Atlas descend into the ice-cold depths of grief with ‘Salt And Sulfur’

Dark, heavy, and yet marked by a piercing fragility: with their new single ‘Salt And Sulfur‘, Finnish Northcore visionaries Atlas make an impressive return. This song shows the band in a form that is both uncompromising and profoundly vulnerable.

‘Salt And Sulfur‘ is more than just a song – it is an experience. A brutal yet vulnerable-sounding metalcore anthem that pulls listeners into a maelstrom of raw energy and intense emotion. From the very first bars, there is no doubt: heavy, pounding guitar riffs collide with relentlessly rapid blast beats driving forward, while icy clean vocals rise above it all – sharp and cutting like frozen air.

But behind the heaviness lies an abyss. ‘Salt And Sulfur’ feels like a slow, sorrow-drenched descent into grief and emotional ruin. With every second, a dark atmosphere unfolds that frays the nerves yet carries a strange beauty. Post-metal poetry blends with elemental dread until cathartic clarity emerges from the chaos – an anthem of loss and impermanence, as weighty as the themes it embraces.

With ‘Salt And Sulfur‘ Atlas demonstrate how much they have refined their ability to intertwine brutal heaviness with atmospheric depth. Every note is drenched in icy melancholy, every breakdown hits like a punch to the gut – and yet what remains is a sense of relief.

Embrace the cold.

WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO HERE

ON TOUR WITH ORBIT CULTURE AND GAEREA
With their brand-new single ‘Salt And Sulfur‘ in tow, Atlas will embark on an extensive European and UK tour with Orbit Culture and Gaerea starting in October 2025. Live, the band unleashes its full weight – an intense experience that is at once painful, soothing, and transcendent.

TOUR DATES:
OCT 21 – Hamburg, DE @ Markthalle
OCT 22 – Berlin, DE @ Columbia Theater
OCT 24 – Warsaw, PL @ Proxima
OCT 25 – Krakow, PL @ Kwadrat
OCT 26 – Dresden, DE @ Parkhotel
OCT 27 – Prague, CZ @ Roxy
OCT 28 – Vienna, AT @ Simm City
OCT 29 – Munich, DE @ Backstage Werk
OCT 31 – Zurich, CH @ Komplex 457
NOV 01 – Frankfurt, DE @ Batschkapp
NOV 02 – Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria Hall
NOV 04 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
NOV 05 – Lille, FR @ Splendid
NOV 06 – Paris, FR @ Bataclan
NOV 08 – Manchester, UK @ Damnation Festival
NOV 10 – Newcastle, UK @ NX
NOV 11 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
NOV 12 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus
NOV 14 – Wolverhampton, UK @ KK Steel Mill
NOV 15 – Bristol, UK @ Electric
NOV 16 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
NOV 19 – Eindhoven, NL @ Effenaar
NOV 21 – Malmo, SE @ Slagthuset
NOV 22 – Gothenburg, SE @ Filmstudios
NOV 24 – Helsinki, FI @ House of Culture
NOV 26 – Stockholm, SE @ Fallan
NOV 27 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
NOV 28 – Karlstad, SE @ Nöjesfabriken
NOV 29 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
NOV 30 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset

FIND TICKETS HERE