Danish metal outfit, GRADIENCE has dropped their latest video, “Vermin.” The track comes off the band’s debut full-length, Anomaly, out now on Metal Blade Records.
Guitarist/vocalist Jakob Harris comments, “‘Vermin’ is the opener for our album Anomaly, for good reason. It encapsulates everything the album represents in a flurry of riffs, rap bars, melancholic melodies and screams. It’s a personal favorite on the album for me.”
Watch GRADIENCE’s “Vermin” video HERE.
Watch GRADIENCE’s previously released videos for “Agony,” “Deathwish,” “Master To The Slave,” “White Noise,” and “Undone” HERE.
GRADIENCE has announced an eight-date debut UK tour with Survivalist starting in Huddersfield on March 2nd, 2027.
Comments Harris, “Playing the UK is a real bucket-list moment for us. We’ve drawn so much inspiration from UK bands over the years, and many of those influences found their way into the writing and sound of Anomaly. To finally bring the album to the UK and play these songs for the audience that comes from such a huge part of our musical inspiration is incredibly exciting. And we’re stoked to be doing it alongside our friends in Survivalist!”
Prior to the UK run, the band has shows booked in Denmark with Cabal in December. See all confirmed dates below.
GRADIENCE:
11/07/2026 Ålborg Metal Festival – Ålborg, DK
w/ Cabal:
12/11/2026 Mejeriet – Sønderborg, DK
12/12/2026 Tapperiet – Køge, DK
12/18/2026 Radar – Århus, DK
12/19/2026 Vejle – Bygningen, DK
w/ Survivalist:
3/02/2027 Parish – Huddersfield, UK
3/03/2027 Bannermans – Edinburgh, UK
3/04/2027 Head Of Steam – Newcastle, UK
3/05/2027 Fighting Cocks – Kingston, UK
3/06/2027 Bear Cave – Bournemouth, UK
3/07/2027 Fuel – Cardiff, UK
On the inaugural full-length from this shrewdly named Danish duo, the usually clear-cut boundary between apocalyptic, sludgy blackened death metal and dark urban trap-rap is thrillingly pulverized. Lines of musical convention are further blurred by disarmingly emotive and intimate vocal lines, and a vibrant sound picture heaving with glacial synths and hypnotic sonic details. At first, it might daunt and confuse those who like their boundaries clear-cut, but at the heart of GRADIENCE‘s brash and radical new sound is an authentic and heartwarming new friendship.
Anomaly is available now on CD, LP and digital formats. Preview/purchase the record at metalblade.com/gradience.
Anomaly Track Listing:
1. Vermin
2. Blame Me
3. Agony
4. Master To The Slave
5. Stains
6. Deathwish
7. Slow
8. Undone
9. A Witness
10. White Noise
11. Grimey Potential
In 2022, vocalist Gavin Mistry and guitarist Jakob Lærke Harris struck up an immediate creative rapport at a Copenhagen show for local deathcore heroes Cabal. Gavin had been signed to Sony in Denmark with his “grunge/rock/trap duo” KXDS – a project stymied by the COVID disaster. Before that, he’d been involved with an underground hip-hop label/collective. “I had gained a little performance experience and was known as the authentic trap-rapper with emotional and melodic bits,” says Gavin.
His efforts attracted the ear of Jakob, who knew he’d found a kindred soul, with a voice that he was keen to work with. “It was an immediate musical and creative match,” enthuses Jakob. “I admired Gavin’s vivid lyrics and his ease, switching between delicate melody lines and hard flows; it just opened so many doors to explore in the songwriting process.”
GRADIENCE audibly generates real “planets aligning” energy. The tension and turbulence of Jakob’s extreme metal growl finds counterintuitive new context alongside Gavin’s fierce rhythms and rhymes, further enlivened by the spontaneous crackle to the performances, not least drummer Frederik Kjelstrup Hansen’s and bassist Patrick Petersen’s hammering rhythm section.
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