- Third full-length album by one of the most promising bands on the European extreme metal scene. Recorded at Sundlaugin Studio (SIGUR ROS). Mixed and mastered by Stephen Lockhart at Studio Emissary (DYNFARI, ZHRINE). Cover by the renowned oil painter Víðir Mýrmann Þrastarson. With the participation Arnaldur Ingi Jónsson (LUCY IN BLUE) and Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson (THE VINTAGE CARAVAN) as guests.

As the country's vibrant black metal scene has proven, Iceland can be a beautiful and sinister place where furious elements rage teaching fear but also inspiring human creativity. Emphasizing melodies rather than dissonance and approaching their music from a dramatic, classical black metal angle, AUÐN deliver another mesmerizing piece of art with ‘Vökudraumsins fangi’. This album explores new soundscapes and push their music to new heights, thereby setting themselves further apart from their Icelandic contemporaries. The six piece draws inspirations from their natural surroundings, but also chart the territory of the mind. The album title literally translates to ‘prisoner of the daydream’, but rather refers to a perpetual state of delusion of a life that never took place. Join AUÐN while traversing the blurred lines between reality and the supernatural and the otherworldly sceneries of their native Iceland. Cover artwork by Mýrmann.

Recommended if you like: (early) SÓLSTAFIR, ZHRINE, DYNFARI, AGALLOCH, DRUDKH, WINTERFYLLETH ...

TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:

1. Einn um alla tíð (08:15)
2. Eldborg (04:08)
3. Birtan hugann brennir (05:33)
4. Verður von að bráð    (05:50)
5. Drepsótt (03:16)
6. Næðir um (05:03)
7. Horfin mér (06:42)
8. Á himin stara (03:47)
9. Ljóstýra (05:54)
10. Vökudraumsins fangi (06:43)