Orbit Culture release debut single on new label Century Media: 'The Tales Of War'

Photo Credit: Niklas Karlsson

Today Sweden’s Orbit Culture mark a new beginning with 'The Tales of War', their first single with new label Century Media.

Watch the menacing video by Riivata Visuals that shows the band braving a raging storm here: https://youtu.be/Y5SpGQMoaUU (5pm BST premiere)

The band comment: "'The Tales Of War’ marks the beginning of a new chapter for Orbit Culture. While other songs evolved and shifted during the writing process, this one stayed exactly as it was from the very start. It captures everything that defines Orbit Culture - the cinematic elements, the build-up, the verses, and the chorus. From the beginning, we knew this had to be the first song to introduce this new era.

"On almost every show we've ever played, we've used these long, cinematic intros to set the mood - but this time, we figured: why not bake that feeling straight into the song itself? Even as we move forward and leave parts of our past behind, we needed a bridge to the future - and this track became that bridge.”

After supporting Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine earlier this year the band are gearing up for European summer festivals including Download Festival, and supporting In Flames on selected shows:

6 June 25 (SE) Norje - Sweden Rock Festival
15 June 25 (UK) Donington - Download Festival
17 June 25 (FR) Toulouse – w/ In Flames
18 June 25 (FR) Lyon – w/ In Flames
19 June 25 (BE) Dessel - Graspop Metal Meeting
20 June 25 (DE) Leipzig – w/ In Flames
26 June 25 (NO) Oslo - Tons Of Rock
28 June 25 (FIN) Helsinki - Tuska
13 October 25 (J) Loud Park Japan

Hailing from the small town of Eksjö, Sweden (located between the revered metal cities of Gothenburg and Stockholm), the quartet (guitarist and vocalist Niklas Karlsson, guitarist Richard Hansson, bassist Fredrik Lennartsson and drummer Christopher Wallerstedt) have grown into a global force, melding together riffs that are equal parts thrash, death metal and industrial with arresting hooks and a layered atmosphere that invites comparison to Gojira, Metallica and Static-X while carving out something that is uniquely their own.

Orbit Culture’s 2023 album Descent and their subsequent EP release The Forgotten topped many year-end lists in 2023, including Metal Hammer who described the album as: “a formidable entwining of modern metal’s most effective and exciting strands into an impressive milestone.” Exhaustive worldwide touring and a steady stream of crowd-pummeling festival slots across the globe, have set the stage for something much larger. 

Orbit Culture are:
Niklas Karlsson - guitar / vocals
Richard Hansson - guitar
Fredrik Lennartsson - bass
Christopher Wallerstedt - drums

Orbit Culture online:
https://www.orbitculture.com/
https://www.facebook.com/OrbitCulture/
https://www.instagram.com/orbitculture
twitter.com/orbitculture
https://www.youtube.com/user/OrbitCultureOfficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@orbitcultureofficial