{"id":87713,"date":"2021-07-08T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=87713"},"modified":"2021-07-08T13:43:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T12:43:06","slug":"news-mork-release-fifth-studio-album-katedralen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-mork-release-fifth-studio-album-katedralen\/","title":{"rendered":"MORK Release Music Video For \u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019 Track Feat. KAMPFAR\u2019s Dork (July 8th, 2021) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORK Release Music Video For \u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019 Track Feat. KAMPFAR\u2019s Dork<\/strong><\/span>
\nJuly 8th, 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Halden, Norway-based one-man black metal project Mork, helmed by Thomas Eriksen, have released a music lyric video for the track \u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019. Direced by Trond-Atle Boker\u00f8d and featuring guest vocals from Kampfar\u2019s Dolk, the clip can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Regarding the song, Eriksen said: \u201c\u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019 is about power. A pompous and arrogant power that elevates you above the lesser beings that surrounds you. I create a lot of songs based around sombreness and dark themes, but this track tells you to stand tall and embrace your own and your fellow brothers\u2019 combined strength and anger. I had the privilege of joining forces with Dolk of Kampfar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI of course knew of his great skills in Kampfar, but since I hadn\u2019t worked with him before I didn\u2019t know really what to expect. But when he got down with it and did his thing on \u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019, I was convinced instantly. His parts made the song. Genius. I am so pleased he could join us for the video and was able to perform at our album release show in Oslo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolk added: \u201cSometimes new and fresh artists get to pick on the well-established and untouchables bands ego. It is then a pure pleasure to be able to join into this force. Mork is the new force! Like it or hate it. It can still not be stopped.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe track \u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019 is not just another opus in honour of old times. Even though it\u2019s that too. It\u2019s new, it\u2019s fresh, it\u2019s a reborn new wave of Norwegian black metal!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mork issued fifth full-length studio album Katedralen<\/em> (English translation: \u2018Cathedral\u2019) on March 5th, 2021 through Peaceville Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe path I have walked from the first album up to this current day has been much needed for me to really find myself and what Mork is,\u201d commented Eriksen. \u201cThe album has everything I want in an album, grooves, harshness, grandiosity, sadness, beauty and power. No rules, other than to respond to what comes out of my mind and soul while creating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eriksen continued, discussing the concept behind the album title. \u201cKatedralen<\/em> (\u2018Cathedral\u2019) is actually an old one I\u2019ve had laying around since the early days of Mork,\u201d he stated. \u201cI always had a vision of a vast desolate cold and dead land and a gigantic cathedral where lost souls are kept for all eternity. I remember fantasizing it being a concept EP, I suppose much like Det Svarte Juv<\/em> (2019) was envisioned back in the day. However, that one did not end up as a concept album. Katedralen is not a concept album either, but I see now that all the tracks tie neatly together after all. In the end all the lost souls ends up at the base of the massive cathedral.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katedralen<\/em> includes guest appearances from Nocturno Culto (Darkthrone vocalist) on the track \u2018Svartmalt\u2019, Dolk (Kampfar frontman) on the song \u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019, and finally Eero P\u00f6yry (Skepticism keyboardist) on the closer \u2018De Fortapte Sjelers Katedral\u2019. \u201cTo be able to include Eero P\u00f6yry on the album is a big deal for me,\u201d Eriksen said. \u201cAs it ties it all together with me discovering the darker and more extreme depths of metal back in the beginning. At the same time I found black metal, I also stumbled into funeral doom, which also made an lasting impression on me. I will never forget the overwhelming feeling of emptiness and hopelessness I got when listening to Skepticism for the first time. Since my vision of Katedralen has to do with large and vast desolation and feelings, it is absolutely perfect having Eero putting his touch on this piece of my personal history and creation. I am forever thankful. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say it is a great honour to include yet again my good friend Nocturno Culto. The track we picked is just as fist-in-the-face enough to suit his contribution perfectly. It\u2019s become our duet of pessimistic black metal purity. Great man and a total legend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Dolk and I got together to figure out which track to consider, I didn\u2019t know really what to expect, since I\u2019ve never worked with the man. I do know his great skills in Kampfar, obviously. But when he got down with it and did his thing on \u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019, I was convinced instantly. His parts made the song. Genius.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Katedralen<\/em> was performed, recorded by Eriksen at Rottehullet Studio and Likkjelleren Studio, and mixed by both him and Freddy Holm at Kleiva Studio, with mastering once more carried out by Jack Control at Enormous Door. <\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to David Thi\u00e9rr\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018D\u00f8dsmarsjen\u2019
\n02. \u2018Svartmalt\u2019 (feat. Nocturno Culto)
\n03. \u2018Arv\u2019
\n04. \u2018Evig Intens Smerte\u2019
\n05. \u2018Det Siste Gode I Meg\u2019
\n06. \u2018F\u00f8dt Til \u00c5 Herske\u2019 (feat. Dolk)
\n07. \u2018Lysb\u00e6reren\u2019
\n08. \u2018De Fortapte Sjelers Katedral\u2019 (feat. Eero P\u00f6yry)<\/p>\n

Directed by John Heramb, a music video was filmed for the track \u2018Arv\u2019. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song \u2018Svartmalt\u2019. Both clips can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Fourth studio record Det Svarte Juv<\/em> was released<\/a> in April 2019 via Peaceville.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Terje Johansen (Metaworks Photography).<\/em><\/p>\n