Sweden’s stoner metal berserkers 10,000 YEARS unleash their new single “Alien Tactics” on all streaming services today — a blistering second excerpt off their upcoming new album “Esox Lucifer” to be issued on August 7th via Ripple Music!
☄️ Stream new single “Alien Tactics” everywhere ☄️
10,000 Years are set to return with their long-awaited new album, once again pummeling the world into oblivion! Delving deep into existential dread and dark lore, Esox Lucifer drifts through deep space with the same sci-fi, horror, and fantasy obsessions that have always fueled the band.
Esox Lucifer delivers the riff-centric, melodic stoner metal that 10,000 Years has become known for, all driven by Erik Palm’s guitar wizardry and searing solos, the thunderous anchor of Alvin Risberg’s drums, and Alex Risberg’s fuzzed-out bass and fire-driven howls. The result is the band’s most ambitious work to date — one that will easily win over fans of Torche, High On Fire, The Sword and Kylesa!
About the song “Alien Tactics”, vocalist Alex Risberg comments: “This is kind of the centerpiece of the whole album. It encompasses all aspects of our sound and showcases all the various paths the album takes, all boiled down to one song. The lyrics are inspired by one of our favorite TV shows of all time, The X-Files, and they’re a deep dive into various alien conspiracy theories, under the assumption that they’re all true. Fun stuff to write about, for sure, and right up our wheelhouse as anyone who’s followed us for any length of time would know. All in all, this is a real killer track that we’re super proud of and it feels like the essence of 10,000 Years as well as of the new album.”
Don’t miss their recent video for Two Million Stones!
10,000 YEARS “Esox Lucifer”
Out August 7th on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital)
Formed in the plague year of 2020, 10,000 Years has wasted no time forging their signature brand of skull-crushing stoner metal. Across three records in as many years — including II, which earned them a nomination for Best Metal at the Swedish Independent Grammys (Manifest) — the band has proven relentless.
Their 2024 release, All Quiet On The Final Frontier, saw the Riff still reigning supreme, but with a newly melodic edge described as “an experience that’s as heavy as it is spiritual” by The Sleeping Shaman and “the psychedelic-stoner embodiment of science fiction” by Ghost Cult Magazine. The album marked their debut on Californian label Ripple Music, introduced powerhouse drummer Alvin Risberg on wax, and locked into perfect symmetry with Erik Palm’s guitar wizardry and Alex Risberg’s thundering bass and howling vocals. A massive leap forward into new and hugely exciting territory, which will be sealed with their upcoming album Esox Lucifer, coming in the summer of 2026.
10,000 Years lineup
Erik Palm – Guitars
Alex Risberg – Bass/Vocals
Alvin Risberg – Drums
10,000 Years links
Facebook⎪Bandcamp⎪Instagram
Ripple Music links
Website⎪Facebook⎪Bandcamp⎪Instagram
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