Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
The Swedish gothic rock band Die Oberherren released their debut album in 2023 through Svart Records. The story continues now with a new full-length album, which was released on January 30, this time via Lightning Records.
There was a plan. A simple one: make another record like the last. That plan died screaming in pain. What emerged instead is the troubled misfit in the shape of “To die like a god” – a fractured beast stitched together from shadows and melodies. They warned you. You didn’t listen. The Rider Wearing Black says:
“This isn’t a uniform wall of sound – it’s a labyrinth. Three, maybe four sonic worlds collide on ‘To die like a god.’ Bound only by a voice that whispers and howls through the chaos.
Think gothic rock bleeding into melodic haze, then clawing its way into something harder, darker. Sisters of Mercy meet Monster Magnet in a dim-lit alley while The Cult watches from the shadows.”
Catchy? Yes. But don’t trust the hooks – they bite. Beneath every chorus lurks something unsettling, a pulse of menace under the calm. Every track is a trapdoor, every lyric a riddle. If you know your literature – you’ll feel the ghosts. Titles twisted from books, stories warped into songs like “To Kill a Silver Sparrow,” “Shadows Across the South” and “Crystal Poison.” There’s a thread here, but it’s frayed and dangerous. The Rider Wearing Black continues:
“This record wasn’t written in a room. It was conjured in fragments – verses hummed into phones, riffs born in isolation, ideas passed like cursed relics across distance. No single architect, no lone visionary. Just a coven of restless minds, each dragging their own demons to the altar. Energy from all directions, chaotic and alive.”
The result? Ten tracks that fill every frequency of the human ear. Gothic rock dominates – four or five songs steeped in shadows. Then the mist rolls in: melancholic, psychedelic, almost beautiful. And when the storm hits, it hits hard – riffs sharp enough to draw blood, with whispers of symphonic grandeur.
“‘To die like a god’ isn’t just an album. It’s a warning. Beneath the surface calm, something feral stirs. Play it – if you dare.”
Die Oberherren: Once an underground circle of anarchistic thinkers and false prophets – turned their defiance into dark prophecy, predicting wars and revolutions under a shroud of mysticism. Today, their spirit rises again in heavy, gothic soundscapes and occult-driven lyrics that echo rebellion and unease.
Members:
Rob Coffinshaker – vocals
Architect – keyboards and vocals
Zoak – bass
Napalm to the Bone – guitars
The Rider Wearing Black – guitars
Sadistic Sacred Whore – drums
Lady MacDeath – vocals
Guests on this record:
Whiplasher Bernadotte (Deathstars)
Jonka (Tribulation)
Masked Jackal
Coroner (The Dead And Living)
Die Oberherren can next be seen live in Sundbyberg, Sweden, on April 3, with Finnish band Dharma Guns. You can find the Facebook event and ticket sales via this link.
