Blacktoothed - Feral Bloom - CD/Vinyl

As blacktoothed approach their third full-length album since signing with prominent heavy music label Arising Empire in 2020, the band is shaping up once again to show new facettes to the world. Set for release in January 2027, FERAL BLOOM holds the German trio’s most personal, emotional, and sonically uncompromising work to date.

Across 11 tracks, vocalist Hendrik Rathgeber, guitarist/vocalist Mathilde Keitel, and drummer David Sommer explore the complexity of raw felt human emotion, giving strong interpersonal vibes that seek to connect to their listeners in a quite therapeutic way.

“WITH FERAL BLOOM, WE’D LOVE TO INVITE YOU INTO SONGS THAT TRANSLATE EMOTIONS AND PHYSICAL STATES INTO SOUND—SO THEY CAN BE UNDERSTOOD, AND MAYBE CREATE A MOMENT WHERE YOU FEEL UNDERSTOOD IN RETURN.” – BLACKTOOTHED

Musically, FERAL BLOOM expands on blacktoothed’s signature element of musical variety by intensifying the spill of shouts & breakdowns whilst maintaining their known-for soulful vocal-duality and playful guitar solos. Moreover, this album seeks to initiate something beyond lyrical storytelling—a feeling, a connection, or even an inner psychological encounter.

“WE FELT LIKE GOING DEEPER INTO OUR EMOTIONAL ROOTS ALSO MEANS WE COULD BENEFIT FROM EXPANDING THE MUSICAL PRESENTATION OF THE LYRICS. HENNI LITERALLY HAD TO LEARN HOW TO SHOUT AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE SESSIONS BUT DAMN, ARE WE IN LOVE WITH HIS NEW NASTY VOICE! ALSO, YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR THAT WE REDISCOVERED OUR TASTE OF BREAKDOWNS - THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME.” –BLACKTOOTHED
To bring the record to life, blacktoothed once again teamed up with producer Christoph Wieczorek (Annisokay) and Vince Ebicht at Sawdust Recordings. Longtime creative collaborators Peter Leukhardt handled the visual storytelling through the album’s music videos, while graphic designer Marius Rietze returned to create the artwork following the band's 2025 album HEADWAY.

Recorded across multiple sessions over 18 months, FERAL BLOOM emerged from a process the band describes as equal parts creativity and chaos. Yet from that unpredictability came a record defined by honesty, connection, and a renewed embrace of the band's heavier side.
"WE HAD SOME CRAZY BAD LUCK DURING THE RECORDING SESSIONS. IT RANGED FROM TOTAL SCHEDULING CHAOS TO A CITYWIDE POWER OUTAGE JUST WHEN WE’D FINALLY MANAGED TO CLEAR OUR SCHEDULE FOR OUR LAST DAY IN THE STUDIO. IT WAS AS IF SOME HIGHER POWER WAS SAYING, ‘DON’T YOU DARE FINISH THIS ALBUM.’ ALL OF THIS HAPPENING TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ALBUM’S DEADLINE, OF COURSE. LIFE IS CRAZY, BUT WE MADE IT ANYWAY.” –BLACKTOOTHED

So, with creative chaos, a lyrical theme & a great amount of passion to their heavier side, blacktoothed are headed towards releasing their wildest, deepest & longest record to date - here’s to a feral bloom of new blacktoothed music!

Tracklist:
01. WILL YOU SURVIVE WHEN I DEVOUR YOUR HEARTBEAT
02. EMBERS
03. TELL ME I'M NOT ALONE
04. CYCLONE 05. SCAR TISSUE (feat. Annisokay)
06. MONSTERS
07. PORCELAIN
08. ADRENALINE
09. DEAD ENDS MEET
10. GOLD DIGGER (feat. Vicious Rain)
11. FERAL BLOOM