The Danish black metal band ORM returns with its fourth album 'GULD', out today October 31, 2025 via Indisciplinarian. With the album, ORM marks yet another important step in their musical development, building on their characteristic epic and progressive approach to black metal – this time in a more direct and intensified format with five shorter and more concise compositions.
To celebrate the album, ORM play three unique release shows with three different setlists at the three venues at VEGA in Copenhagen, encompassing their four albums and simultaneously celebrating the new record and the band’s 10 year anniversary, The first show took place yesterday at the small intimate Ideal Bar, tonight the band will perform at the second largest Lille VEGA and tomorrow the grand finale will unfold in the biggest hall Store Vega. Tickets for the remaining two shows are running low and are available HERE.
‘GULD’ is produced by the band's guitarist/vocalist Simon Sonne Andersen and ORM, mastered by Brad Boatright, with artwork by Asger W. Krogh and band photo by Lasse Høgh. The album is released on vinyl in three limited formats - 500 Black copies, 150 Red Gold copies (SOLD OUT) and 150 Bio White copies. Also, a limited CD digipack pressing of 200 copies and a limited cassette pressing of 100 copies are available along with digital formats. All physical formats can be ordered at the Indisciplinarian webshop HERE, while digital formats can be ordered HERE and at Bandcamp HERE.
ORM live 2025
- 30.10.25 - Ideal Bar (VEGA), Copenhagen (DK)
- 31.10.25 - Lille VEGA, Copenhagen (DK)
- 01.11.25 - Store VEGA, Copenhagen (DK)
Watch the lyric video for ‘Undfangen’ ORM - Undfangen (Official Lyric Video)
ORM was formed in 2015 and released its self-titled debut album in 2017, introducing the band’s melodic and ambitious approach to black metal. On their second album Ir from 2019 and its successor Intet • Altet from 2022, ORM expanded their musical palette with long, epic works and a deep thematic foundation rooted in mythology, folklore and existential narratives. With GULD, the band once again takes a step toward a more riff-driven and aggressive expression, without abandoning the emotional and yearning atmospheres that have made them one of the most acclaimed names on the Danish metal scene.
Thematically, GULD explores modern humanity’s self-destructive cultivation of negative emotions – a vain and manipulated pursuit of perfection and recognition that leads to fear, isolation and downfall. The album uses frameworks inspired by folklore and fables to portray human vanity, envy and self-deception as universal forces that have haunted mankind’s stories throughout history. Gold becomes a symbol of both wealth and decay – an alluring but poisoned promise that can never be fulfilled without a heavy price.
Musically, GULD is ORM’s most focused and uncompromising album to date. The five songs, which range from six to twelve minutes, are built around intense riff structures, relentless rhythmic shifts and complex melodies that weave in and out of each other like a musical kaleidoscope. The album moves between furious aggression, deep sorrow and ominous calm, placing ORM in a field of tension between traditional black metal and progressive elements drawn from both death metal and classic metal.
ORM unites human synergy and analog craftsmanship – both in their music and in their visual expression, where collage artist Asger Krogh’s tactile artwork stands in contrast to today’s AI-driven aesthetics and emphasizes the album’s physical and organic undertone. With GULD, ORM once again demonstrates their ability to combine extreme music with deep thematic layers and artistic ambition – cementing their position as one of Europe’s most visionary black metal bands.