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BOMBUS Release Second Studio Album ‘The Poet And The Parrot’
August 26th, 2013

Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal group Bombus issued second full-length album The Poet And The Parrot in Europe on August 26th, 2013 through Century Media Records. The label scheduled North American release for September 17th.

The Poet And The Parrot was issued as a limited edition digipak CD, and included the bonus tracks ‘Styx’ and ‘Cut Deep’. A jewel case CD edition and two 180-gram gatefold LP versions in black and dark green vinyl were also released.

The outing was produced, recorded and mixed by Olle Björk and Per Stålberg at Welfare Sounds Studio in Gothenburg. Additional mixing and mastering duties were handled by Daniel Johansson, also at Welfare Sounds Studio.

Cover artwork was created by Ulf Lundén.

The track listing was as follows:

01. ‘Enter The Night’
02. ‘The Poet And The Parrot’
03. ‘Liars’
04. ‘A Safe Passage’
05. ‘Apparatus’
06. ‘Let Her Die’
07. ‘Master The Reality’
08. ‘Into The Fire’
09. ‘Styx’ *
10. ‘Cut Deep’ *

* digipak CD bonus track

Bombus’ line-up was as follows:

Feffe Berglund (vocals and guitars)
Matte Säker (vocals and guitars)
Jonas Rydberg (bass)
Peter Asp (drums)

Limited to 500 copies, a seven-inch vinyl version of ‘Apparatus’ was released on May 2nd, 2013. Additionally, the composition was made available as a digital download.

On August 31st, 2013 a release show for The Poet And The Parrot was held at Hi Time / Pustervik in Gothenburg.

Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Apparatus’, ‘Enter The Night’ and ‘Let Her Die’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Into The Fire’. All four clips can be viewed below.

A self-titled debut record was released in May 2010 via Mourningwood Recordings.