🎵 “The Vice” announce new EP ‘A Great Unrest’ and release video for first single (Noble Demon)

Swedish dark metal trio The Vice has announced the release of their upcoming five-track EP, “A Great Unrest”, which will be released on March 7th via Noble Demon.

Following their successful last album “Dead Canary Run” (2024, Noble Demon), The Vice have embarked on a deliberate journey to release a series of EPs. The addition of Joel Öhman, a long-time collaborator, has transformed the band into a finely tuned quartet, enriching their sound with fresh perspectives and innovative approaches.

And although the diversity of the tracks is not quite at Fantomas level, sound engineer and studio owner Joona Hassinen has really done his best to give the EP a coherent sound. ‘A Great Unrest‘ sounds a bit lighter, but also harder than ‘Dead Canary Run‘, with an electrified, distorted tension that runs through the whole album.

As a taster of the upcoming release, The Vice have released the first single and title track of the EP. The song is accompanied by a new & dark music video.

Guitarist Rickard on the song: “To me, ‘A Great Unrest’ is everything that makes The Vice so special, in its purest form. A damn dark riff, a couple of choruses bursting with wildness, passion and rebellion, and a final act that releases all the pent-up tension in a beautiful yet highly threatening way. All in less than three and a half minutes. I really think we’ve hit the nail on the head with this.”

Regarding the theme of the EP, the band adds: “Thematically, there were no different ideas and thoughts than usual when we entered the studio. The Vice is about restlessness, rebellion, those mixed feelings of unease and ecstasy when you’re balancing on the last few centimeters of the edge and on the verge of falling into the void. It always has been and always will be. Some songs here and there have more specific topics, but in general they are reflections and ideas about this existence from a rather calm, collected perspective, but one that is always prepared and anticipates the moment when the tension breaks and the uncertain madness begins. At some point, the visuals like the cover, the music video, the title, etc. started to lean into a kind of Cold War aesthetic. This was absolutely not intentional, never discussed, and not something we would inherently draw from. Certainly some things led to others, but at least some of it feels like the music just has an inherent mood. A cold, metallic, dark, post-war mood.”