Svalbard – Discography 2012-2014: Album Stream
Bristol-based post-hardcore / metal hybridists collate together their earliest material and stream it with The Independent
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Combining elements of post-hardcore, crust punk, black metal and post-rock, Svalbard have been gradually refining and honing their heady cocktail of extreme savagery mixed with touches of heart-rending beauty since their inception in 2011. Consisting of a series of 7”s, EPs and split releases, Discography 2012-2014 shows the progression the band made in the four years leading up to the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, 2015’s One Day All This Will End. The 15-track collection, remastered in full by Brad Boatright (OFF!, Sleep, Converge) to add extra weight and enhanced sonic punch, will be released on Double LP, CD and digitally through Holy Roar Records on Friday 28th October and is available to stream in full, ahead of its release below.
Discography 2012-2014 presents the band’s earliest material in reverse chronological order, consisting of a split EP with sadly-defunct London hardcore five-piece Pariso (Pariso & Svalbard), a cover of ‘This is The End’ by Victims (which appeared on the Cover Buzz split 7”), their first 7” for Tangled Talk Records, (Flightless Birds) and finally, the band’s first two self-releases (Svalbard and Gone Tomorrow). Whilst even the early material is of a consistently high quality, (an early version of The Damage Done appears on their self-titled debut 7”, which was eventually re-recorded and re-appeared on One Day All This Will End), Discography 2012-2014 provides fascinating insight into how Svalbard have drawn on several facets of extreme metal and punk to create their own individual amalgamation.
Discography 2012-2014 Tracklisting
Pariso & Svalbard Split (2014)
Ripped Apart
Grayscale
Allure
Floating Anchors (w/ Pariso)
Faceless (w/ Pariso)
Cover Buzz split 7” with MINE, Let It Die and Pariso (2013)
This Is The End (Victims Cover)
Flightless Birds 7” (2013)
Flightless Birds
For What It’s Worth
Gone Tomorrow 10” (2013)
Melting Hands
Never Look Back
Pick Up The Pieces
Leave It
Svalbard 7” (2012)
So Much for Meritocracy
The Damage Done
Anything Goes Nothing Stays
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