Sweden’s Top Rock Band tAKiDA Releases New Official Music Video for “Third strike”

Swedish rockers tAKiDA have revealed a brand-new official music video for their recent single, “Third Strike”, cut from the band’s upcoming Napalm Records debut The Agony Flame, set for release on February 9, 2024! The astonishing-looking video captures Sweden’s snowy, freezing landscapes, underlined by frightening AI-created, impressionism-influenced faces, skeletons, and creatures.

tAKiDA’s recent singles have exceeded the already extremely well-accomplished band’s previous international radio chart success, with “The Loneliest Hour” hitting #1 on German Rock Airplay Charts,  and “Third Strike” currently ranking at #4 on Antyradio’s Turbo Top Charts – Poland’s biggest and most important rock radio channel. This new video arrives on the heels of tAKiDA’s recent announcement of their 2024 “Smoke & Mirrors Tour”, including an extended run through several major cities in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Supported by the English band Those Damn Crows, the tour kicks off in Offenbach, Germany on April 2. Tickets are on sale now, so get your tickets while they last!

Watch the official music video for “Third Strike” below, and make sure to pre-order your copy of The Agony Flame!

tAKiDA on “Third strike”:           
“’Third strike’ is about self-sabotage. The main characters, however hard they try to be the person they want to be, to do good, to be successful, will always lose the battle with the voices in their head.”

tAKiDA has six platinum singles (one of them 4x platinum), three platinum albums and five #1 albums under their belts, and their new material is surely expanding upon their previous successes. In 2023, tAKiDA embarked on their biggest tour so far, including arena shows in their home country and huge festival appearances – even conquering the main stage at Wacken Open Air. The agony flame is the successor to tAKiDA’s stunning 2021 album, Falling from fame, which garnered tAKiDA a solid international fanbase that will certainly continue growing with the new full-length.

tAKiDA on The agony flame:
“The agony flame is our “now or never”-album and you’re free to interpret that however you want. Hope you’ll like it.”

Pre-Order Your Copy of The agony flame HERE
tAKiDA Live 2024
 
Smoke & Mirrors Tour 2024
w/ Those Damn Crows
02.04.2024 DE – Offenbach / Stadthalle
04.04.2024 DE – Hanover / Capitol
05.04.2024 DE – Leipzig / Felsenkeller
06.04.2024 DE – Filderstadt / FILHarmonie
07.04.2024 CH – Pratteln / Konzertfabrik Z7
09.04.2024 DE – Munich / TonHalle
10.04.2024 AT – Vienna / Szene Wien
12.04.2024 DE – Hamburg / Edel-Optics.de Arena
13.04.2024 DE – Cologne / Palladium
14.04.2024 DE – Berlin / Columbiahalle
16.04.2024 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage
17.04.2023 DE – Nürnberg / Löwensaal
The agony flame embodies the distinctive, unmistakable tAKiDA sound, rich with infectious, huge choruses. On the new album, listeners get to witness some of singer Robert Pettersson’s strongest vocal performances to date. Throughout tAKiDA’s fruitful career, the band has regularly topped radio airplay charts, and their star doesn’t show any signs of dimming! The first track released from The agony flame, “The Loneliest Hour”, became the band’s biggest radio success to date by going straight to #1 on the German Rock Radio Airplay Charts after its release as a standalone single in the summer of 2023. In trademark tAKiDA manner, songs like “Your blood awaits you”, “Third Strike” and “On the Line” is loaded with emotion and unlimited hit potential.

The agony flame Tracklisting:
1. Third strike
2. The other side
3. Sacred spell
4. In time
5. Your blood awaits you
6. Nothing but a misplace
7. The loneliest hour
8. Sickening
9. Isolated (smoke & mirrors)
10.On the line
11.Second fiddle
 
The agony flame will be available in the following formats:
1-LP Gatefold MARBLED ORANGE RED Die Hard Edition (Cotton Bag + Slipmat + Record Butler)
1-LP Gatefold SOLID RED            
1-CD Digisleeve + Shirt Bundle   
1-CD Digisleeve
1-LP Gatefold BLACK     
Digital Album    
 
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