Orbit Culture return from the frozen north with a new album and their first with Century Media Records that is aptly titled Death Above Life, due for a release on 3rd October 2025. After braving a storm with the first single ‘The Tales Of War‘, Orbit Culture take a bold step out of debilitating twilight with the next single and album title track ‘Death Above Life’.
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”The album represents change, a new beginning,” says guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Niklas Karlsson. “It brings up a lot of good and bad emotions but it’s a big change for the better. It feels like a rebirth.”
On the new single, the band comment: “Our next song is the title track of the album – ‘Death Above Life’. While the first single, ‘The Tales Of War’, acted as a bridge to the next chapter, this one kicks the doors wide open. It’s darker, heavier, and leans into a more horror-driven side of Orbit Culture. Lyrically, it reflects a choice: when faced with the idea of continuing down a path surrounded by the wrong people, we sometimes know that we have to cut ties. It is not literally about choosing death but walking away from what is holding us back. ‘Death Above Life’ is about letting go of what no longer fits to make space for something real. It will see the light of day for the very first time at Download Festival.”
Having just concluded the Poisoned Ascendancy EU/UK tour supporting the mighty Trivium & Bullet For My Valentine, Orbit Culture show no sign of slowing down as they embark on a number of summer dates, including festivals and supporting In Flames on selected shows:
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 a band poised. They are the sound of metal in the most modern sense.