New Album "Phantom Knocks"
Out on October 14, 2022 via The Lasting Dose Records!
Nothing has changed yet everything is different when it comes to Phantom Knocks, a collection of eight shamanic desert rituals that emanate from the mysterious space between the supernatural and the extraterrestrial. Following their much acclaimed, second album Translucent Blades (2020), October 14, 2022 will see Berlin-based heavy psych doom duo GRIN, consisting of unshakeable power couple Jan and Sabine Oberg (Earth Ship, Slowshine), return with their forthcoming album!
The manic tribal beat of album opener "Transcendence", comes rolling in like a psychic thunderstorm, extrapolating the collision of millions of tiny aqueous ions to the mighty thunder of Sabine Oberg’s bass, which continues to send seismic shockwaves throughout the rest of the album to leave you shaking on your feet. Meanwhile Jan Oberg’s clean voice and spectral grunts create a haze through which high pitched droning guitars fade in and out, like tones of supernatural frequencies cutting through the haze of reality. Phantom Knocks takes you on a rocking ride across shifting extraterrestrial desertscapes, while your spirit flies high above in a mystic transportation through the astral plane.
After previously-released album singles "Shiver", "Transcendence" and just recently, "Arcane", GRIN have now shared one of the most heaviest tracks of their record. Says the duo: "APEX is the fourth and final single from our forthcoming album "Phantom Knocks", out October 14. In contrast to the first rather melodic, atmospheric single releases, APEX is one of the heavier, more brutal songs on the album, which should certainly please some fans of our first two records."
Just exclusively premiered with METAL INJECTION, the new track "Apex" is now streaming via GRIN's Bandcamp HERE!
(Album Artwork by Manuel Lambertz)
The groundwork of GRIN’s trademark heavy drum and bass sound was already laid as early as their 2018 debut album Revenant, which is no surprise, since Jan and Sabine have been actively making heavy riff-laden tunes for over ten years. Translucent Blades in 2020 further solidified GRIN’s brand of sludgy psychedelic doom metal with the addition of high pitched guitar drones and eerie soundscapes. Again recorded in Jan Oberg’s own Hidden Planet Studio, Phantom Knocks has the same earth-shattering qualities as its predecessors, but is in every way more vivid and more powerful, aptly demonstrating how the Berliners have perfected their chemistry.
Phantom Knocks will be available as CD, Tape Cassette and Digital formats on October 14, 2022, with a Vinyl release to follow soon. The album will be issued by the band’s own label imprint The Lasting Dose Records, the pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!
Phantom Knocks track listing:
01. Transcendence
02. Shiver
03. Aporia
04. Arcane
05. Apex
06. Rivulets
07. Servants
08. Spectral
GRIN Line-Up:
Sabine Oberg – Bass Guitar
Jan Oberg – Drums, Vocals, Guitars, Soundscapes
Additional Musician: René Noçon – Hammond Organ on "Arcane"
For More Info Visit:
www.instagram.com/grincult
www.grincult.bandcamp.com
www.thelastingdoserecords.bandcamp.com
