Avatar discuss upcoming tenth album’s progressive sound

In a recent interview with Vrotherhood, Johannes Eckerström, vocalist of Swedish heavy metal band Avatar, discussed the songwriting process and what to expect from the band’s tenth album.

Some songs are way more clearly story-driven, like little ghost stories or whatever. And some songs are reflective, introspective in a way that I don’t think I would’ve had the ability to do earlier in my life. ‘Cause that’s the other thing — always, always, always look for a way to feel like a beginner, find something to be excited about as a songwriter, as a creative person. ‘Cause this will be our tenth album. And I don’t need any justification to make music for myself. But if I’m gonna bother you with it, I feel like there has to be something about it that we didn’t quite do before. 

The band began working in the studio for the upcoming album in January, and it is tentatively scheduled to be released later this year via their own record label, Black Waltz Records.