NEWS: Nemecic love the smell of napalm!

While it doesn’t have a release date or title as yet, a third and final advanced single in “Petrol and Spark” from an EP pencilled in for a late 2026 release via Inverse Records has arrived from  Finnish Melodic Death Metal band Nemecic. It will be the third record from the band in a decade of destruction with 2017’s “The Deathcantation” and 2021’s “The Last Magic in Practice” making waves.

The band comment: “Petrol and Spark is different from what people are used to hearing from us in many ways. If our previous single, ‘Mysterion,’ was perhaps the heaviest song we’ve written to date, this time we’re heading in the opposite direction. By our standards, you could even describe this one as a ballad. Lead vocals are handled by guitarist Tuomo Salonen, whose vocal work could also be heard on our previous full-length album on tracks such as ‘The Crowing of Swans’ and ‘The Chatter of Teeth.’ Vocalist Aki Salonen provides backup with growls and harmonies. The lyrics explore the end of existence and whether it is necessarily a purely negative thing. So, as you can imagine, the mood is as cheerful as ever.”

Music video director Aki Suomela: “The idea for the video’s script came about while I was listening to the band’s demos, and this particular song caught my attention. I listened to it over and over again, and images started flashing through my mind, gradually taking shape as a story. The video explores a devastating, paralyzing sense of longing and loss – a feeling that touches almost everyone at some point in their lives. But what happens when longing takes over and you become willing to do anything? The aim was to create a cinematic and visually striking piece that combines powerful emotions, dance, flames and a sense of mythology that blurs the boundaries of reality.”