{"id":94007,"date":"2023-06-30T10:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=94007"},"modified":"2023-06-30T12:21:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T11:21:55","slug":"blood-command-forever-soldiers-of-esther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/blood-command-forever-soldiers-of-esther\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Command Share Powerful New Single (&#8216;Forever Soldiers Of Esther&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months,\u00a0<strong>Blood Command<\/strong> have been drip-feeding us new material ahead of the release of <em>&#8216;World Domination&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>on September 29th. Today sees the Norway-based group share another track in the form of <em>&#8216;Forever Soldiers Of Esther&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The powerful track serves as a tribute to guitarist and songwriter Yngve Andersens&#8217; late mother Ester Andersen. Growing up, Yngve and his siblings belonged to something that some may call a cult. As a result of this, they were treated like outsiders, judged daily by other kids, teachers and parents in their small village.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Yngve has taken the words his mother said to him before going to school; to not listen to them, stay strong and never surrender, and used them in verses on <em>&#8216;Forever Soldiers Of Esther&#8217;<\/em>. While its chorus is what Yngve wish he had said to his mother but never did.<\/p>\n<p>Stylistically, <em>Forever Soldiers Of Esther&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>is more akin to the raucous &#8220;doom pop&#8221;\u00a0<strong>Blood Command<\/strong> are known for. Whereas recent singles such as <em>&#8216;World Domination&#8217;<\/em>, <em>&#8216;Decades&#8217;<\/em>, and <em>&#8216;Losing Faith&#8217;<\/em> have seen the quintet experiment with their sound, ranging from synth-pop to hip-hop.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Blood Command - Forever Soldiers Of Esther (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XGsTmAwe_3o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>When is Blood Command coming back to the UK?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Blood Command\u00a0<\/strong>will follow up the release of\u00a0<em>&#8216;World Domination&#8217;<\/em> on September 29th via\u00a0<strong>Hassle Records<\/strong>, with a UK tour in December.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94009\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Blood-Command-Tour.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Blood-Command-Tour.png 639w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Blood-Command-Tour-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>December<br \/>\n1st Rough Trade, Bristol<br \/>\n2nd The Flapper, Birmingham<br \/>\n3rd Deaf Institute, Manchester<br \/>\n4th Attic, Glasgow<br \/>\n6th Cluny 2, Newcastle<br \/>\n7th Rough Trade, Nottingham<br \/>\n8th The Mood, Cardiff<br \/>\n9th Joiners, Southampton<br \/>\n10th 100 Club, London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guitarist and songwriter Yngve Andersens pays tribute to his late mother in this raucous cut from &#8216;World Domination&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[1850],"class_list":["post-94007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blood-command"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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