“Love n’ Death” is the first single from Scheitan’s upcoming album which is to be released in the coming year via The Circle Music. The new track is a dark and dreamy mid-tempo gothic anthem with a steady beat, a memorable chorus part and lyrics that celebrate the eternity of both love and death.
“I am really excited to be working on yet another album,” said Pierre Törnkvist, Scheitan’s guitarist, multi-instrumentalist & vocalist. “With every song it seems like I am carving out more and more detail and finish to the sound of Scheitan. Daniel (last name Bergstrand, studio Dug Out) is a huge help in this process. I see him more as a “sound designer” than a mix engineer, he has helped me out a lot to form the sound and we evolve both the sound and the work process with each song.”
“Another thing that is pivotal to the new existence of Scheitan are the live shows, me and Axel (last name Moe, drummer) have now played a few and with each show we sort of “fine-tune” the whole thing. As we also rehearse frequently it does not only impact the live performances, it also helps to deliver better performances in the studio for the recordings as well.”
Swedish gothic rockers Scheitan recently returned following a 24 year hiatus with a brand new album “Songs for the Gothic People”, the band’s first full-length album since their 1999 release “Nemesis”.
Scheitan was formed in 1996 by Pierre Törnkvist (guitar/bass/vocals) together with Oscar Karlsson (drums). The duo started out as a black metal band but transformed during the musical journey into the fields of gothic/ambient rock. Both members had previous musical experience mainly from death and black metal such as The Moaning, Defleshed, The Everdawn and Gates of Ishtar to name a few. They established themselves as respected musicians in the 90s underground scene.
Scheitan released its first album “Travelling in Ancient Times” on Invasion Records in 1996. The album was an 8-track blast of intense black metal except for the last track Portals of Might which was the first indication of Scheitan wanting to explore other musical realms. The second album “Berzerk 2000”, also released on Invasion Records in 1998, was divided into different styles, to say the least. The first four tracks show a gothic/ambient Scheitan while the last three saw Scheitan bid a final farewell to its black metal roots. The first four tracks of “Berzerk 2000” saw a digital re-release in 2021 as the “Deathgoth” EP.
Century Media signed the band after the contract with Invasion was finished and in 1999 the band recorded and released “Nemesis”. The musical style was now completely devoted to the gothic/ambient/dark domain except for the vocals of Pierre Törnkvist who were still kept in the harsh style present on earlier albums. The “Nemesis” album has in later days been hailed as a hidden gem and predecessor to many bands today with a similar style. When it was time to write new Scheitan material after “Nemesis” both Pierre and Oscar felt that it did not fit into the project and therefore Helltrain was started, which is a completely different story.
Scheitan went on a 24-year hiatus but was brought back to life in 2023 with the single “Lost In Time”, a gothic rock masterpiece in the veins of Sisters of Mercy, Fields of The Nephilim and The 69 Eyes. A few weeks prior to the release of the single “Lost in Time” Scheitan signed to Greek label The Circle Music and released “Songs for the Gothic People” in May 2024. More information about the next album to come soon.
