No Remorse Rec. hat geschrieben:Album release Riders of the Ancient Storm on October 6th, 2023. Pre-order starts now at
www.noremorse.gr
The band that started the Swedish wave of heavy metal is back: HEAVY LOAD! Four decades have passed since HEAVY LOAD released their latest album: Stronger than Evil (1983). Years before the rest of the northern world, their songs ventured into Viking themes and existential lyrics, spearheading a movement way ahead of its time. The compositions are dramatic and render a great variety of moods, while passionate innovation and creative fervor are always shining bright in every song on the album – pioneering 101!
HEAVY LOAD’s comeback album Riders of the Ancient Storm rings of their well-known sound and songwriting. Thanks to an epic pact between the band and No Remorse Records, the band’s whole back catalog is brought back as high quality re-releases. After re-releasing Stronger than Evil in 2018 and Death or Glory in 2019, Metal Conquest will follow in 2024 and Full Speed at High Level later. The records come with bonus tracks and old recordings never before heard by the public, and extensive booklets. It’s a release long awaited by people all over the globe – and it will be followed by many concerts to come. HEAVY LOAD is back!
Riders of the Ancient Storm will be available on October 6th, early birds can pre-order it right now on
www.noremorse.gr
Available formats for pre-ordering:
- LP 180gr purple in gatefold with 8-page booklet, limited 200.
- LP 180gr gold in gatefold with 8-page booklet, limited 500.
- LP 180gr black in gatefold with 8-page booklet.
- CD jewel case with one acoustic bonus track and 20-page booklet.
- CD digipak with one acoustic bonus track and 20-page booklet, limited 1000.
There is also a DELUXE BOX SET, limited to 300 hand numbered copies including: LP 180gr blue in gatefold with 8-page booklet, CD digipak with one acoustic bonus track and 20-page booklet, t-shirt, poster, and the Wahlgaard Saga book, a novel by Ragne Wahlquist of Heavy Load.
HEAVY LOAD vinyl pre-orders directly from No Remorse Records will receive a HEAVY LOAD poster with the new album cover! One poster per client-order, while stock lasts!
Wahlgaard Saga: Novel by Ragne Wahlquist of Heavy Load is also available on October 6th, 2023.
The tale finds resonance in Heavy Load's music. So intimate is the proximity between the music and the novel, that where words paint the scenes and images of the novel, music creates atmospheres with timbres, tones, and lyrics. The series is a family saga in a Viking age setting and several scenes are also rendered in the lyrics on the new Heavy Load album, Riders of the Ancient Storm.
