Photo by Heidi Kosenius
Finnish black metal outfit HAVUKRUUNU will unleash their Tavastland full-length February 28th via Svart Records and today they present their second single, “Havukruunu Ja Talvenvarjo.”
Comments the band, “‘Havukruunu Ja Talvenvarjo’ (translation: The Coniferous Crown And The Wintershadow) is following you on the path of fierce and traditional HAVUKRUUNU, but the path is darkening unto the steps of woodland ghosts and horrible nightmares… ‘Talvenvarjo’ is a grisly reminder of all you want to forget and all you refuse to believe. Welcome to the eye of ferocious wintry winds and don’t let the shadows catch you.”
Watch HAVUKRUUNU’s visualizer for “Havukruunu Ja Talvenvarjo” HERE. Stream/purchase the track HERE.
Watch HAVUKRUUNU’s previously released video for “Tavastland” HERE. Stream/purchase the track HERE.
After three albums, the pieces of the puzzle fit, and HAVUKRUUNU returns with a vengeance. The sorrowful guitars of Stefa and Bootleg-Henkka draw threatening dark shadows on the wall, Kostajainen’s drum bombardment pulses like embers of a dying fire in the hearth. All the while, Humö’s bass guitar is clanking and wailing like the icy wind rattling windows and banging walls as Stefa roars and channels messages from the netherworld or preaches wisdom of ancient days, backed by a choir.
Lords of Hell smile approvingly as the flames of hatred and cunning of their beloved sons drowns a dying old world, and the heart of the earth trembles the birth of the new and weird. HAVUKRUUNU is the spirit of freedom, the harbinger of oblivion, and it tells you: “Fly, You Fools!”
Elaborates Stefa on the album’s theme, “Tavastland tells how in 1237 the Tavastians rose in a rebellion against the church of Christ and drove the popes naked into the frost to die. Tavastland reveals our fathers’ centuries old sins and lies of consolation. Tavastland speaks of him, who has become a prisoner of his home, alienated from the land of the forest and is now afraid of the dark with all lights on, surrounded by his smart devices. Tavastland tells about the freedom we lost. Tavastland haunts its listener to the grave, and I will personally open that grave one bleak night and steal the fading light of your sempiternal soul.”
HAVUKRUUNU’s Tavastland will be available on CD, cassette, and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants: Amber + Black Smoke and Classic Black. Tavastland’s first Svart exclusive – the Ice + Blood vinyl edition – is now sold out. The label has now unveiled a second exclusive edition on Transparent Green + Black Smoke vinyl (limited to 313 copies). All vinyl editions of the first pressing include a booklet and poster. A new HAVUKRUUNU sweatshirt is also up for preorder. T-shirts are still available as well.
Find all preorder options at the Svart Webshop HERE.
Tavastland Track Listing:
- Kuolematon Laulunhenki
- Yönsynty
- Havukruunu Ja Talvenvarjo
- Tavastland
- Kuoleman Oma
- Unissakävijä
- Kun Veri Sekoipuu Lumeen
- De Miseriis Fennorum
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