Seemingly against all odds, a new album from Disfear is on the way. The Swedish D-beat/crust band have announced a November 20th release date for “The Last Nail“. Disfear have been dealing with immeasurable grief over the past few years, with their vocalist Tomas “Tompa” Lindberg passing away from cancer in September of 2025.
While already reeling from that loss, the group’s drummer Marcus Andersson passed away earlier this month, following his own lengthy battle with cancer. Sadly, cancer has ravaged the band’s roster over the years, also claiming the life of their bassist Henke Frykman back in 2011.
“The Last Nail” will feature posthumously released performances from both Lindberg and Andersson, with the band collectively stating the following about this effort:
“Struggle, pain, and loss. Since Live the Storm we have now lost 3 members of our band to cancer – Henrik, Tomas, and most recently Marcus. While we lost Henrik shortly after Live the Storm, Tomas and Marcus stayed active with us and were part of our new album, The Last Nail, which we’re announcing today. Written over the past 14 years and recorded during the past 3 years, we’ve been actively preparing The Last Nail over the course of the last year.”
While our dear friends and bandmates Tomas, passed over a year ago and Marcus, only a few short weeks ago, they both wanted this record to come out as quickly as possible. Before Marcus passed, he saw a final copy of the album, and we wish to share the same joy it brought him, with you. Tomas and Marcus were extremely proud of their performances on this album, as we all are, and we invite you to hear their final performances on The Last Nail.“
In April of 2024, during our last session together, we had a wonderful time. We didn’t think of the dark stuff. These were times of laughter. Robert Samsonowitz shot the last photos of The Last Nail line-up together at the studio. We will always cherish those times. The Last Nail will be released on November 20th via Relapse Records. Marcus, Tomas, and Henrik, this one is for you.”
The song “Early Graves” serves as the lead single from this release and is now streaming below. Recording sessions were overseen by Converge‘s Kurt Ballou at his God City studio, as well as at Welfare Sounds by Per Stålberg (At The Gates, Grand Cadaver). Magnus Lindberg (The Hellacopters, Tribulation) mixed the outing, while Sören Von Malmborg mastered it.
A press release further said of Tomas‘ involvement in this record:
‘During a visit to Welfare Sounds in Gothenburg in spring 2023, Lindberg was scheduled to make a few edits to the demo vocals already recorded. He instead whipped through all eight tracks, re-recording the vocals for the album simply because the creative impetus was there. Later that year Lindberg received a cancer diagnosis that would largely sideline his creative pursuits. At the time of recording his vocals, Lindberg was reckoning with images of death, disease and darkness in his lyrics, portending his yet-to-be-diagnosed illness’
“The Last Nail” track listing:
01 – “A Circle Of Disease“
02 – “Early Graves“
03 – “Open To The Night Within“
04 – “Oblivion Bound“
05 – “The Revenant“
06 – “Shackled To Our Vice“
07 – “Cyanide“
08 – “The Last Nail In The Last Coffin On Earth“
