http://runemagick.se/site/2018/02/10/ev ... mal-sleep/

Runemagick is back and playing their first show in 13 years at Kill-Town Deathfest which would have been an immediate purchase for me if I had known about it sooner. (600 tickets only)

Nicklas Rudolfsson also announced a new album is in the works for 2018. I very much enjoyed their latest, Dawn of the End, and feel they work great as a 3 piece since Darkness Death Doom (which is one of my favorites by them).

So let's get some Runemagick discussions going. What's your favorite albums and did you like them more as a 4-piece or their current 3-piece lineup as of today? I think they make some of the best Death/Doom out there, and especially from Sweden.

Lately been revisiting some of their works and both Moon of the Chaos Eclipse and Darkness Death Doom are solid slabs of doom/death, the latter being quite an epic variant of that style. The Supreme Force of Eternity is alright too, but a bit too passive for me at times, even of the guitar tone on that record is fantastic.

Nice bit of good news! All of their releases that I've heard are great, but The Supreme Force of Eternity is my favorite of their old death metal stuff and Darkness Death Doom is my favorite of their doom/death material. Hoping for some new music with the reunion.

Oh yes!!! First Unanimated and now Runemagick?? Exciting times!!!

Good to hear that Runemagick are back in business. I also really like Dawn of the End, so I'm hoping the long time out of the game isn't going to sully their new output.

Yes! Just bought a shirt from them recently and was wondering if they were gearing up for a comeback with this sudden availability of merch! So excited for new esoteric death-doom!

Absolutely awesome news. DDD is a monument, their early stuff (helpfully compiled on "Dark Dead Earth") has some real winners on it, especially the album and the song "Enter the Realm of Death." Also a big fan of "Dawn of the End" and its weird wanderings - a mix of that style with more of that DDD groove would be tremendous.

i got a ticket for killtown so will prob end up seeing them

All about Envenom, great album. Just love the slowness of it, makes me zone out a bit. Good to hear they're coming back. Looking forward to it.

You uhhhh mind sharing where you got that shirt? Inquiring minds would be appreciative of that knowledge.

Yeah, Envenom is a bit of an outlier in their career with the massive songs and how slow it is. I love it, too. Another album in that vein would be hugely welcomed!

http://nirucon.storenvy.com/

good store with some good selection. You will not find any physical music, however. Runemagick is so limited with their albums.

I was real into them for a while about three years back, but fell off for a myriad of reasons... life changed up and when that happens I tend to switch listening habits. And this band's music, like many extreme metal bands, needs a climate different from the sunny Florida I live in to really get max effect.

But damn though - whenever I turn on an album of theirs it sounds great. Playing Death Darkness Doom in the car yesterday - shit; this is probably one of the best albums I've ever heard. And Incantation of Magick and Dawn of the End are more expansive and experimental in ways, taking the sound further. Also great.

Can't wait for more.

"On Funeral Wings." First one I bought, and "Dragon of Doom" is one of my favorite metal songs. I need to check out the 2015 demo. Missed that somehow.

http://nirucon.storenvy.com is where I got my Runemagick shirt. They also have some HeavyDeath stuff too.

Most of their discography is available digitally on Bandcamp, I keep hectoring them to do some vinyl re-releases. Maybe with the success of the last HeavyDeath and this reunion, they will finally get around to it.

Thanks!! I own The Supreme Force of Eternity which is my favourite Runemagick album but someday I’ll try and pick up some of the others. Probably on the secondary market.

Including first three albums On Funeral wings is on the top among their discography. Emperor of the Underworld and On Funeral Wings are worth to be listened by any fan of tough death/doom style. Requiem of the Apocalypse also deserves many spins.

I still think DDD is magical, but there's quite a lot of gold in the later albums, so the 'regular' trio of the later years obviously makes great music. I still would enjoy it more if they had two guitars live though. Seeing them on the DDD tour was fantastic.

That demo was originally recorded in the early 90's. It's good, though. More along the lines of The Supreme Force of Eternity with two tracks on it that should have been included on that full length album.

Has anyone of you ever heard that original version of ''Nocturnal Creation''? it's more blackened death-esque and far more aggressive than the version you'd find on the debut.

You can hear it here: https://runemagick.bandcamp.com/track/n ... l-creation

Great news! I was just wondering if they would ever resurface since they've been inactively active for so long...DDD and On Funeral Wings are my favorite albums of theirs but really each one has great things to offer. I hope there's some new material soon.

Little teaser here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62O36Rf4GMc

Resurrection in Blood seems like their worst album from what I've heard so far; it's rather plodding and not riff-y enough but everything else that I've been revisiting is either solid as hell or absolutely incredible. Enter the Realm of Death has potential to become another favorite of mine - I really love such skullcrushing riffs get unleashed in songs that know how to surprise and excite you, as there's so much variation on that album.

New track:

https://runemagick.bandcamp.com/track/r ... le-version

Very good. Sounds more Chaos Eclipse/DDD/Funeral Wings era which is my favorite. Very excited for this release.

The new song is alright but so far I'm not crazy of it.

Sounds good, not the best track they’ve ever done but I have HIGH expectations for Runemagick so that’s more on me than them. It’s an automatic purchase though.

That track worked for me. Going to get the limited edition box!

Domedag, Saltas, Runemagick...Nicklas Rudolfsson is in top form this year.
I hope he and Basstard (love this guy's nickname) will produce more Rapid Terrör music in the near future because I worship that kind of speed metal.

Next single is out:

https://runemagick.bandcamp.com/track/a ... le-version

Oh hot damn. Sold.

I like both of these songs more than anything I've heard from Heavydeath. Glad they're back to it here.

Runemagick will be playing at the Brooklyn Bazaar on November 16th. I believe this will be their first US appearance. I'm traveling from Florida for the show.

Saw that show listing. Tickets weren't on sale yet last I looked but I will def be going.

I am eagerly awaiting these tickets to go on sale.

New album dropped today:

https://runemagick.bandcamp.com/album/e ... smal-sleep

Loving the return to the mid-paced sound from their mid-era. Still has some aspects of their later work with some long, doomey sections but overall, a great comeback album encapsulating everything great about Runemagick.

Also note that this is the shortest Runemagick album since their first running at ~45 minutes.

I'm still waiting on the limited edition box to arrive. Hopefully next week. So keen to hear this. Ever since Requiem of the Apocalypse they've been so good and haven't faltered. I expect this one to be exactly the same.

Not really in a doom/death metal mood now, but this album seems to be exactly what I've hoped for - a return to a more basic doom/death sound Ruemagick did in the early-mid 00's. Way better than their latest few albums they did over a decade ago.