Left Hand Solution: Winter song finished in hot recording studio!

Left Hand Solution formed in 1991, released 3 albums and toured Europe, US and Canada, and made a large impression with their unique take on Doom metal for more than 10 years. Then the band just faded away. Until 2019, when they suddenly released – the in secrecy recorded album – Through The Mourning Woods. An updated version of Left Hand Solution’s sweet nightmare that combined sounds from their early doom days and goth elements of their later days and put it all in a new context.

The band has been resurrected for very successful local gigs several times during the last years, but it was not until Erik Barthold and original guitarist Joakim Mårdstam became neighbors that things starting to really happen. Suddenly they found themselves writing songs in Erik’s basement and soon Peter and Mariana happily joined in.

Left Hand Solution just released their first single First Day Of Winter on the actual first day of winter and winter solstice: on the 21st of December 2020. The first out First Day Of Winter is taken off the upcoming album to be released in 2021.

Drummer and songwriter Erik Barthold about the song:

«I remember starting to write the song First Day Of Winter as the first snow fell in the year of 2002. Little did I imagine that it would take another 18 years for it to be fully completed! The song was finished this summer in a hot recording studio, but of course, we had to wait until the winter solstice for this release. Sorry, that we’ve kept you waiting, but here it finally is in its full winter dress».

What made Left Hand Solution always special was their combination of hard riffs, dark melodies, and Mariana Frykman’s dark and beautiful voice. Being one of the early metal band with a female vocalist their influence has been largely overlooked and their cult following has grown quite a lot lately. And now, it’s time for a new album and a new development for the band.

Line Up:

Mariana Frykman – Vocals

Joakim Mårdstam – Guitar

Peter Selin – Bass

Erik Barthold – Drums & Backing Vocals

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