Watch/stream IOTUNNâs âIridescent Wayâ HERE.
Danish/Faroese progressive metallers IOTUNN today unveil âIridescent Wayâ and its accompanying video. The moving acoustic track appears on the bandâs second full-length album, Kinship, set for release on October 25th through Metal Blade Records.
IOTUNNâs Kinship is a massive album arising from the primeval sea. Itâs a mythological journey through eight tracks that span immense spheres both musically and lyrically, exploring the deep roots of human nature, its connection and disconnection with everything and everyone, and how our choices have always defined ourselves and the lives lived.Â
Comments guitarist Jesper Gräs on âIridescent Way,â âIt has been our wish for years to make an acoustic song. [Guitarist] Jens Nicolai [Gräs] and I have origins in playing classical guitar and this, combined with the folk tradition in the North as well as in the West as such, has been a huge gift and inspiration throughout the years. The intro and outro part came to me in a dream, and I woke up and played it. It laid a foundation for this song which is very special to the whole band, and we hold it very dearly.â
Jens Nicolai agrees, âItâs clearly a stand-out song on the album. Finally, we pulled ourselves together to do something like this. Thereâs no brave or out-of-box decisions here. Just us doing something that also feels natural to us.âÂ
Watch IOTUNNâs âIridescent Wayâ video at THIS LOCATION.
Watch IOTUNNâs previously released videos for âTwilightâ HERE and âI Feel The Nightâ HERE.Â
Kinship unfolds the story of a tribesman who is part of a prehistoric tribe. It tells the story of lifeâs manyfold conditions as themes of unity/disunity, light/dark, body/mind, nature/culture, good/evil, creation/destruction, and human/inhuman appear throughout the album. The album shows IOTUNN unfold their musical worlds to their fullest scales to date which has been the dream achievement throughout the years creating the album.
âIn my mind, Kinship is a grand work of heavy metal art, one that I am very proud to have taken part in creating,â notes drummer Bjørn Wind Andersen. âMusically, it encompasses so many different colors and emotions. It is, in many ways, the music to which Iâve always dreamt of contributing drums. It is the finest accomplishment this far, for me personally and for the band.âÂ
The artwork and art pieces of Kinship were created by ink and graphite illustrator and artist, Saprophial (Hammers Of Misfortune), with the design and layout created by art director Brian Ames at Metal Blade Records. Kinship was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios Denmark (Arch Enemy, Katatonia, The Black Dahlia Murder, Volbeat, Týr).
IOTUNNâs Kinship will be available on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
Dark Jade Marbled (US)
Teal w/ Red, Orange + Yellow Splatter (EU – Ltd. 300)
Olive Beige Marbled (EU)
180g Black (EU)
Bright Orange (EU – Special edition feat. expanded 20-page booklet + patch – Ltd. 1000)
Find orders at: metalblade.com/iotunn
IOTUNN Live:
1/09/2025 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK
1/10/2025 Voxhall – Aarhus, DK
1/11/2025 Godset – Kolding, DK
4/05/2025 Epic Fest â Roskilde, D
IOTUNN:
Jón Aldará â vocals
Jens Nicolai Gräs â guitar
Jesper Gräs â guitar
Eskil Rask â bass
Bjørn Wind Andersen â drums
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