Sweden has always known how to weaponize darkness, and SARCASM remain one of the underground’s most criminally overlooked masters of melodic extremity. Blackened death metal, cosmic atmosphere, razorwire riffing — these maniacs have been twisting the genre beyond simple “Swedeath” labels for decades.
Today, vocalist Heval Bozarslan answers a sacred question for the death metal faithful:
“What’s your personal pick for the greatest death metal album of all time?”
And the answer comes with absolutely zero hesitation:
“Greatest death metal album of all time? It’s POSSESSED’s Seven Churches of course. I bought the album when it was released back in 1985. I thought it was the most extreme thing that had come out and everything else just paled compared to that sick twisted record. One of my most played records — still love every second of it.”
Honestly? That’s the kind of answer carved in stone tablets and buried beneath an ancient crypt. POSSESSED practically lit the first ritual fire for death metal with Seven Churches, and SARCASM clearly still carry those flames in their veins.
Now the band return with “Plunged Into A Paradox”, the final glimpse into their upcoming sixth album Lifeforce Omnibound, arriving May 29 through Hammerheart Records.
And this thing absolutely rips.
SARCASM have never been content sitting safely inside traditional Swedish death metal boundaries. Their sound drifts through furious blackened aggression, eerie atmosphere, complex songwriting, and melodic hooks that hit like spectral blades through the fog. “Plunged Into A Paradox” feels exactly like its title — a violent spiral through cosmic chaos, where blistering speed collides with haunting melodies and strange, metaphysical tension.
There’s a deep 90s spirit lurking beneath the album’s skin, but this is no nostalgia act. The riffs twist constantly, the structures refuse to stand still, and the atmosphere feels less like a collection of songs and more like some forbidden transmission from another plane of existence.
And fittingly enough, Heval describes the album’s lyrics not as written… but channeled. Eight tracks. Eight transmissions from somewhere beyond human understanding. The result is an album that sounds massive, strange, furious, and completely alive.
SARCASM aren’t just revisiting the old Swedish darkness.
They’re dragging it somewhere deeper.
Band’s Bandcamp: https://hammerheart.bandcamp.com/album/lifeforce-omnibound
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarcasmsweden
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Wvk-RiLc7PyWrvM49KD3Q
