Laser Dracul are dropping their new album, Hin Håle Blues, on October 30 via Majestic Mountain Records. You can hear it with us first.
Hailing from Borlänge in Sweden’s historic Dalarna region, Laser Dracul have been carving out their own corner of the heavy underground since 2015. Following their self-titled EP and 2020 debut album Hagridden, which earned strong praise from the press, the band now return with a record that pushes their sound further into doom, heavy rock, blues, and dark psychedelia.
Taking its name from an old Swedish term for the Devil, Hin Håle Blues draws inspiration from the folklore, superstition, and darker traditions surrounding the band’s homeland. Across the album, massive, monolithic riffs and blues-soaked grooves give way to psychedelic and more atmospheric passages, resulting in a record deeply rooted in classic Sabbath worship while still sounding unmistakably their own.
“We think we made a really heavy album!” the band say. “Hin Håle Blues has that bluesy, slippery, swaggering feel in places, but there’s also plenty of ’80’s doom, along with more ambient and progressive moments. It moves around, but it still has the sound and spirit of the underground running through it. That was really important to us.”
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonas Arnberg at Sellnoise Studio, the album was written entirely by Laser Dracul, with artwork created by Andreas “Punkarn” Bustad.
