Blood Red Throne Stream New Song “Itika”

Norwway’s Blood Red Throne have announced that they’ll release their tenth album, Imperial Congregation, on October 8. They’ve also unveiled the first single, “Itika.”

Says guitarist Daniel Olaisen of “Itika”:

“‘Itika’ was one of the first songs I wrote for this album and it’s heavy as fuck. Some real cool rhythm stuff going on and somewhat futuristic leads. ‘Itika’ stands out on the album as a more fictional love song. Some necrophile dude, longing to get the sexy corpse, which keeps ignoring him. He wishes he was good enough, or dead enough, to get her in the end.”

He continues:

 “This time around we’ve made something new and fresh in our sound. We felt it from the very first song that was written; this will take us to a whole different level in terms of arrangements, riffs, vocals… everything. We are super-excited to share this with our fans, and in cooperation with the greatest label ever.”

Regarding the cover art by Marcelo Vasco, he concludes:

“Many of our lyrics deal with our skepticism of religion, and of mankind in general. Be free or be dead. Two gigantic skeletons tower over the men of worship as they dictate human fate by candlelight.”

You can check out the song, tracklist, and album art below.

Imperial Congregation Tracklist

1. “Imperial Congregation”
2. “Itika”
3. “Conquered Malevolence”
4. “Transparent Existence”
5. “Inferior Elegance”
6. “We All Bleed”
7. “6-7”
8. “Consumed Illusion”
9. “Hero-Antics”
10. “Zarathurstra”