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Swedish exclusive on clear violet blur marbled vinyl with gatefold cover. Limited 300 numbered copies

Lik, the modern day purveyors of classic Swedish death metal, gloriously returned with their fourth album Necro in April of 2025. Standing loud and proud over so many imitators, Necro is the musical equivalent of a classic shock-horror movie that’s drenched in blood and gore and packed with over-the-top extremities. Delve beyond the zombie-fied cover art created by Stockholm-based tattooist and artist Jens Olsson (Ink Fanatics), Necro serves as a reminder of just how special and exciting the genre is: packed with blood-curdling fantasy stories about war, death, zombies, world apocalypse, murder; and stacked with disgustingly-good rotten riffs. Lik are proudly staying true to the DNA and ethos of the music they’ve collectively loved since their teenage years – cutting straight to the jugular in true quintessential death metal style. There is also a guest appearance by Linnea Landstedt (Tyranex, Ice Age) on the crushing track Morgue Rat. Comments vocalist/guitarist Tomas Åkvik, The song is partly inspired by infamous Californian necrophiliac Karen Greenlee and it features the demonic vocal talents of Linnea. It’s a heavy, groovy song about a mortician who can’t keep her fingers away from the dead. It’s also our first track ever with clean-ish guitars. Its tracks like this and other twists and turns that keep LIK on a progressive path without straying from their old-school trademark sounds inspired by the godfathers Dismember, At The Gates and, of course, Entombed.

Track list:
1. Deceased
2. War Praise
3. They
4. Worms Inside
5. Morgue Rat
6. Shred Into Pieces
7. In Ruins
8. The Stockholm Massacre
9. Fields Of Death
10. Rotten Inferno