Baest Release “Misfortunate Son”, New Album ‘Colossal’ Coming This August
Danish death metal outfit Baest are back and they’re bringing their fourth full-length album into the world later this summer with the release of Colossal. To mark the occasion, they dropped a riff heavy smasher with its first single “Misfortunate Son (feat. ORM)”.
Set to release on August 15, the album is the band’s follow up to their 2021 album Necro Sapiens and features nine new tracks. The single they dropped today sounds very old school heavy metal at points and according to the band, that’s very much by design.
“Paying homage to the heavy metal roots of our music, we wanted to incorporate fast, classic and rocking riffs. This album showcases our passion for melody and a new direction for our death metal. Keeping the energy of former releases and adding new flavours to the inferno, Colossal stands out as an honest, original and exciting release.
“Recording it over the course of 2 years at Antfarm Studio with Tue Madsen has been a different but exciting process, leaving a lot of space in between material released off the album, with the two first singles ‘Colossus’ and ‘Imp Of The Perverse’ being almost a year old by now. We found that giving songs more time to grow felt right, and we also had to reinvent our own style and sound in that process, which leads to our satisfaction with Colossal – it’s a broad album sound wise, and we feel this is the essence of Baest.
“Playing some of the new tracks live on our recent tour with Danish rock legends D-A-D was helpful in cementing the appeal of the new tracks and helped us finish the album recordings between those shows. Next up, we embark on our first ever U.S./North America run supporting Arch Enemy, and we are following this tour up with a ton of European festivals. This will be the perfect platform to show the new material and get feedback from the fans – see you on the road!”
Colossal will be released on August 15 via Century Media Records, but you can pre-order your copy today. As the band said above, they’ll also be touring with Arch Enemy, Fit For An Autopsy, and Thrown Into Exile starting next week, so be sure to check out the full list of dates below and get your tickets today.
4/14 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park
4/15 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
4/16 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom
4/18 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
4/19 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
4/20 Vancouver, BC The Pearl
4/22 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
4/23 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
4/25 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
4/26 Denver, CO Summit
4/28 Minneapolis, MN The Fillmore Minneapolis
4/29 Chicago, IL The Vic Theatre
4/30 Detroit, MI The Majestic Theatre
5/2 New York, NY Palladium Times Square
5/3 Worcester, MA The Palladium
5/5 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of The Living Arts
5/6 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore Silver Spring
5/8 Montreal, QC L’Olympia (+ Martyr, no Fit For An Autopsy)
5/9 Toronto, ON Queen Elizabeth Theatre
5/10 Stroudsburg, PA The Sherman Theater
5/11 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple
5/13 Charlotte, NC The Underground (no Baest)
5/15 Daytona Beach, FL Welcome To Rockville
5/16 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade (no Baest)
5/18 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Metal Fest
