Photo Credit: Jonathan Perlmann
This Friday, 9th February, tAKiDA, one of Sweden’s largest and most successful rock bands, will finally reveal their massive ninth studio album, The agony flame (Napalm Records). In anticipation of the upcoming release, the quintet have unveiled their brand-new fourth single, 'On the line'. The track presents fast-paced melody and intense vocals - building a highly-infectious hymn alongside its official music video.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/SJAINflbS_s
Pre-order The agony flame here: https://lnk.to/Takida-TheAgonyFlame/napalmrecords
The single arrives on the heels of tAKiDA’s recent announcement of their 2024 Smoke & Mirrors Tour, including an extended run through several major cities in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Supported by Those Damn Crows, the tour kicks off in Germany on 2nd April.
Tickets are on-sale now.
Ever since their start in 1999 and breaking into the scene with their first studio album, Make You Breathe (2006), tAKiDA has become one of Sweden’s largest rock bands, garnering mind-blowing success in their home country with six platinum singles (one of them 4x platinum), three platinum albums and five #1 albums. In 2023, tAKiDA’s recent singles, cut from the upcoming album The agony flame, have exceeded the already extremely well-accomplished band’s previous international radio chart success, with 'The loneliest hour' hitting #1 on German Rock Airplay Charts, and 'Third strike' added to daily rotation at Antyradio - Poland’s biggest and most important rock radio channel. In summer 2023, tAKiDA conquered the mainstage of the legendary Wacken Open Air, performing in front of twenty thousand people. With the release of The agony flame in 2024, tAKiDA will not only celebrate 25 years of band history, but surpass their current success without the shadow of a doubt.
The agony flame embodies the distinctive, unmistakable tAKiDA sound, rich with infectious, huge choruses. On the new album, listeners get to witness some of singer Robert Pettersson’s strongest vocal performances to date.
Over the course of tAKiDA’s fruitful career, the band has regularly topped radio airplay charts, and their star doesn’t show any signs of dimming! The first track released from The agony flame, 'The loneliest hour', became the band’s biggest radio success to date by going straight to #1 on the German Rock Radio Airplay Charts after its release as a standalone single in summer 2023. In trademark tAKiDA manner, songs like 'Your blood awaits you', 'Third strike' and 'On the line' are loaded with emotion and unlimited hit potential.
More than two decades after the band’s formation, tAKiDA’s new offering makes it crystal clear that the unit’s pop-infused rock is still relevant today.
tAKiDA on The agony flame: “The agony flame is our “now or never”-album and you’re free to interpret that however you want. Hope you’ll like it.”
The agony flame will be available in the following formats:
1-LP Gatefold MARBLED ORANGE RED Die Hard Edition (Cotton Bag + Slipmat + Record Butler)
1-LP Gatefold SOLID RED
1-CD Digisleeve + Shirt Bundle
1-CD Digisleeve
1-LP Gatefold BLACK
Digital Album
tAKiDA are:
Robert Pettersson: vocals
Tomas Wallin: backing vocals, guitars
Mattias Larsson: guitar
Chris Rehn: bass, keyboards, guitars, programming and arrangements
Kristoffer Söderström: drums
The agony flame tracklisting:
1. Third strike
2. The other side
3. Sacred spell
4. In time
5. Your blood awaits you
6. Nothing but a misplace
7. The loneliest hour
8. Sickening
9. Isolated (smoke & mirrors)
10.On the line
11.Second fiddle
