Kvelertak announce new album Nattesferd

Kvelertak are returning with new music in 2016. On May 13, the Norwegian metal/hardcore band will release Nattesferd via Roadrunner. That’s the album’s artwork above. The first track to be released from the album is “1985,” a big, anthemic hardcore track that features the band’s trademark arena rock power and blistering metal intensity.

Here’s what the band said about the track, via NPR:

Think of George Orwell’s 1984 instead of Taylor Swift’s 1989. Its lyrics depict a cold and (not so) distant future where technology and surveillance have erased all forms of individuality and critical thinking. Needless to say, everything was better before — can somebody hit the rewind button already?

Listen to Kvelertak’s “1985” stream below, along with a list of updated tour dates. Nattesferd follows 2013’s Meir.

Kvelertak tour dates:

4/12 Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall (T)
4/13 New York, NY – Irving Plaza (T)
4/14 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts (T)
4/15 Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar (T)
4/16 Washington, DC – DC Brau (T)
4/17 Cambridge, MA – Middle East – Downstairs (T)
4/19 Montreal, QC – l’Astral (T)
4/20 Toronto, ON – The Opera House (T)
4/21 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar (M)
4/22 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom (M)
4/23 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge (T)
4/24 Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights (T)
4/25 St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room (T)
4/26 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theatre (T)
4/28 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater (T)
4/29 Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue (T)
4/30 Boise, ID – Neurolox (T)
5/1 Seattle, WA – El Corazon (T)
5/2 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre (T)
5/3 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre (T)
5/5 San Francisco, CA – The Independent (T)
5/6 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater (T)