For three decades, Danish metal stalwarts Saturnus have enveloped the globe with bitter swaths of melancholic and atmospheric death-soaked doom. Their output may have waned in recent years, though their punch and ability to walk the jagged edge between the calm and the chaotic, the beautiful and the desolate has only sharpened. Never has this been more evident than through their 11-minute epic “Chasing Ghosts,” the latest single from their first album in over a decade, The Storm Within.
“Chasing Ghosts” sees the band at the height of their prowess, a firm punctuation and signal to the heavens that the band, in all their vigor and rage, is most certainly back.
“What was broken can never be fixed, but that pain at the same time can lead to hope. Hope that will let the blood rush back in and let us run to new paths leading to our truth. Peace remains idle and depicted as some kind of utopian dream, taking you to a state of mind where eternity is the only choice and your last breath is the key to open the very first door of a new chapter to come,” shared the band in a statement direct to Decibel. “’Breathe New Life’ is a heavier and more solid musical statement, with driving verses and anthemic choruses embracing everyone’s souls and hearts. This was the first song to be written for The Storm Within and it should be seen that Saturnus is back and ready for more!”
Channeling the fury of the Norse winds and waves that mirror our own innermost pain, The Storm Within is Saturnus at their most potent, having enlisted the aid of maestro producer Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica, Morbid Angel, Blind Guardian) for yet another jewel in their glowing discography.
The Storm Within is available worldwide June 16 through Prophecy Productions. Pre-order here.
