Fanatisme to release Tro, håp og kjærlighet on Dec. 12th.

Fysisk Format is proud to announce the signing of Fanatisme and the release of their debut album Tro, håp og kjærlighet, arriving December 12, 2025.

Still in their early twenties, the Norwegian quartet channel the lunatic, forest-worshipping spirit of early Ulver and Darkthrone, merging it with the gothic pulse of Christian Death and The Cure. The result is a fiercely individual rush of post-punk-infused black metal, a spine-chilling celebration of humanity, the beauty of life, and the inevitability of death.

As Invisible Oranges observed in their premiere of the single “Nordens eteriske sommer”:

“The deeper you stare at dividing lines, the more they begin to blur, and what once separated becomes what unites… Fanatisme tap into primordial black metal, cymbals clanging and fuzzy riffs abound, barring their fangs with a cadence that’s closer to punk than blast beat-propelled second-wave worship. There’s some gothic moodiness, but it emanates from the guitar melodies, which pull from the theatrical notes of post-punk rather than vampyric synths.”

Recorded during Easter 2025 with Cato Stormoen of Deathhammer, Tro, håp og kjærlighet was mixed by Mode Kjevik (Shament, Resept) and mastered by Will Killingsworth (Orchid, Ampere).

A raw yet poetic debut, Tro, håp og kjærlighet finds Fanatisme collapsing the boundaries between black metal’s primal fury and post-punk’s haunted introspection, proof that darkness and beauty have always shared the same heartbeat.