Doodswens to Release Self-Titled Full-Length via Svart Records

Dutch black metallers Doodswens will release their uncompromising self-titled second full-length on April 17th via Svart Records.

After establishing themselves within the Dutch scene, Doodswens gained an international following by doing tours with Marduk and Gorgoroth. Doodswens’ performances are ceremonial and ritualistic, which have been reported to be as uplifting as they are devastating, depending on the demons you bring them to offer. Whatever you carry with you will be exposed. They confront instead of bringing comfort.

Band leader I. further elaborates on “Driven By Death”:

“For me, it was on the way back from a spontaneous adventure, full of music, new connections, and inspiration. A path without a plan and a journey without a goal, with only a very strong feeling that this is where I’m meant to be. With a misty horizon of endless asphalt before me, a large tree at the edge of the road, in the corner of my eye, screaming that this could just be the end…

“But what I felt wasn’t fear, it was happiness. With the thought that if I crash into that tree now, I won’t care at all. Because up until this moment, I’ve done everything possible, experienced every adventure, and each time, gotten up again and faced life with that gray cloud around my head. I have a death wish, so if it happens now, it’s ok, and I’m at peace with it. This was the moment I realized I’m not afraid of life. I’m driven by death.”

While Doodswens translates to ‘Deathwish,’ the meaning in Dutch translates better to “Driven By Death,” the title of the record’s lead single. If you’ve been on the verge of ending your life, or think about it more often than not, then you’re living with a death wish. A heavy feeling, like a gray cloud hovering around you, gasping for breath and blurring your vision. This is incomprehensible to anyone. Except for those caught in the middle of it. But this album isn’t about giving up. It’s about finding strength, about someone who regains new energy after facing death. This album isn’t about wishing for death, but the death of the wish.

Doodswens Track Listing:

1. Driven By Death
2. Verrot
3. The Black Flame
4. These Wounds Never Healed
5. She Carries the Curse
6. Devils Stone
7. Vlaamse Vloek

Doodswens ‘Doodswens’ album artwork