Theodor Bastard Brace for the Apocalypse on New Single “Vedma”
During the long and trying years since their last studio venture, Theodor Bastard have been searching for a way out of the shadows cast by the pandemic, war and invasive technologies. Now, with their upcoming new album,▽, the world music pioneers are returning with dark electronics for our dark times.
“Sverkay”, the thrilling lead single from ▽, launched the band back into international headlines with coverage spanning from Headbanger Russia and Belgium’s Grimm Gent to Canada’s Different Stages Radio, Latin America’s Metallerium and Metal Devastation Radio in the U.S.
Today, Theodor Bastard are releasing the second advanced single from ▽ (pronounced V). Sparked by a heavy electronic beat, the dark and energetic “Vedma” braces against the flames of an increasingly cold and crumbling world.
“I know people probably expected another Northern ethnic album from us”, Theodor Bastard producer, multi-instrumentalist and founding member Fedor Svolotch says. “Oftentimes, once bands find their niche, they stay there. But this has never been our path and now is not the time for beautiful genre obedience. ▽ represents our vision of what’s going on in the world today. Instead of flights into space, instead of discovering the vast mysterious inside ourselves, once again, humanity is busy destroying itself. This album is our attempt to find a way out of that cycle, to understand what is happening, and to feel for some kind of perspective”.
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