Agabas Announces Third Studio Album Hard Anger, Out June 13, 2025

The Norwegian band Agabas will release its third studio album, Hard Anger, on June 13, 2025. The album was recorded in a cabin located in the Hardanger fjord region of Norway. It features compositions that combine elements of metalcore, jazz, death metal, hardcore, black metal, progressive metal, and punk.

Title: Hard Anger
Artist: Agabas
Release Date: 2025-06-13
Genres: Black Metal, Death Metal, Experimental Music
Label: self-released
Description: Hard Anger by Agabas out June 13 features Shining and Michael Wilbur with field recordings from Hardanger and harsh jazz-metal instrumentation.

The recordings include the use of heavily downtuned guitar riffs, blast beats, distorted saxophone sections, and lyrics in Norwegian. The material incorporates audio samples taken from the surrounding environment, including natural and historical sounds such as waterfalls, old stairs, and church bells. These elements were recorded during the band’s stay in Hardanger and were integrated into the album’s tracks with added distortion.

Guest contributions include Shining, a band associated with the blackjazz subgenre, on the track Jævla menneske, and Michael Wilbur, a musician based in New York known for performances in subway settings, on the song Vis meg alt.

The band completed a support tour with Kvelertak in the autumn of 2024. The group has published a series of behind-the-scenes video reels from the Hard Anger recording sessions on Instagram, collectively viewed over 1.6 million times. These posts have resulted in approximately 35,000 additional followers for the band’s social media account.

Agabas is a Norwegian music group known for its integration of jazz instrumentation with extreme metal genres, a style sometimes referred to as deathjazz. The group’s lineup includes musicians proficient in both metal and jazz idioms, and their compositions typically involve distorted saxophone parts, complex rhythmic structures, and a combination of screamed vocals with instrumental improvisation.

The band’s discography prior to Hard Anger includes two full-length albums. Their musical output reflects an interest in both technical musicianship and genre fusion, especially between free jazz and heavy metal. The group has participated in tours across Scandinavia and shared stages with acts involved in the Nordic experimental and heavy music scenes.

Michael Wilbur, featured on the track Vis meg alt, is a member of the American ensemble Moon Hooch, a group known for performing dance-oriented jazz in public spaces, particularly in New York City’s subway system. Shining, guests on Jævla menneske, is a Norwegian band formed by Jørgen Munkeby, initially rooted in acoustic jazz before moving toward metal and industrial rock, associated with the blackjazz label coined by Munkeby.

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