Babylon Doom Cult Records is proud to announce Tides, the debut album from FREJA.
With “Our Chosen Path” you can get a taste of what they have in store for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF_W2f_qqQc
LP comes in a gatefold jacket on hyacinth coloured vinyl. Edition of 300.
CD comes in a 4-panel digipak with booklet. Edition of 100
Pre-order LP here.
Pre-order CD here.
Release date is April 22.
FREJA are a duo hailing from the Netherlands, consisting of C. (Witte Wieven) and W. (Laster, Verval). The two found each other musically during the lead-up to Roadburn 2019 while working on the commissioned piece Maalstroom – a veritable “supergroup” of the ever-thriving Dutch black metal scene, including members from the esteemed likes of Fluisteraars, Turia, Terzij de Horde, Verwoed, and Grey Aura among others – and they decided to continue that creative energy with FREJA.
Tides is FREJA’s first public recording, and a more auspicious debut one will not find. The duo’s shared interest in atmospheric metal is immediately reflected in FREJA’s towers of sound, built upon layers of dense-yet-spacious riffs, subtly shimmering melodies, and plausibly catchy compositions which include themes that evolve throughout each of the album’s six songs. Thundering, crushing, almost inescapably so? Yes, but also immensely ethereal and sometimes as smooth as gossamer, creating a paradoxically levitation aspect that effortlessly carries the listener through these Tides.