies) - Clear beige-grey marbled vinyl (UK Indie exclusive - limited to 300 copies) - Orange brown marbled vinyl (Season of Mist exclusive - limited to 300 copies) - Clear light green marbled vinyl (Sound Pollution exclusive - limited to 300 copies) - Tan orange marbled vinyl (Evil Greed exclusive - limited to 300 copies) - Ochre brown marbled vinyl (Eyesore exclusive - limited to 200 copies) - Ruby marbled vinyl (Kings Road/Metal Blade Europe exclusive - limited to 500 copies) - Opaque light blue marbled vinyl (Band exclusive - limited to 500 copies) - Transparent light blue marbled vinyl (Band exclusive - Tour Edition - limited to 500 copies) - Opaque White (US exclusive) - Light red marbled (US exclusive)   BOXSET INFO: Deluxe "Slim" Box containing clear vinyl, art prints of the four cover artworks, vinyl in printed inner sleeves, 16-page booklet, slipmat, patch.   CULT OF LUNA - LINEUP Johannes Persson - Guitars/Vocals Andreas Johansson - Bass Thomas Hedlund - Drums & Percussion Fredrik Kihlberg - Guitar/Vocals Kristian Karlsson - Keyboards, Vocals Magnus Lindberg - Production     CULT OF LUNA - 2022 LIVE DATES with ALCEST & SVALBARD 24/02/22 DK - Copenhagen - Vega 25/02/22 DE - Berlin - Huxley's 26/02/22 PL - Krakow - Klub Studio 27/02/22 PL - Warsaw - Progresja 28/02/22 CZ - Prague - Roxy 01/03/22 AT - Vienna - Arena 02/03/22 SI - Ljubljana - Kino Siska 04/03/22 CH - Lausanne - Les Docks 05/03/22 DE - Stuttgart - Wizemann 06/03/22 DE - München - Muffathalle 07/03/22 DE - Wiesbaden - Schlachthof 08/03/22 DE - Münster - Skaters Palace 09/03/22 NL - Utrecht - Tivoli Vredenburg Ronda 10/03/22 BE - Kortrijk - Depart 11/03/22 FR - Paris - L'Olympia 12/03/22 UK - London - The Forum / Beyond The Redshift Festival   with CASPIAN & HOLY FAWN 02/10 - LU Esch, Rockhal 03/10 - DE Cologne, Live Music Hall 04/10 - CH Geneva, Alhambra 05/10 - FR Toulouse, Le Metronum 06/10 - FR Biarritz, Atabal 07/10 - ES Barcelona, AMFest 08/10 - ES Madrid, But 09/10 - ES Porto, Amplifest 11/10 - FR Nantes, Stereolux 12/10 - FR Lille, Aeronef 13/10 - FR Strasbourg, La Laiterie 14/10 - NL Zwolle, Hedon 15/10 - DE Leipzig, Felsenkeller 16/10 - PL Wroclaw, A2 17/10 - HU Budapest, Durer Kert 19/10 - GR Athens, Fuzz Club CULT OF LUNA :: WEB :: FACEBOOK :: TWITTER :: INSTAGRAM