– March fifth, 2025 –
New Video / Single Now Taking part in + Pre-Orders Accessible
Watch / Stream LIK’s “Conflict Reward” HERE
LIK, the modern-day purveyors of traditional Swedish demise metallic, gloriously return to motion with their fourth album, Necro, on April 18th by way of Metallic Blade Information.
Photograph by Michaela Barkensjö
Standing loud and proud over so many imitators, Necro is the musical equal of a traditional shock-horror film that’s drenched in blood and gore and full of over-the-top extremities. Delve past the zombified cowl artwork created by Stockholm-based tattooist and artist Jens Olsson (Ink Fanatics), Necro serves as a reminder of simply how particular and thrilling the style is: full of blood-curdling fantasy tales about struggle, demise, zombies, world apocalypse, and homicide all stacked with disgustingly-good rotten riffs.
After recording and releasing their critically acclaimed third full-length, 2020′s Misanthropic Breed, throughout the pandemic, this time round getting again into the studio correctly was paramount. And whereas Misanthropic Breed was recorded on the quartet’s rehearsal house the place the band produced all their demos, LIK recorded Necro at NBS Studio (AKA Necromorbus Studio) in Söderfors, two hours from their residence 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 vocalist/guitarist Tomas Åkvik headed to Uppsala to file his vocals at Mackrory’s Rorysound Studios. Mackrory has labored with LIK – whose identify interprets to “corpse” in Swedish – since their 2015 debut Mass Funeral Evocation and all through their Metallic Blade Information’ profession that began with 2018′s Carnage.
Inside Necro‘s ten tracks, LIK 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 anticipate. There are twists and turns that preserve LIK on a progressive path with out straying from their old-school trademark sounds impressed by the godfathers Dismember, At The Gates and, in fact, Entombed.
“We didn’t actually need to repeat ourselves, however in fact we wished the LIK sound,” explains Åkvik on the writing trajectory of Necro.
Prematurely of the file’s launch, Lik unleashes first single, “Conflict Reward.” Åkvik elaborates, “We needed to write this observe earlier than we may even begin engaged on the brand new album. A LIK observe that felt similar to LIK however with sufficient new stuff to make it fascinating for us. Sadly sufficient the world remains to be affected by wars so we needed to write concerning the horrors of it.”
Watch LIK‘s “Conflict Reward” video HERE.
Necro, which options visitor appearances by Nick Holmes (Paradise Misplaced, Massacre), Linnea Landstedt (Tyranex/Ice Age), and Lawrence Mackrory (F.Ok.Ü.), might be launched 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)
Violet Purple Splatter (Ltd. 200)
Coffin Purple Black Splatter (Ltd. 300)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/lik
Necro Observe Itemizing:
01. Deceased
02. Conflict Reward
03. They
04. Worms Inside
05. Morgue Rat
06. Shred into Items
07. In Ruins
08. The Stockholm Bloodbath
09. Fields of Loss of life
10. Rotten Inferno
LIK Stay:
5/23/2025 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD
6/14/2025 Czech Deathfest – Cerveny Kostelec, CZ
8/07/2025 Rock The Park 2025 @ Parksnäckan – Uppsala, SE w/ The Black Dahlia Homicide
8/15/2025 Dinkelsbühl – Summer season Breeze – Dinkelsbühl, DE
9/26/2025 Legend Metalfest – Trondheim, NO
10/24-25/2025 Odense Metalfest – Odense, DK
“This album is fucking crushing! Every part else is shit!” – Nick Holmes, Paradise Misplaced/Massacre
“Vicious and uncooked, sick and heavy, good embodiment of the brutality of traditional Swedish demise metallic.” – Matti Kärki, Dismember
“That is non-processed demise metallic magic, similar to it was meant to be. It brings me proper again to the college bus within the ’90s, the place it appeared I found a brand new killer band from Stockholm each week in my Walkman, on my method to faculty. It usually made me need to rise up and bang my head off whereas in movement and rip the bus seats to shreds. But LIK fills a void in at the moment’s demise metallic scene and sound surprisingly refreshing. This time round, except for the pace, in addition they convey additional sludgy heaviness to the necro desk. An absolute will need to have!” – Björn “Velocity” Strid, Soilwork
“I bought to listen to the brand new album Necro from my mates in LIK and what a ferocious onslaught I used to be introduced with! Relentless pounding á la Stockholm Metropolis with the proper nods to the heydays of demise metallic!” – Jonas Renkse, Katatonia
“The essence of Swedish demise metallic – LIK at their best! Necro units the style’s benchmark for 2025 with killer hook traces, chopping leads, and riffs straight outta hell!” – Ben Liepelt, Endseeker
LIK:
Tomas Åkvik – vocals, guitar
Niklas “Nille” Sandin – guitar
Chris Barkensjö – drums
Joakim Antman – bass
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