– April twenty first, 2025 –
“Necro” Full-Size Out Now On Steel Blade Information
Watch LIK’s “Deceased” HERE
Swedish demise metallers, LIK, at present unleash their new video for “Deceased.” The observe comes off their brilliantly brutal Necro full-length, launched on April 18th by way of Steel Blade Information.
Picture by Michaela Barkensjö
Inside Necro‘s ten tracks, LIK – whose identify interprets to “corpse” in Swedish – has created a seamless album, numerous in tempo however with out dropping any of their blood-soaked depth and relentless in-your-face-attitude listeners have come to count on. There are twists and turns that hold LIK on a progressive path with out straying from their old-school trademark sounds impressed by the godfathers Dismember, At The Gates and, after all, Entombed.
Necro is the musical equal of a basic shock-horror film that’s drenched in blood and gore and filled with over-the-top extremities. Delve past the zombified cowl artwork created by Stockholm-based tattooist and artist Jens Olsson (Ink Fanatics), LIK‘s Necro serves as a reminder of simply how particular and thrilling the style is: filled with blood-curdling fantasy tales about conflict, demise, zombies, world apocalypse, and homicide all stacked with disgustingly rotten riffs.
Lauds Steel Hammer Germany of the discharge, “…LIK tells us blood-soaked, imaginative tales peppered with every thing good demise metallic wants: zombies, necrophilia, homicide, demise, conflict, and dystopian end-time situations that culminate in whole decay. Necro sounds basic but modern. Not dusty, rotten, or mothballed, however contemporary, spicy, and lethal exact. Swedish demise metallic because it couldn’t be extra Swedish.” Useless Rhetoric champions the band’s “most interesting album so far,” including, “It’s completely abrasive, but it by no means blurs collectively because of the method they’ll weave in melodies in simply the fitting proportions. Necro is an absolute winner for anybody looking for demise metallic completed proper,” whereas Steel Temple crowns Necro “the Swedish demise metallic album of the yr,” additional noting, “It captures the spirit of the style with flawless execution, proving that LIK stands on the high of the trendy scene.”
Feedback vocalist/guitarist Tomas Åkvik on “Deceased,” “That is the opening observe of the album and it’s a complete Entombed homage. It has every thing from mid-tempo to skank beats. Lyric-wise, it’s a few man who tries to come back again from the lifeless to avenge his demise.”
Watch LIK‘s “Deceased” video HERE.
Watch LIK‘s beforehand launched video for “Warfare Reward” HERE and “Morgue Rat” HERE.
Necro was recorded at NBS Studio (AKA Necromorbus Studio) in Söderfors, two hours from the band’s house metropolis. As soon as once more utilizing uber-producer Lawrence Mackrory (Meshuggah, Katatonia, Excessive Parasite, Decapitated), all music was recorded reside over a three-day interval, earlier than Åkvik headed to Uppsala to report his vocals at Mackrory’s Rorysound Studios. Mackrory has labored with LIK since their 2015 debut Mass Funeral Evocation and all through their Steel Blade Information’ profession that began with 2018′s Carnage. It’s clear upon first pay attention that with Necro, the quartet have produced among the greatest work of their decade-plus lengthy profession.
Necro options visitor appearances by Linnea Landstedt (Tyranex, Ice Age), Nick Holmes (Paradise Misplaced, Massacre), and Lawrence Mackrory (F.Okay.Ü.).
