Swedish metal band Orbit Culture is commencing a new beginning with “The Tales of War.” Below, watch the song’s video by Riivata Visuals that finds the band braving a raging storm.
“‘The Tales of War’ marks the beginning of a new chapter for Orbit Culture,” the band said. “While other songs evolved and shifted during the writing process, this one stayed exactly as it was from the very start. It captures everything that defines Orbit Culture—the cinematic elements, the build-up, the verses and the chorus. From the beginning, we knew this had to be the first song to introduce this new era. On almost every show we’ve ever played, we’ve used these long, cinematic intros to set the mood—but this time, we figured: Why not bake that feeling straight into the song itself? Even as we move forward and leave parts of our past behind, we needed a bridge to the future—and this track became that bridge.”
After supporting Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine earlier this year, Orbit Culture is gearing up for European summer festivals and supporting In Flames on select shows.
Orbit Culture tour dates:
6/6 — Norje, SE — Sweden Rock Festival
6/15 — Donington, UK — Download Festival
6/17 — Toulouse, FR — w/ In Flames
6/18 — Lyon, FR — w/ In Flames
6/19 — Dessel, BE — Graspop Metal Meeting
6/20 — Leipzig, DE — w/ In Flames
6/26 — Oslo, NO — Tons Of Rock
6/28 — Helsinki, FIN — Tuska
10/13 — (J) — Loud Park Japan
Hailing from the small town of Eksjö, Sweden (located between the revered metal cities of Gothenburg and Stockholm), Orbit Culture (guitarist and vocalist Niklas Karlsson, guitarist Richard Hansson, bassist Fredrik Lennartsson and drummer Christopher Wallerstedt) has grown into a global force, melding together, riffs that are equal parts thrash, death metal and industrial with hooks and a layered atmosphere that invites comparison to Gojira, Metallica and Static-X while carving out its own sound.
Orbit Culture’s 2023 album, “Descent,” and its subsequent EP release, “The Forgotten,” topped many year-end lists in 2023, including Metal Hammer, which described the album as “a formidable entwining of modern metal’s most effective and exciting strands into an impressive milestone.”
