Tamsims Iikam - CD

After two releases on Tutl Records (EP "Vilst er síðsta fet" und "Evst" 2013) and the win at Wacken Metal Battle in 2012 the band from the Faroe Islands is now ready to put the world under the Doom.

Again the lyrcics are in  the Band's mother language. In combination with the charismatic voice of Jon Aldara (BARREN EARTH, ex-CLOUDS) "Tansims Iikam" is a very special unique Death/Doom album, and a perfect start in the new Doom Metal year 2018.

Roughly translated as 'Body of the mist', 'Támsins likam' is an attempt to create the most intriguing, honest and unique Hamferð experience yet. It is nothing less than a pinnacle; a culmination of many years of refining both sound and songwriting, spearheaded by a strong desire to keep progressing and expanding. This has resulted in an album bustling with elements ancient and familiar, violent and strange, earthen and spectral - all the while fiercely seeking to surprise and move the listener.

Once again recorded in Studio Bloch in the Faroe Islands, but this time mixed by the legendary Swedish sound wizard Daniel Bergstrand in his Dugout Productions studio, 'Támsins likam' exhibits a rawer and more mature version of the known Hamferð sound. The somewhat harsh and bare soundscape deliberately contrasts with the refined compositions, while at the same aligning with the increasingly honest and violent lyrical content.

"Faroese doom metal" is a powerful sound. Exclusive to this self-styled tag is Hamferð. For a near decade, the funeral dressed sextet has been casting a unique expression rooted in conceptual tragedy and intense, narrative doom metal.

Faroese history and folklore are mixed together with grand atmospheres, a trademark that has earned worldwide attraction. Stages at festivals such as Inferno, Midgardsblot, Tuska, Summer Breeze, Wacken and many more have been turned into funerary ceremonies. Touring with bands like Amorphis and Moonsorrow has further garnered the band a respected reputation due to strong yet solemn live performances.

The lyrical and conceptual approach is ambitious in scope. People are drawn to it, even though the band sings in their native tongue, Faroese. With a highly engaging idea concerning lyrics and songwriting, the hour has arrived to close a conceptual trilogy which commenced with the 2010 EP 'Vilst er síðsta fet', continued with the internationally acclaimed 2013 full-length album 'Evst', and is now concluded with 'Támsins likam'.