– April twenty first, 2025 –
“Necro” Full-Size Out Now On Steel Blade Data
Watch LIK’s “Deceased” HERE
Swedish loss of life metallers, LIK, in the present day unleash their new video for “Deceased.” The monitor comes off their brilliantly brutal Necro full-length, launched on April 18th by way of Steel Blade Data.
Picture by Michaela Barkensjö
Inside Necro‘s ten tracks, LIK – whose identify interprets to “corpse” in Swedish – has created a seamless album, various in tempo however with out dropping any of their blood-soaked depth and relentless in-your-face-attitude listeners have come to count on. There are twists and turns that hold LIK on a progressive path with out straying from their old-school trademark sounds impressed by the godfathers Dismember, At The Gates and, after all, Entombed.
Necro is the musical equal of a traditional shock-horror film that’s drenched in blood and gore and filled with over-the-top extremities. Delve past the zombified cowl artwork created by Stockholm-based tattooist and artist Jens Olsson (Ink Fanatics), LIK‘s Necro serves as a reminder of simply how particular and thrilling the style is: filled with blood-curdling fantasy tales about warfare, loss of life, zombies, world apocalypse, and homicide all stacked with disgustingly rotten riffs.
Lauds Steel Hammer Germany of the discharge, “…LIK tells us blood-soaked, imaginative tales peppered with all the pieces good loss of life steel wants: zombies, necrophilia, homicide, loss of life, warfare, and dystopian end-time eventualities that culminate in whole decay. Necro sounds traditional but modern. Not dusty, rotten, or mothballed, however recent, spicy, and lethal exact. Swedish loss of life steel because it couldn’t be extra Swedish.” Useless Rhetoric champions the band’s “most interesting album to this point,” including, “It’s totally abrasive, but it by no means blurs collectively as a result of manner they’ll weave in melodies in simply the suitable proportions. Necro is an absolute winner for anybody searching for loss of life steel accomplished proper,” whereas Steel Temple crowns Necro “the Swedish loss of life steel album of the yr,” additional noting, “It captures the spirit of the style with flawless execution, proving that LIK stands on the prime of the fashionable scene.”
Feedback vocalist/guitarist Tomas Åkvik on “Deceased,” “That is the opening monitor of the album and it’s a complete Entombed homage. It has all the pieces from mid-tempo to skank beats. Lyric-wise, it’s a couple of man who tries to come back again from the useless to avenge his loss of life.”
Watch LIK‘s “Deceased” video HERE.
Watch LIK‘s beforehand launched video for “Struggle Reward” HERE and “Morgue Rat” HERE.
Necro was recorded at NBS Studio (AKA Necromorbus Studio) in Söderfors, two hours from the band’s dwelling metropolis. As soon as once more utilizing uber-producer Lawrence Mackrory (Meshuggah, Katatonia, Excessive Parasite, Decapitated), all music was recorded stay over a three-day interval, earlier than Åkvik headed to Uppsala to report his vocals at Mackrory’s Rorysound Studios. Mackrory has labored with LIK since their 2015 debut Mass Funeral Evocation and all through their Steel Blade Data’ profession that began with 2018′s Carnage. It’s clear upon first pay attention that with Necro, the quartet have produced a number of the greatest work of their decade-plus lengthy profession.
Necro options visitor appearances by Linnea Landstedt (Tyranex, Ice Age), Nick Holmes (Paradise Misplaced, Massacre), and Lawrence Mackrory (F.Ok.Ü.).
