Cover shot – AFTER EARTH
After Earth was created in the fall of 2017 in Skövde, Västra Götaland, Sweden, but it was only in mid-2019 that the band found a stable line-up and crafted enough material to start playing live shows.
Then, the global pandemic forced them to cancel a few shows so they opted to record new songs instead, and in 2020 After Earth self-released their debut EP ‘Before It Awakes’, which was met with great critical acclaim.
The following two years were a bit turbulent for the band as they suffered some line-up changes, yet the Swedes still managed to release a single ‘From Age to Aeon’ in 2022, which was a heavier track clearly showing where After Earth was heading musically.
In early 2023, just a few weeks before the recordings of their debut album: ‘The Rarity of Reason’ started, After Earth suffered another setback when both guitarists decided to leave for various reasons. The remainder of the band (Marcus Rydstedt: vocals, Anton Vehkaperä: drums and guitars, Olof Öman: Bass and acoustic guitars) then spent two weeks together with producer and studio engineer Robert Kukla at Obsidian Recording Studios to work on the album. Anton Vehkaperä recorded the majority of electric guitars on the album (bar solos which were outsourced to Christoffer Nilsson) while Olof Öman recorded the acoustic parts as well as chords.
Drums were recorded at a later date by Anton Vehkaperä in Nordic Sound Lab. The album was mixed by Rob Kukla and then mastered by death metal studio legend Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman.
Now the album is set to be released August 18th 2023, to coincide with their European tour supporting Swedish death metal band Mara.
You can follow AFTER EARTH via the links below:
Links:
https://linktr.ee/afterearthswe
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AfterEarthSWE
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/afterearth_swe/
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@AfterEarthSWE
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ObIfr4U8HeZLbt474La1v
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