HORNDAL - Albumankündigung & neue Single
HORNDAL’s new album The Price of Steel out in February via Svart Records – New single out now!
Listen to the new single SKINRIPPER, featuring Henrik Palm, HERE: https://orcd.co/skinripper
Steel is forged in fire. Far too often, so are human lives. For their fourth album, metal act Horndal follow the blood trail of the steel industry across the world. From their Swedish hometown of Horndal to Germany, the UK, Italy, the United States, China, Australia, and beyond, each song tells the story of a real steelwork accident. Stories of workers who never came home, and survivors who carried the consequences for the rest of their lives. One accident. One song. Every story is true.
The album sounds like a doomy new wave band making a heavy metal soundtrack to a horror film. Grinding riffs meet uneasy melodies, pounding rhythms and creeping dread, with guest appearances from Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, Andreas Hourdakis, Henrik Palm, Claes Björklund and Andreas Hogby.
The album’s first single Skinripper is out today.
“Skinripper tells the true story of a local steelworker who was covered in molten steel, burned alive but miraculously survived. Its title could belong to a forgotten B-movie. The horror, however, was real. Raw and relentless, with a touch of ’80s Dio flair”, comments the band. Listen to the new single featuring a guitar solo by Henrik Palm HERE
Wrapped in the lurid imagery of old horror paperbacks, The Price of Steel is an anthology of industrial horror, dedicated to the victims and their families. The story continues in the novel of the same name, written by the band's singer Henrik Levahn.
The album and single illustrations were created by Marc Schoenbach, an American illustrator, artist, horror poster designer and founder of Sadist Art Designs. He has created artwork and posters for countless independent horror films, as well as alternative artwork for cult classics such as John Carpenter’s Halloween, Creepshow and many more. His distinctive style draws heavily on vintage horror posters, pulp illustrations and the lurid aesthetics of exploitation cinema. Every illustration is created entirely by hand, giving his work a raw, gritty and unmistakably old-school feel. Daniel Liljas handled the album’s design and layout.
The Price of Steel is out on vinyl, CD, and digital platforms on February 26, 2027 via Svart Records. Vinyl and horror novel bundle also available at Svart’s webstore!
HORNDAL – unbuckling the Swedish rust belt
Horndal aren’t your everyday metal band. From the start, they have dragged the dark history of their hometown into the light, turning true horror stories into loud, filthy and fiercely uncompromising music.
It began with a self-titled EP produced by Steve Albini. Their first full-length, Remains, told the story of the steelworks closing in 1977 and the town’s transformation into a ghost town. On Lake Drinker, the devil returned in the guise of American tech, cutting down the forest and threatening to drink the lake dry. Their third album, Head Hammer Man, reached back to the great strike of 1909, when Horndal’s trade union leader was forced into exile. All of it true.
Horndal draw inspiration from their wide record collections, from Autopsy to Killing Joke, Dio to Sonic Youth, Black Sabbath to Sparks to Can. With a Swedish Grammy nomination, acclaimed live shows and appearances on major festival stages, they have carved out a unique place in the Swedish metal scene.
Now, on their fourth album, The Price of Steel, they follow the trail from their hometown to brutal workplace accidents at steelworks around the world.
Horndal live
14.11.2026 Fuzzfest, Debaser, Stockholm, Sweden
27.11.2026 Viva Sounds, Musikens hus, Gothenburg, Sweden
26.02.2027 Horndal: The Price of Steel (LP+Book/LP/CD)
https://www.svartrecords.com/en/product/horndal-the-price-of-steel/15054
13.11.2026 Horndal: Skinripper (Digital)
https://orcd.co/skinripper
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