12/06/2026
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Umeå, Sweden based four-piece Moloken recently announced their self-titled fifth album for a September 25th release via Discouraged Records, marking a powerful return after six years of silence - a dark, introspective journey through themes of consciousness, death, and eternity. The announcement was accompanied by the first single and video ‘A Night Vision Revealed (Asterion Pt. I), and today, the band follows up with the second single ‘Fault Line’.
Stream single: https://orcd.co/mmi71-2
'Fault Line' continues the band's exploration of new sonic territory while remaining firmly rooted in the darkness and weight that have defined them for nearly two decades. Clean vocals intertwine with towering walls of sound before giving way to a crushing growled refrain, creating a stark contrast between fragility and force. The result is a song that feels both familiar and transformative — a fault line between who Moloken were and who they are becoming.
Guitarist Patrik Ylmefors states on 'Fault Line':
"Fault Line emerged from the ruins of a friendship that slowly unraveled, transforming shared histories into distant memories. It captures the moment when the fault line finally breaks open beneath your feet — when the certainty of loss becomes impossible to ignore. Balancing sorrow with hard-won clarity, the song reflects on endings, the faint possibility of new beginnings, and the realization that some absences remain with us long after we have learned to live around them."
Alongside the release of ‘Fault Line’, the band also shares the artwork and the album tracklist, which consists of seven compositions. The album is released on digital formats, CD and on vinyl in 250 copies with pre-orders being available soon.
‘Moloken’ Tracklist:
1. The Burden of Our Awareness
2. Eternal Sleep
3. 21.12.21
4. Fault Line
5. Fragments of Dark Matter
6. En lek med döden
7. A Night Vision Revelead (Asterion, Pt. I)
Artwork by Akrar
Photo by Marcus Norman
