Sweden’s JÄRNBÖRD released their second album “Filmer för blinda” (Movies for the blind) on January 10th 2025.
The album took almost four years to complete. The fact that it took so long has a lot to do with the band releasing a handful of split records and singles in the meantime, but also because of an ambition to really invest this time. “What happens if we broaden the view of what our grindcore really is? Can we attack the songs from another direction – plank a Pixies stick, interpret Björn Afzelius?”
On Björn Afzelius’s song “Flickan i snøn”, the band is guested by Anna Wagner from, among others, Dead Sleep. She is joined by more guest artists. In “Rockar med mammon” Mikey Lennartsson from GAMLA PENGAR and THE DAHMERS rasps out lines about having time to listen to SLAYER and in “Vi ska ätas, vi ska dömas”, the techno artist Johanna Knutsson sings about how sometimes it is better to keep your mouth shut.
“Filmer för blinda” revolves around the phenomenon of being human – during one and the same day, we can be exposed to feelings of helplessness, joy, sadness, anger, fatigue, love, friendship and hatred. How do we handle it? How do we stay afloat? Some close their eyes, others confront it. Some booze their day away, others go to work. Some becomes right-wing, others renovate their balcony. But in the end, nothing really matters. It’s movies for the blind.
“It has been important for us not to get stuck in the generic. Although we have taken every opportunity to place ourselves in the grindcore genre, we have always identified ourselves as a regular rock band. We quite often play a very fast form of rock music, but in the end it’s completely normal rock we deal with. It also gives greater freedom in terms of lyrics. I want to be able to write about raw capitalism, but I also want to sing about fast cars and Torgny Lindgren”, says Anders Schärberg, who plays guitar and sings in JÄRNBÖRD.
“Filmer för blinda” is mostly recorded in Studio Covid by Niklas Ehrlin, with the exception of the drums, which were recorded in Studio Tonhuvud by Hannes Heed. Mixed and mastered by Ulf Blomberg, HoboRec Recording Studio.
Vinyl-LP is released by De:nihil Records (SWE) and 7Degrees Records (GER). CD is released by Hecatombe Records (SP) and Esagoya Records (JPN).
Album tracklist:
01. Gärning Och Lidande
02. Ormens Väg På Kvarnberget
03. Filmer För Blinda
04. Rockens Heraldik
05. Vi ska ätas, vi ska dömas
06. Rockar med Mammon
07. Okomplicerad
08. Flickan i snön
09. Dött format
10. Nu kör vi
JÄRNBÖRD
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