MARTRÖÐ release "Draumsýnir Eldsins"

"A cacophonous symphony of transcendental insanity!" (Toilet ov Hell)

The long-awaited debut album from the Icelandic/US Black Metal ensemble MARTRÖÐ is now officially released. A profound, unsettling, and cataclysmic work, "Draumsýnir Eldsins" ('Dream Visions of the Fire') channels dark primal energies into a vast and psychedelic netherworld. The album is available on CD and vinyl - including t-shirts - and can be streamed in full through Bandcamp and our YouTube channel:

Composers A.P. (SKÁPHE) and H.V. (WORMLUST) discussed the album's creation in an interview with Rock Hard Italy:

AP: "Musically, the writing sessions for "Draumsýnir eldsins" felt almost dream-like. An experience that isn't fully understood in the moment yet reveals its patterns and thematic threads only in hindsight upon reflection. It became a kind of mirror into the creative subconscious. My own writing began as a stream-of-consciousness exercise, deliberately silencing the overly analytical part of the mind and avoiding any conscious external influence, only working within the boundaries of a high-level vision. The process was simple: allow ideas to surface freely, then return to review, refine, and repeat. I think this approach is audible in the final work. There's a cyclical quality to the compositions, mirroring the album's unfolding narrative. While the record forms a self-contained story, each track may also exist in isolation as their own entity."

HV: "MARTRÖÐ as a concept explores dream states in various forms and the divides between them and 'true' life, if there is any and ultimately through that the supranatural. It is about looking into dreams like pools of water that hold within them reflections of their surroundings, reality and beyond that the metaphysical. Through my own studies I decided dream visions not only fit thematically but also were time tested in revealing of what can be filed under hidden knowledge. You can impart upon the reader what you have learned in your own mental journeys through shared words and literary references.  Since dreams are forced upon you then they flow from the stream of the subconscious, which in turn reflects how the music was created."

Press and fans have praised "Draumsýnir Eldsins":

"It's really some of the best Black Metal I've heard all year, honed to a blackened shine by some of the genre's more underrated masters." (Everything Is Noise)

""Draumsýnir Eldsins" is exactly what I wanted from MARTRÖÐ, and this is sure to put many end of year lists in jeopardy, or just wreck them entirely, like it did mine." (Metal Epidemic)

"Contemporary Black Metal has rarely been as compelling and uncompromising this year as it is on "Draumsýnir Eldsins." (Vampster.com)

"Draumsýnir Eldsins" is available on CD, vinyl and digital. A special t-shirt design accompanies the launch. Orders are possible via our EU, US, and Bandcamp shops.