 Release:
War Anthem Records
23.05. 2025
Info:
"Laio" means lament in Galizian a title that perfectly defines the intention behind BALMOG's fifth studio album. We are facing what is probably the most mature and elaborate album of the band's career, a work made from spontaneousness and viscerally but also from the experience acquired over years, in "Laio" you can feel the beating of a heart spitting blood and a scream from the depths of BALMOG's soul, the virginity and violence of the first albums with the personality and eclecticism of "EVE".
From a conceptual point of view, "Laio" is about how we can be content with being simple pieces of molded mud or how we can shine like the explosion of a dying star, about how we can escape the ways of divinity, ways that can be dark and manipulative. "Laio" is a cry for independence and rebellion against the divine.
Musically, we are faced with a work that walks between the entire tradition of rock and metal under the unstoppable blade of black metal. A path that wanders between Pink Floyd, Ved Buens Ende or Bathory and Mayhem, a path that will be familiar to many listeners but always with the unmistakable sign of BALMOG marked with fire.
This fifth album is an album based on a balance between maturity and impetuousness, this fifth album is the quintessence of BALMOG in its purest.
Recorded and mixed at Moontower Studios (Destroyer 666, Teitanblood, Graveyard) by Javier Félez. Produced by Balmog and Javier Félez. Mastered at Orgone Studios (Hexvessel, Ulver, Paradise Lost) by Jaime Gómez Arellano. Artwork, cover and layout by Balc.
"Mud to Gold" - Official Lyric Video: https://youtu.be/YXr08eZVo9g
Tracklist:
1. Falling
2. Mud to Gold
3. Tongue in Pieces
4. Like God Who Knows
5. Ortus Umbra
6. Mashalam
7. The Silence of the Trumpets
8. Getsemaní
Line-up:
Album recording
Balc - Voices, Guitars, Keyboards
Morg - Bass
Virus - Drums
Current
Balc - Voices, Guitars, Keyboards
Morg - Bass
Virus - Drums
Dorl Mathos - Guitar, Voice
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