Upcoming Releases & Represses: Autumn 2020 / A Playlist

This Autumn, there are so many excellent releases to look forward to that we decided to make a playlist to recap them all and make it easier to blast all the tracks that have already been premiered so far from these upcoming albums, while waiting to hear them in their entirety! The selection also includes some songs from two great albums which are going to be repressed this Autumn: Henrik Palm's "Many Days" and Maggot Heart's "Mercy Machine". Enjoy!

Stream "Concrete Antichrist", first single off Henrik Palm's second album!

Exciting news today for all of us appreciators of Henrik Palm's music: the release date, the cover artwork, the tracklist and the first single from his second solo album have just been revealed!

"Poverty Metal", is due out on October 16th, 2020 on Svart Records and the tracklist appears to be as follows:

"Bully"
"Sugar"
"Concrete Antichrist"
"Given Demon"
"Destroyer"
"Nihil"
"Nihilist"
"Last Christmas"

...Sounds like a fairly apocalyptic list of titles. And most of us are surely looking forward to hearing them all, but today it is nothing less than "Concrete Antichrist" that we get to meet first!

As a foretaste of what's to come, it certainly sounds like a very interesting premise. Hints of prog rock and a bittersweet taste give the song a really intriguing feel, and it truly showcases well Henke's talent in blending several influences to create his own unique style. 

"Poverty Metal" is now available for pre-orders, alongside plenty of new merchandise, at the Trust No One Recordings webshop, which has on sale a limited edition of 150 copies on clear vinyl; the album can also be pre-oredered at the Svart Records Store on CD and on vinyl (red or regular black).
Svart Records is also reissuing Henke's debut solo album "Many Days" on clear vinyl and on CD.

Read our recent interview with Henke about his upcoming second album and more!

Interview: Henrik Palm about his second album, signing with Svart Records, and more

Photo by Per Kristiansen

Back in 2017, when Henrik Palm's first solo song was premiered ("Elephant") and shortly after it was announced that a full-length album would have followed, many of us, who of course have been knowing him for his crucial role in In Solitude, immediately picked up on his solo music too, intrigued to hear more after listening to a first taste of it, which sounded remarkably peculiar and very promising.

Indeed, when his debut album, "Many Days", was released on Gothenburg label FETISH, it instantly became an all-time favourite of many of his listeners, finally able to enjoy his talented songwriting, his wide-ranged influences and his guitar skills complementing each other brilliantly in a solo environment which allowed him to fully express himself. And it also immediately gained him several new followers, captivated by the album's nods to punk, to noise rock as well as to industrial and experimental music, all of these blended together skillfully, at the same time creating a strange, dark in its very own way atmosphere throughout the whole record.
Now, he has recently completed his second solo album, titled "Poverty Metal", and he has teamed up with Finnish label Svart Records, that will release it in Fall 2020, alongside a reissue of his debut album. We're all eager to hear what this new record will be like and he has been so kind to answer some questions for all of us, so today we're incredibly excited to offer you this first-hand insight into Henke's upcoming album: from how his experience working on "Poverty Metal" differed from the previous one, to his creative process, from movies which have inspired him, to the new deal with Svart Records, and last but not least, some music and film recommendations: you can read it all below!

Henrik Palm signs with Svart Records to release his second album, "Poverty Metal"

Henrik Palm's eagerly awaited second album now has a title: "Poverty Metal"! The title has been disclosed earlier today by the label Svart Records, along with the announcement that they have signed a deal with Henke to release his upcoming album during Fall 2020, and reissue his debut, "Many Days".

Svart Records commented, " Everything we’re looking for in a fresh and modern genre-clash, Henrik’s music is catchy, well-crafted, beautiful and ugly in the same intense and challenging moment. Impossible to define, Henrik Palm fits Svart’s groundbreaking roster perfectly."
The full official statement by the label can be read HERE.

Looking forward to hearing what "Poverty Metal" will sound like !

New Henrik Palm t-shirts

Trust No One Recordings has added a couple of new Henrik Palm t-shirt on its webshop, one with a killer three-skull new design titled "Born to Cry in the Gutter" and one with classic slogan that we are all familiar with since the first time Henke's song "Elephant" made its appearance on Festish's Soundcloud:

Both are available now for pre-order at Trust No One Recordings' webstore and will begin to ship on May 27th.

Live footage of Henrik Palm at Where's the Music festival

Some videos from Henke's performance at Where's the Music? festival in Norrköping on February 9th, 2018 have surfaced on Youtube, courtesy of jimjpk:

"Systema"

Henrik Palm "Many Days" t-shirt

It's finally time for a Henrik Palm "Many Days" t-shirt and Trust No One Recordings has opened pre-sales on its webshop at this link. Printed on the front of the t-shirt is the impressively detailed "Many Days" cover artwork by Sebastian Murphy. Orders will start shipping from March 1st, 2018.

Henrik Palm nominated for Manifest Award

Henke scores another rightfully deserved nomination with his solo album "Many Days" : he is in fact among the nominated artists in the "Best Rock" category at this year's Manifest Awards, organized by the Swedish Independent Music Producers association. The award's ceremony will take place on February 1st, 2018 at Scandic Malmen in Stockholm.

Henke is also nominated for P3 Guld's award in the category "Rock/Metal of the year" and for two GAFFA awards in the categories "Album of the Year" and "Pop/Rock Act of the Year".

Source:Manifestgalan.se.

