Decibel Magazine premieres “Tavastland” by Havukruunu

Decibel Magazine is currently streaming “Tavastland”, the latest full-length from Finnish black metal outfit Havukruunu, in its ferocious entirety. The premiere comes on the eve of the record’s official release on February 28th via Svart Records.

Fuck it up and let the evil fire to blaze from your speakers to achieve an altered blasphemous state; hail the gods of the four winds and let your steel shine bright in the light of the moon. Let the heaths, titan-woods and dark waters of Tavastland sing you their songs of sorrow and enchantment!

HAVUKRUUNU is one of Finland’s finest black metal exports, and has become an essential pillar of paganism-infused atmospheric excellence. The band combines the style’s penchant for soaring, flowing notes with the raw and icy tones sometimes missing from the legions of Bergtatt-worshipping pretenders. Albums like 2017’s Kelle surut soi and 2020’s Uinuos syömein sota made the band synonymous with quality: a sound at once fierce and powerful, yet also dramatic and majestic. And thus the epic saga continues on the band’s latest album, Tavastland, which Decibel is proud to present in it’s full glory here today.

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Stream Havukruunu’s “Tavastland”, exclusively at Decibel Magazine, HERE. 

Watch Havukruunu’s previously released video for “Tavastland” HERE and a visualizer for “Havukruunu Ja Talvenvarjo” HERE.

After three albums, the pieces of the puzzle fit, and Havukruunu returns with a vengeance. The sorrowful guitars of Stefa and Bootleg-Henkka draw threatening dark shadows on the wall, Kostajainen’s drum bombardment pulses like embers of a dying fire in the hearth. All the while, Humö’s bass guitar is clanking and wailing like the icy wind rattling windows and banging walls as Stefa roars and channels messages from the netherworld or preaches wisdom of ancient days, backed by a choir.

Lords of Hell smile approvingly as the flames of hatred and cunning of their beloved sons drowns a dying old world, and the heart of the earth trembles the birth of the new and weird. Havukruunu is the spirit of freedom, the harbinger of oblivion, and it tells you: “Fly, You Fools!”

Elaborates Stefa on the album’s theme:

Tavastland tells how in 1237 the Tavastians rose in a rebellion against the church of Christ and drove the popes naked into the frost to die. Tavastland reveals our fathers’ centuries old sins and lies of consolation. Tavastland speaks of him, who has become a prisoner of his home, alienated from the land of the forest and is now afraid of the dark with all lights on, surrounded by his smart devices. Tavastland tells about the freedom we lost. Tavastland haunts its listener to the grave, and I will personally open that grave one bleak night and steal the fading light of your sempiternal soul.

Havukruunu’s “Tavastland” will be available on CD, cassette, and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants: Amber + Black Smoke and Classic Black. “Tavastland”‘s first Svart exclusive – the Ice + Blood vinyl edition – is now sold out. The label has now unveiled a second exclusive edition on Transparent Green + Black Smoke vinyl (limited to 313 copies). All vinyl editions of the first pressing include a booklet and poster. A new Havukruunu sweatshirt is also up for preorder. T-shirts are still available as well.

Find all preorder options at the Svart Webshop HERE.

“Tavastland” Track Listing: 

1. Kuolematon Laulunhenki

2. Yönsynty

3. Havukruunu Ja Talvenvarjo

4. Tavastland

5. Kuoleman Oma

6. Unissakävijä

7. Kun Veri Sekoipuu Lumeen

8. De Miseriis Fennorum