Floating from Sweden have created a refreshing sound blending death metal music with post punk influences and also adding some progressive flourishes along the way. It’s not done in a jarring, haphazard way just for the sake of novelty; rather it’s meticulously put together, and sees the influences mix and interact with one another to enhance the appeal of the music. It’s innovative but also very well done. Listen to two of the songs from their ambitious full length AT THIS LINK.
Floating from Sweden are finding increasingly impressive ways to enrich death metal music with progressive and post punk influences. While their previous release turned heads, this new one is far more refined, confident and accomplished. The primary elements have their place in the music with none of it getting dislodged by the dominance of the other and that’s where the beauty lies – there’s a subtlety, an emotional fragility that comes through in death metal music, which usually sounds too tough and overbearing for the most part. Moreover, these unconventional influences aren’t copy-pasted or arbitrarily introduced to heavy music; they’re carefully gauged, treated and woven together in parts where the well-trodden death metal music would come alive. As a result, listening to this album is an absolute delight. It’s fascinating to see how they’ve made sure that each of the songs stand out and that there’s no fixed pattern that might just render their music predictable. “Hesitating Lights” is a thoughtfully composed, beautifully tempered album of bold, refreshing death metal music, which in these times, is no mean feat.
For fans of: Swelling Repulsion, Demilich, Defect Designer, Februus, Adramelech, Siouxsie and the Banshees
| Line up – Arvid Sjödin – Guitars, vocals, synthesizers Andreas Hörmark – Bass, synthesizers, programming Artwork by Påhl Sundström |
Track listing –
1. I Reached the Mew
2. Grave Dog
3. Cough Choir
4. Exit Bag Song
5. Hesitating Lights / Harmless Fires
6. Still Dark Enough
7. The Wrong Body
8. The Waking
Release date – July 11th, 2025