The report is accessible on CD and digital codecs in addition to vinyl within the following coloration variants:
• 180g Black
• Tombstone Gray Blue Marbled
• Darkish Sky Pink Marbled (Ltd. 500)
• Clear Violet Blue Marbled (Ltd. 300)
• Lilac/Blood Pink Splatter (Ltd. 300)
• Lilac Blackdust (Ltd. 200) * Offered Out *
• Violet Purple Splatter (Ltd. 200)
• Coffin Purple Black Splatter (Ltd. 300)
Discover orders at: metalblade.com/lik
LIK Dwell:
5/23/2025 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD
5/28/2025 Kulturhuset – Stockholm, SE *Necro Launch Present*
6/14/2025 Czech Deathfest – Cerveny Kostelec, CZ
7/02/2025 Rockmaraton Competition – Dunaújváros, HU
8/07/2025 Rock The Park 2025 @ Parksnäckan – Uppsala, SE w/ The Black Dahlia Homicide
8/15/2025 Summer time Breeze – Dinkelsbühl, DE
8/30/2025 Malmö Bloodbath – Malmö, SE
9/26/2025 Legend Metalfest – Trondheim, NO
10/24-25/2025 Odense Metalfest – Odense, DK
“LIK tells us blood-soaked, imaginative tales peppered with every thing good demise metallic wants: zombies, necrophilia, homicide, demise, conflict, and dystopian end-time situations that culminate in whole decay. Necro sounds basic but modern. Not dusty, rotten, or mothballed, however contemporary, spicy, and lethal exact. Swedish demise metallic because it couldn’t be extra Swedish.” – Steel Hammer Germany
“Compositions, enjoying, vocals, and sound are of such a persistently excessive stage for forty minutes that LIK leaves many different Swedeath devotees behind. And since the album is soaked with blood, zombies, and gore, the band additionally succeeds in its mission to make Necro the ‘musical equal of a basic shock horror movie.’” – Aardschok
“…their most interesting album so far. It’s completely abrasive, but it by no means blurs collectively because of the method they’ll weave in melodies in simply the fitting proportions. Necro is an absolute winner for anybody looking for demise metallic completed proper.” – Useless Rhetoric
“…the vocals from Tomas Åkvik are high of the sport in that fashion for giving out the trend, aggression and harsh growls with sturdy execution.” – Rest room Ov Hell
“Necrois all about Nineteen Eighties old-school demise metallic plus the melodic guitars of our expensive old-school heavy metallic. Drumming is pulsating, intense, and thrilling that it makes it unimaginable for the expensive fan to not bang till the neck falls off.” – Steel Addicts
“This Swedish demise metallic outfit have discovered their place within the style, with ten songs in a succinct order that goes from blistering corruption to haunting loneliness.” – Heavy Music HQ
“As soon as once more, we should emphasize their really wonderful sound. Voluminous but full of life; heat but edgy – LIK and their producer Necromorbus set the usual for demise metallic. Anybody who loves this sound will discover it unimaginable to disregard Necro, similar to all its predecessors.” – Steel.de
“Necro actually doesn’t do a lot to reinvent the demise metallic wheel, but it surely’s LIK refining their sound, enjoying with it gleefully and morbidly… Demise metallic followers – particularly these with a heat, bloody gap of their hearts for the Gothenburg sound and edgy lyrics – must peep this LP.” – Every thing Is Noise
“…uncooked and livid. It’s a raging demise metallic album that fascinates from starting to finish.” – Markus Heavy Music Weblog
“Necro isn’t only a nice Swedish demise metallic album; it’s the Swedish demise metallic album of the yr. It captures the spirit of the style with flawless execution, proving that LIK stands on the high of the trendy scene. Brutal, uncooked, groovy, and relentlessly catchy, the album is every thing it must be. In the event you crave that old-school Stockholm sound with a contemporary dose of power, that is the album to beat.” – Steel Temple
“…a masterclass in basic Swedish demise metallic.” – Wonderbox Steel
“A slab of true Swedish demise metallic that holds nothing again whereas celebrating the place the band has been whereas concurrently charging ahead, it’s the very entire of Necro that by no means as soon as disappoints.” – Head-Banger Opinions
LIK:
Tomas Åkvik – vocals, guitar
Niklas “Nille” Sandin – guitar
Chris Barkensjö – drums
Joakim Antman – bass
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