Sundrung

Sundrung, the second, firmament-storming album from Icelandic black metallers Nexion, begins with a curse – a prophetic vision found on ancient rune stones against those who defile sacred spaces. Chanted during the surging, acrid tides and wildly scything riffs of the opening song, Uþarpaspa, it’s both an incantation and a judgement passed for a world that’s gone beyond a point of no return, where mass extinction events, voracious consumption, ideological extremism and the dehumanising march of technology are ripping apart the social and cosmic fabric on which we depend. If existence is at the brink, the only way forward is to push it to the other side.

The title, Sundrung is an Old Icelandic for “discord, disharmony and the sundering of the social and cosmic fabric”. The album is an act of rebirth through the cycle of destruction. It’s vastly more dynamic and far-reaching than its predecessor. Monumental in its sheer presence and scope, expanding its blast radius into new sonic realms, Sundrung is riven with an apocalyptic fervour that’s ramped up to the most galvanising, consciousness-searing of degrees as it becomes an incendiary act of deliverance.

Pressed on white vinyl with brown splatter in a gatefold which features spot varnish detailing of an ornate knotwork border. 


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