photo by Lasse Høgh
Danish black metal band ORM delivers their fourth album, GULD, out today through their long-running allies at Indisciplinarian.
With GULD, ORM marks yet another important step in their musical development, building on their characteristic epic and progressive approach to black metal – this time in a more direct and intensified format with five shorter and more concise compositions. Musically, GULD is ORM’s most focused and uncompromising album to date. The five songs, which range from six to twelve minutes, are built around intense riff structures, relentless rhythmic shifts and complex melodies that weave in and out of each other like a musical kaleidoscope. The album moves between furious aggression, deep sorrow, and ominous calm, placing ORM in a field of tension between traditional black metal and progressive elements drawn from both death metal and classic metal.
Thematically, GULD explores modern humanity’s self-destructive cultivation of negative emotions – a vain and manipulated pursuit of perfection and recognition that leads to fear, isolation and downfall. The album uses frameworks inspired by folklore and fables to portray human vanity, envy and self-deception as universal forces that have haunted mankind’s stories throughout history. Gold becomes a symbol of both wealth and decay – an alluring but poisoned promise that can never be fulfilled without a heavy price.
GULD was produced by guitarist/vocalist Simon Sonne Andersen and ORM, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Obituary, Internal Bleeding, Vastum), and completed with artwork by Asger W. Krogh and photography by Lasse Høgh.
Listen to ORM’s crushing GULD today on Bandcamp HERE and all other streaming services HERE.
GULD is out today in three vinyl formats – 500 on Black, 150 on Red Gold, and 150 on Bio White –a CD digipak of 200 copies, a cassette run of 100 copies, and digitally at the Indisciplinarian webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
To celebrate the album, ORM is playing three unique release shows with three different setlists at the three venues at VEGA in Copenhagen, encompassing their four albums and simultaneously celebrating the new record and the band’s 10 year anniversary, The first show took place yesterday at the small intimate Ideal Bar, tonight the band will perform at the second largest Lille Vega and tomorrow the grand finale will unfold in the biggest hall Store Vega. Tickets for the remaining two shows are running low and are available HERE.
ORM Live:
10/30/2025 Ideal Bar Vega – Copenhagen, DK
10/31/2025 Lille Vega – Copenhagen, DK
11/01/2025 Store Vega – Copenhagen, DK
ORM was formed in 2015 and released its eponymous debut album in 2017, introducing the band’s melodic and ambitious approach to black metal. On their second album Ir in 2019 and its successor Intet • Altet in 2022, ORM expanded their musical palette with long, epic works and a deep thematic foundation rooted in mythology, folklore, and existential narratives. With GULD, the band once again takes a step toward a more riff-driven and aggressive expression, without abandoning the emotional and yearning atmospheres that have made them one of the most acclaimed names on the Danish metal scene.
ORM unites human synergy and analog craftsmanship – both in their music and in their visual expression, where collage artist Asger Krogh’s tactile artwork stands in contrast to today’s AI-driven aesthetics and emphasizes the album’s physical and organic undertone. With GULD, ORM once again demonstrates their ability to combine extreme music with deep thematic layers and artistic ambition, cementing their position as one of Europe’s most visionary black metal bands.
For review copies of GULD and interviews with ORM, contact dave@earsplitcompound.com, and in the EU/UK contact krogholt@indisciplinarian.com.
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