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Swedish stoner metal berserkers 10,000 YEARS return with their new album "Esox Lucifer" on Ripple Music this August 7th, and present the rip-roaring first track "Two Million Stones" today.
10,000 Years return with their eagerly awaited new album to once again pummel 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!
It was produced by the band themselves with Erik Palm engineering, recorded in four months at their own Pine Hill Studios (drums cut at Studio Fluff in Västerås by Andreas Morén), mixed by Robert Lamu of Skraeckoedlan, and mastered by Magnus "Devo" Andersson at Endarker Studio.
TRACKLIST:
1. Beasts Of The Northern Wild
2. Pursuit Special
3. Fleur de Sledgehammer
4. Church Of The Red Museum
5. Alien Tactics
6. Two Million Stones
7. Paranoidium
8. Esox Lucifer
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
So refreshing to hear this sound; groove, great chorus transitions, and technical when it needs to be. Best find of the year so far and a band to watch. David Rothbauer
Blending introspective ambient with shuddering bass drops and hazy synths, the Brooklyn electronic veterans' fifth LP is a majestic triumph. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2026
so totally late to the Vitskar scene... I have the two later LPs but wanted to be a completist (which is rare for me) as I adored Vessel and Faceless King. I listen to this almost exclusively in headphones. Intricate, complicated, deep, and so well produced. an absolutely wonderful LP for fans of progressive hard rock. so glad this was repressed. wannabejedi