Finnish metal band Black .44 released their second studio album Bloodlines on February 7th 2025 via Inverse Records. Their debut album “No Blanks” hit the Official Finnish Album Charts on position #19 in 2015. To celebrate the album release, the band also released a stunning music video ‘Aftermath’ made by Anssi Korhonen.

WATCH  Aftermath music video: https://youtu.be/1pdWvss-PD4

Life has taken the band members around the world since their debut album, and finally the next album will see the light of day. That’s pretty much the only daylight we’ll encounter with the release.
The band continues the theme of the first album with dark themes, because they too have to be confronted and overcome. Throughout the album, we deal with mental illness, extreme intolerance, political shenanigans and reflections on taking another person’s life along the tunes of tasty hard rock and stoner inspired metal.
The main themes of the album are the extreme difficulties of different parts of societies, the mental imbalance of certain individuals of humankind and the fundamental problems in humanity that pave the way of our race as a small grain of sand in the cold emptiness of the universe.
Our second album is a humble bow to the musical influences we grew up with to our respectable adult age, and we hope that these elements will also make our listeners smile and nod their heads along our music, because every drop of heart blood is squeezed into this album.

LISTEN to Bloodlines album: https://push.fm/fl/black44-album

Limited CD edition available HERE

Finnish metal band Black .44 is back after nine years! The band is set to release the second studio album Bloodlines on February 7th 2025 via Inverse Records. Their debut album “No Blanks” hit the Official Finnish Album Charts on position #19 in 2015. The first single ‘Again’ taken from the forthcoming album is released today with a music video that’s available here: https://youtu.be/DwIsnKw7bCk

Band comments:

“The song discusses the weaknesses and strengths of the mind from the individual’s point of view. Mental health swings in all directions, but in the end, the strength of the individual leads to victory and light. The band describes this through powerful lyrics and the music alternates between strong and dark themes, with beautiful melodies bringing light to the situation. The roller coaster of the mind is alternately dark and bright, and in the end, the mental strength and willingness to live will lift him back to his feet.”

LISTEN ‘Again’ single on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/black44-again

Limited CD edition Pre-order available HERE