Swedish black metal band SEID have unveiled the second track from their sixth studio album, “Dystopolis”, due out on December 11 through ATMF. Titled ‘Urdseiðr’, the new song premiered at NoCleanSinging.com and is available to stream in full.

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While rooted in the traditions of Viking black metal, “Dystopolis” expands SEID's musical approach with progressive structures, atmospheric passages and melodic elements. At its core lies a clash between the traditional values of the North and the growing alienation of modern society.

SEID examine how values associated with Viking culture – honour, courage, loyalty, strength and belonging – hold up in a contemporary world where individuality is increasingly eroded. Human relationships shaped by technology, institutions and systems, an increasingly anonymous society, and the isolation of the individual are among the album's central themes.

This ideological conflict also finds its way into the music. Moving between fierce black metal passages, expansive atmospheric landscapes and progressive shifts, the album balances aggression with introspection. “Dystopolis” is therefore not simply a work focused on the Viking past; it is a concept album exploring what values inherited from that past mean in today's social landscape.

The band's creative force, Seiðr, is joined by Pär Johansson on drums and Alex “Phil A. Cirone” Purkis on bass. The album's previously unveiled first track, ‘Wandering the Fields of the Slain’, is also available to stream via ATMF's Bandcamp page.

SEID's sixth studio album, “Dystopolis”, arrives on December 11 through ATMF. The ten-track release also features a two-part composition sharing the album's title.

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