Henrik Palm nominated for two GAFFA Awards

Henke Palm and his brilliant solo record "Many Days" have been nominated also for two GAFFA Awards in the categories : Album of the Year and Pop/Rock Act of the Year . Public voting is open at gaffa.se/priset (to vote click on Klicka här för att logga in, then it's possible to log in through Facebook or registering on the website). Well deserved !

Henrik Palm nominated at P3 Guld

Henke Palm has been (rightfully!) nominated at this year P3 Guld (annual Swedish musical awards) in the category: Årets rock/metal (Best rock/metal): it's possible to vote at www.p3guld.se (registration is required but it can also be done logging in through Facebook - scroll to the bottom of the page to click on the Rösta med Facebook link) .

Footage of Henke performing live at Kraken, Stockholm

Footage from Henke's show at Kraken in Stockholm on October 14th is now available on Youtube and once again confirms that the songs from "Many Days" fit so well the live environment, hopefully more live dates will be planned in the future.

Video: Henrik Palm's full show in Gothenburg

A video of Henke's full show at Truckstop Alaska in Gothenburg on October 13th, 2017 is now available on Youtube: accompanied by some talented musicians among whom we can recognize Simon Söderberg (ex-Ghost) on guitar, Sofia Rydahl (of Gravmaskin) on keyboards, Jocke Proos (of Vampire) on bass guitar, Sol Tor Sjödén (of New Keepers of the Water Towers, also co-producer of Henke's album) on drums and an additional drummer, he performed material from his solo album "Many Days", as opening act for Voivod.

Interview with Henke on Sweden Rock magazine

"In Solitude is the most beautiful thing I've ever done"
(Henke Palm, Sweden Rock magazine, September 2017)

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The September issue of Sweden Rock magazine features an interview with Henke about his solo project and his musical career. For all the Swedish-speaking readers, it's possible to buy the magazine on Swedenrock.com .
For all of us non-Swedish speaking followers, an English recap of it can be read below, with special thanks to Vervain for providing a translation of the text and sharing it with all of us, along with a picture of the page.

After briefly pointing out that Henke has previously stated he is not going to comment on the lawsuit involving the band Ghost (whom he has played with during 2015 and 2016) and some of its ex-members, the interview starts off focusing on his solo album, "Many Days". Henke explains that the record has been growing since 2014, and started while having fun rehearsing with Benke (Höckert, bass; also member of Pig Eyes and Södra Sverige) and Tor (Sjödén, drums; of the band Viagra Boys). Two songs took shape at that point, and he had the idea of recording a single. After playing for quite a while with Mattia Alkberg (Södra Sverige) he has always been impressed by musicians who release music under their own name, and since he considers himself rather shy, that seemed quite a daring thing to do, so initially he didn't think it would have suited him, but with time it began to feel right, he explains.
So, in 2016, he did the first demos with Tor on drums and there was originally the intention of calling the project with another name,

Henrik Palm's "Many Days" streaming on Decibel Magazine

Decibel Magazine is featuring a full stream of Henrik Palm's solo album "Many Days" along with some of his comments about the tracks and his songwriting. The record includes also a song, "F43.8", which originally was meant to become an In Solitude track, but the band never finished it. In the article he also mentions that after his upcoming shows opening for Voivod in October, he plans to start writing again to work on new material for another solo album and for Södra Sverige. "Many Days" is overall a remarkable rock album which displays Henke's wide range of influences as well as his ability to merge them, carving his own sound.

The following album stream will remain available until tomorrow, after that, the next chance to listen to the full record will be on the official release date, this Friday, September 29th 2017. Read the full article on Decibel Magazine.

Henrik Palm 's “Many Days” LP pre-orders and upcoming live dates

Henrik Palm 's “Many Days” LP pre-orders are now available on High Roller Records at this LINK.
The cover artwork has been created by Sebastian Murphy, and the layout was handled by Daniel J Astgren; the album sees guest appearances by Sara Taylor of Youth Code and Anna Norberg. Produced by Henrik Palm, Martin Ehrencrona, Tor Sjödén.
Out on Fetish Records on September 29th, 2017.

"Many Days" is also available for pre-orders at: Bengans.se - Ginza.se - CDON
(This post will be updated with further links as they appear online).

Henke’s upcoming live dates opening for Voivod:
October 13th, Göteborg
October 14th, Stockholm (Tickets pre-sales on Tickster)

"Systema" first single off Henrik Palm's "Many Days"

"Systema", the first single off Henrik Palm's upcoming album "Many Days", has been released on August 14th on Fetish, and it's available on Spotify.
The full-length will be out on September 29th.

Simon Söderberg to join Henke on stage this fall

Swedish guitarist and producer Simon Söderberg (better known for his role as "Alpha" in Ghost's former Nameless Ghouls) has publicly announced through his Facebook profile that he will be playing live with Henke this fall. The two musicians will be on stage together again to perform material from Henke's solo album, "Many Days", also due to be out in the fall 0f 2017.

Henrik Palm premieres his song "Systema" on Swedish Radio; full album planned

More and exciting news  about Henke's solo project: on Monday, July 17th his song "Systema" premiered on Swedish radio, and there are plans for  a full album titled "Many Days", to be released later this year through the Gothenburg based label Fetish.

(Note: the previously shared link to the Swedish Radio website, contained a song titled "Dogs" which is actually another track from Henke's upcoming album, but it's not the song which will be released as a single.)

The single will be out on August 14th, in the meanwhile "Systema" can be heard below:

Additionally, here is the full podcast which includes the songs "Elephant" (previously posted on Fetish Records' Soundcloud) and "Dogs", plus an interview with Henke:

[Updated: The streaming from Sveriges Radio is no longer available; Henke's album "Many Days" can be streamed entirely on Spotify.