The report is accessible on CD and digital codecs in addition to vinyl within the following shade variants:
• 180g Black
• Tombstone Gray Blue Marbled
• Darkish Sky Crimson Marbled (Ltd. 500)
• Clear Violet Blue Marbled (Ltd. 300)
• Lilac/Blood Crimson Splatter (Ltd. 300)
• Lilac Blackdust (Ltd. 200) * Bought Out *
• Violet Purple Splatter (Ltd. 200)
• Coffin Purple Black Splatter (Ltd. 300)
Discover orders at: metalblade.com/lik
LIK Reside:
5/23/2025 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD
5/28/2025 Kulturhuset – Stockholm, SE *Necro Launch Present*
6/14/2025 Czech Deathfest – Cerveny Kostelec, CZ
7/02/2025 Rockmaraton Pageant – Dunaújváros, HU
8/07/2025 Rock The Park 2025 @ Parksnäckan – Uppsala, SE w/ The Black Dahlia Homicide
8/15/2025 Summer season Breeze – Dinkelsbühl, DE
8/30/2025 Malmö Bloodbath – Malmö, SE
9/26/2025 Legend Metalfest – Trondheim, NO
10/24-25/2025 Odense Metalfest – Odense, DK
“LIK tells us blood-soaked, imaginative tales peppered with all the pieces good loss of life steel wants: zombies, necrophilia, homicide, loss of life, warfare, and dystopian end-time eventualities that culminate in whole decay. Necro sounds traditional but modern. Not dusty, rotten, or mothballed, however recent, spicy, and lethal exact. Swedish loss of life steel because it couldn’t be extra Swedish.” – Steel Hammer Germany
“Compositions, taking part in, vocals, and sound are of such a persistently excessive degree for forty minutes that LIK leaves many different Swedeath devotees behind. And since the album is soaked with blood, zombies, and gore, the band additionally succeeds in its mission to make Necro the ‘musical equal of a traditional shock horror movie.’” – Aardschok
“…their most interesting album to this point. It’s totally abrasive, but it by no means blurs collectively as a result of manner they’ll weave in melodies in simply the suitable proportions. Necro is an absolute winner for anybody searching for loss of life steel accomplished proper.” – Useless Rhetoric
“…the vocals from Tomas Åkvik are prime of the sport in that fashion for giving out the craze, aggression and cruel growls with sturdy execution.” – Bathroom Ov Hell
“Necrois all about Nineteen Eighties old-school loss of life steel plus the melodic guitars of our expensive old-school heavy steel. Drumming is pulsating, intense, and thrilling that it makes it inconceivable for the expensive fan to not bang till the neck falls off.” – Steel Addicts
“This Swedish loss of life steel outfit have discovered their place within the style, with ten songs in a succinct order that goes from blistering corruption to haunting loneliness.” – Heavy Music HQ
“As soon as once more, we should emphasize their really wonderful sound. Voluminous but full of life; heat but edgy – LIK and their producer Necromorbus set the usual for loss of life steel. Anybody who loves this sound will discover it inconceivable to disregard Necro, similar to all its predecessors.” – Steel.de
“Necro actually doesn’t do a lot to reinvent the loss of life steel wheel, however it’s LIK refining their sound, taking part in with it gleefully and morbidly… Loss of life steel followers – particularly these with a heat, bloody gap of their hearts for the Gothenburg sound and edgy lyrics – must peep this LP.” – Every part Is Noise
“…uncooked and livid. It’s a raging loss of life steel album that fascinates from starting to finish.” – Markus Heavy Music Weblog
“Necro isn’t only a nice Swedish loss of life steel album; it’s the Swedish loss of life steel album of the yr. It captures the spirit of the style with flawless execution, proving that LIK stands on the prime of the fashionable scene. Brutal, uncooked, groovy, and relentlessly catchy, the album is all the pieces it must be. For those who crave that old-school Stockholm sound with a recent dose of vitality, that is the album to beat.” – Steel Temple
“…a masterclass in traditional Swedish loss of life steel.” – Wonderbox Steel
“A slab of true Swedish loss of life steel that holds nothing again whereas celebrating the place the band has been whereas concurrently charging ahead, it’s the very complete of Necro that by no means as soon as disappoints.” – Head-Banger Critiques
LIK:
Tomas Åkvik – vocals, guitar
Niklas “Nille” Sandin – guitar
Chris Barkensjö – drums
Joakim Antman – bass
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