Artist: Svalbard
Title: The Weight Of The Mask
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Cat #: NB70342
Release Year: 2023
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel case

The Weight Of The Mask is the fourth full-length album from the British post-hardcore/metal band Svalbard.

British Alternative Metal quartet Svalbard returns with their new album „The Weight Of The Mask“, the follow-up album to the critically acclaimed „When I Die, Will I Get Better?“ which featured in both Kerrang and Metal Hammer’s top 10 albums of 2020.

Formed in 2011 Svalbard has gained the momentum of a runaway freight train - releasing 3 albums whilst continuing to refine their vast array of musical influences; black metal, hardcore and post-metal, drawing from video game soundtracks, even grindcore and dream pop, all buried within a distorted yet dynamic sound. Throughout this, SVALBARD succinctly articulate the reality of mental illness and the impact that depression has on your relationships and ability to communicate.

With „The Weight Of The Mask“ SVALBARD are going from strength to strength - not just as one of the brightest sparks in metal and contemporaries of a burgeoning modern British metal scene, but as an advocate for mental health.

Recommended if you like: Alcest, Mew, Mono, Mol, Conjurer, Nasum, Celeste, Palm Reader, Oathbreaker, Venom Prison, White Ward, Helmet

Track Listing:
1. Faking It
2. Eternal Spirits
3. Defiance
4. November
5. Lights Out
6. How To Swim Down
7. Be My Tomb
8. Pillar In The Sand
9. To Wilt Beneath The Weight