A vast storm-tossed sea spiralling into an enormous black maelstrom

MALSTEN

Grinding Doom Metal

New Single

ROW

Malsten emerges from the depths of despair with a new crushing track. The single ROW marks a new direction for Malsten, leaning even more on the heavier side of the doom metal spectrum. Still engaging, thought-provoking and eerily gloomy, ROW offers the listener an inspiring taste of what the next chapters of Malsten's catalogue will have in store.

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The Story

The Haunting of Silvåkra Mill

It’s the dawn of the 20th century. A time of struggle and hardships, but also a breaking point between the old and the new. In the wake of modernisation, the beings of folklore are fading away. The inevitable advancement of science and urbanization spares no place for dusty fairy tales. But, they remain, in the more murky corners of this new modern world, biding their time. From dilapidated ruins and dark forests, they reach out to touch and twist the minds of men, forcing them to perform unspeakable acts.

The Haunting of Silvåkra Mill tells the story of an unfortunate soul that succumbs to an ancient evil, residing in a derelict mill. Inevitably, the force emitting from the mill inflicts death and doom on the surrounding parish inhabitants, who one by one mysteriously disappears. On path to free his parish of this unspeakable malice, Vicar Mortimer Aghardt battles the haunted miller, while hopelessly trying to hold on to his sanity and faith.

The Haunting of Silvåkra Mill album cover — a windmill seen from below with crossing sails as crows scatter across an ochre sky

Act I

Album · Chapter I–IV

The Haunting of Silvåkra Mill

An ancient evil stirs in a derelict mill, and one unfortunate soul answers its call.

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Act II

Entr’acte

Beneath a beautiful garden and a bright smile, Elisabeth hides a terrible hatred.

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Rites of Passage album cover — a painterly blood-red corridor with an anguished face and ghostly forms

Act III

Album · Chapter V–X

Rites of Passage

Winter closes in as Vicar Aghardt hunts a killer — and flees a truth he cannot face.

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The Band

Doom Metal from Malmö, Sweden

Malsten was formed in 2018 with the purpose of creating conceptually driven slow and heavy doom music. Blending elements from many dark corners within as well as beyond the genres of metal, the music of Malsten is innovative and thought-provoking — both musically and lyrically. The musical palette is inspired by the heavy riffage of both contemporary and past doom metal. There is also a noticeable grounding in the heavier Swedish metal scene, with its atonal twists and atmospheric qualities. Vocally and lyrically, Malsten delivers conceptual narration reminiscent of the dark theatrical sides of the metal and ambient genres.

Indeed, Malsten is nothing like your everyday dope-groovy doom band. But fear not, worshippers of the FUZZ! The heavy, mountain-melting riffs are there, and they are heavier than anywhere else. But with Malsten, you're always entitled to expect more. In fact, Malsten's music challenges you to do just that.

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