Estonians Metsatöll have a few things up their sleeve for the near future. The band will be performing at Hard Rock Laager this year and they will play the entire debut album Hiiekoda live. Moreover, on May 15th, Metsatöll will release their new EP named Pummelung. Besides two unpublished tracks, the EP includes the cover of J.M.K.E's "Külmale Maale" (To The Cold Land).




Pummelung was produced by Metsatöll and Samuel Ruotsalainen, recorded by Keijo Koppel and the band at the Roundsound Studios in Tallinn during September and October of 2013. The sound was mixed in October of 2013 by Keijo Koppel and Marko Atso, who were also responsible for the mastering that was done at the Roundsound Studios in March 2015.

The EP will be released in cooperation with Spinefarm Records, an affiliate of Universal Music. Metsatöll's two tracks "Pummelung" and "Vana Jutuvestja Laul" have so far, for a reason or another, remained on the shelves of Roundsound, the home studio of Metsatöll. Now, after an almost six-month vacation the band decided to pay its creative debt - it is time to share the band's past publications with a wider audience. The EP's third track, J.M.K.E's "Külmale Maale" was recorded in 2013 and has appeared on the punk legend's tribute record Võtke istet vanamutt (Take A Seat, You Old Hag).

As a tradition, Jüri Arrak's painting illustrates also the front cover of the EP Pummelung. This time, the artist with an original style has granted his permission to use details from the 1990 graphic Kuldvasikas (The Golden Calf).





EP tracks:

01. Pummelung
02. Vana Jutuvestja Laul
03. Külmale Maale - J.M.K.E. cover

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