Horndal Premiere New Single "Blacklisted"

Sweden's HORNDAL has announced the details of their third album, titled Head Hammer Man, on April 5th via Prosthetic Records. Alongside the album announcement the band has released the lead single and music video, "Blacklisted," which premiered via Swedenrock Magazine. On Head Hammer Man the band will share the real life story of Alrik Andersson, a 1900s union leader from their eponymous hometown and his role in "The Great Strike."

HORNDAL comments on the record: “This is by far our our most ambitious album, both musically and lyrically. We started with two questions: 1. Can you make a metal album with sounds inspired by 60’s jazz drummers? Apparently! 2. Can that album fit the untold story about when events in our rusted hometown almost started a civil war in Sweden? No, you have to write a book too. So we did.”

On the new single the band adds, "When the violent Great Strike in 1909 was over, our unsung hero had managed to save his fellow workers jobs and livelihood. But not his own. He was blacklisted all over Sweden and was forced into exile. He fled over the Atlantic with his wife and young children. The music is as heavy and bleak as the lyrics. Even though there is a riff stolen from Sparks in there. You gotta love Sparks.”

Pre-order Head Hammer Man here.

Head Hammer Man tracklist:
1. Head Hammer Man
2. Calling Labor
3. Exiled
4. Fuck the Scabs
5. Famine
6. Blacklisted
7. The Shining Specter
8. Evictions
9. Orange Legacy
10. Creature Cages

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