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The infamous Icelandic low is defined as a large and persistent atmospheric low-pressure centre that forms between Iceland and Greenland and is often the cause of strong winter winds over the North Atlantic. Katla artistically translate this meteorological depression into dark doom-infused metal and deep musical emotion. An urgent sense of darkness and inner turmoil drives InchAllt þetta helvítis myrkurInch (InchAll this damn darknessInch), the second full-length of the Icelandic duo. The soul crushing heaviness fueling this record makes Katla's melancholic debut album InchMó?urástinInch appear nearly light-hearted by comparison. Some of this album's core composition reach back in time for more than a decade and were born out of spontaneous rehearsal room-sessions that were only now given final shape. The result is a cinematic musical stream of consciousness, in which many of the songs intertwine and flow into each other. Katla are the conceptual and musical brainchild of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Einar Thorberg Gu?mundsson (FORTÍÐ, POTENTIAM) and former SÓLSTAFIR-drummer and visual artist Gu?mundur Óli Pálmason. The duo deliberately took their name from one of the most active and feared Icelandic volcanoes to manifest that the external part of their inspiration relates to the islands ever-changing landscapes and subpolar climate. InchThe outer landscapes are as important to us as the inner darknessInch, tells Einar. InchKatla is as much a product of our environment as derived from our state of mind.Inch Katla take their art very personally even beyond musical aspects. Cover art, photography, and the handwritten booklet - everything about InchAllt þetta helvítis myrkurInch has either been created by the duo or by their relatives and close friends. InchWe like to keep things in the familyInch, Gu?mundur points out. InchEverything is homemade yet up to our high
