DARK FUNERAL To Perform B-Side “Temple Of Ahriman” For First Time At Blastfest

Swedish black metal masters Dark Funeral will play Blastfest in Bergen, Norway, where fans will get the chance to be one of the very first to get hands on their 7” “Nail Them To The Cross”. Besides this hand-numbered 7”, which is limited to 1000 copies worldwide of which 500 copies are on black vinyl and 500 on blue vinyl, the single will also be available as digital download.

Moreover, Dark Funeral will perform the B-Side track “Temple Of Ahriman” for the very first time at Blastfest where they will also present their brand new stage design. On top of this, a signing session will be held from 16:30 to 17:00 right before they will enter the mainstage at 20:25 to live up to the festival’s name on February 20th. All those who can’t attend Blastfest can preorder their copy of the 7” at this location.

On February 23rd Dark Funeral will return with the release of their new single, entitled “Nail Them To The Cross”. Besides the title track, that has been released as a video some weeks ago in order to present their new vocalist Heljarmadr, the single includes another brand new track called “Temple Of Ahriman”.

Both songs were recorded at Dugout Studios in Uppsala/Sweden and were mixed and mastered by Daniel Bergstrand. The cover artwork was created by Marcelo Vasco.

“Nail Them To The Cross” below:

After launching “Nail Them To The Cross” last month, Dark Funeral introduced their new frontman Heljarmadr and bassist Natt.

Heljarmadr – With roots in the second half of the ’90s black metal scene and with tentacles in bands such as highly respected Grá, Domgård and Cursed 13 comes a raw force from the underground.

Known as a fierce frontman, both on stage and on recordings with his previous bands, he will now step up and claim a seat in the throne room of Dark Funeral to inflict deep scars and infect wounds in the black metal scene. The name Heljarmadr derives from the old Scandinavian languages, simply meaning “a man belonging to hell”.

With long time experience in the arts of creating dark satanic music, he will play a key role in shaping the future vocal and lyrical direction of Dark Funeral. Expect nothing but excellence, pure darkness and uncompromising evil!

Natt – Treading into this world, Natt has always had a strong, deep interest in music and the arts of the great unknown.

Spending time during the nights, exploring the Swedish ancient forests, avoiding the common mass that wanders this simplistic world, made his relations and visions to that which lies beyond, stronger.

Before Dark Funeral, Natt was a member of the black/thrash metal band Angrepp where he met his now close friends Adrian Lawson (Angrepp, IXXI) and Fredrik Widigs (The Ugly, Marduk) and later on joined the deeply devoted black metal act, Withershin.

Says Natt: “Since the beginning of my time, here, in this world, there has always been, a strong connection, towards the isolated parts of the soul, a connection within and beyond. A connection to what can not be seen, nor heard. To everything and nothing. To what is, and what is not, and that which lies between. Outside the borders of this life. Beyond, yet within the acausal flame, in the night, I dwell, beyond the broken circle, outside of the causal mundane, yet not.”