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. It was released on 12 February 2021, through Unique Leader Records. Music videos were released for the tracks "Vittring" and "Tide". "Glutton" was also released as a pre-release single on 7 January 2021. About the relation between the song titles and modern-day issues, guitarist/bassist Buster Odeholm explained, "When you watch the news and you see and hear the way we are going as the human race – it's kinda like 'yeah this is definitely not positive'. If I'm on a podcast or just walking on the street and see something, I can suddenly just get a sentence in my head. And if that resonates with me, I always feel like I want to express that via music. That’s where a lot of these song titles come from." Humanity's Last Breath promoted the album by supporting

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in September and October 2021 and embarking on a European tour with Reflections and

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in April 2022.

Track listing

Personnel

* Filip Danielsson – vocals * Calle Thomér – guitar * Buster Odeholm – guitar, bass * Klas Blomgren – drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valde 2021 albums Unique Leader Records albums