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A murder
In the morning, sorrow and worry are driven away.
Here are my thoughts on Agaba’s song ‚Kill‘: I’ve just come from the breakfast table. I have a steaming cup of coffee in front of me, and I’m watching the video for the song ‚Kill‘ by Agaba. The video features an auditorium in which the band essentially casts and rejects itself. Finally, a suitable candidate is embraced with joy and led into the rehearsal room, where he ultimately lies dead on the floor.
So much for the facts. I would now like to delve into psychoanalysis, but I’ll leave that alone. I like the music, but then I’d have to think about myself. Not so early in the day!
Questions, questions, questions. Why do I like the music? Why don’t I just turn it off? What are they singing? (My Norwegian is virtually non-existent.) It’s a mixture of death metal and all kinds of other styles. Not my thing. The video is disturbing. Nevertheless, here I am, writing about it!
In answer to one of the questions, I asked the AI to translate the lyrics of ‚Kill for Me‘:
| KILL Fear of the unknown. In the algorithm that creates a new truth. Artificial intelligence creates life. Don’t forget: Don’t be there. You see your face. You hear your voice. You can deny it. It’s a reflection. Fear the unknown in the algorithm that creates a new truth. Artificial intelligence creates life. It’s the development of society. Makes the unknown known in a short time. There’s no doubt about it: it’s the wrong place at the wrong time. You are the one they want; the one the screen has chosen as its victim.Fear the unknown. In the algorithm that creates a new truth. Artificial intelligence creates life. |
Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ooooh AaaaaaaaaahKill Kill Kill Kill Kill KillFear the unknown In the algorithm that Creates new truth Artificial intelligence creates life.Kill Kill… |
To me, Agaba’s songs on the album Hard Anger are disturbing, fascinating, brutal, enigmatic, evil, stimulating, rebellious, catchy and significant. I have a few questions for the band, which I will keep asking until I get answers! Have a listen, form your own opinion or freak out completely! It’s worth it! (Viktor)
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Artist: Agabas
Title: Kill
Release Single: 27.02.2026
Release Album: 05.03.2026
Label: Masscot Label Group
Photo Credit: Terje Frostad
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The Official Press Release
At first glance, it seems an unlikely birthplace: a log cabin set deep within the Hardangerfjord of western Norway. A place of stillness, surrounded by the breathtaking majesty of the “Queen of the Fjords.” Hardly the soil from which a ferocious union of Death Metal and Jazz might rise – a sound Agabas call deathjazz.
The Norwegian six-piece band have announced the signing to Mascot Records (Calva Louise, Dinosaur Pile-Up, VOLA, THE HARA, Conquer Divide) and the release of their latest album Hard Anger as a Deluxe Edition on 5 March. The band will also be on tour in Europe through February and March with Avatar.
The sound is uncompromising. Mercilessly downtuned breakdowns collide with savage, unrelenting saxophone lines that refuse to play a supporting role. Blast beats tear forward, bass rumbles like shifting earth, and guttural Norwegian vocals are hurled straight at the listener. The influence of Meshuggah, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Gojira is unmistakable, but so too is the freeform intensity of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Miles Davis.— something distinctive, unruly, and entirely its own.
That depth is no accident. Between them – Sondre Sørensen Brønstad (Vocals), Oskar Myrseth (Guitar), Jarand Aga Baas (Guitar), Johan Jamtfall Eriksen (Bass), Alexander Dellerhagen (Saxophone) and Bjørn André Syverinsen (Drums) – hold jazz performance master’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees in music technology and musicology, and an academic seriousness that underpins the chaos. Singer Brønstad even wrote his master’s thesis on the history and cultural impact of mosh pits. These are musicians who understand both the tradition they draw from and the rules they are breaking.
Formed in Trondheim, once the Viking Age’s beating heart; a place where Kings ruled and war councils yielded power. Over 700km from Trondheim, the Hardangerfjord offered them a place of quiet reflection. Away from everyday noise, it allowed their minds to turn to larger questions — toward the uneasy sense that the world itself is turning another restless page in its long and troubled story. The world has changed, yet remains the same.
Themes of war and humanity coil themselves around their new album. The deluxe edition single ‘KILL’ explores a near-future dystopia where artificial intelligence erodes truth itself. The title comes from the Norwegian phrase Kunstig Intelligens Lager Liv (“Artificial Intelligence Creates Life”), forming an acronym KILL that feels both prophetic and unsettling.
For all the ferocity the band emits, Agabas radiate an unexpectedly inviting presence—black uniforms traded for Hendrix-style paisley, seriousness swapped for humour. Sondre commands the stage with warmth and infectious energy, breaking down the barrier between performer and crowd – instigating their infamous Saxpits.
The band documented their time in the cabin through a series of Instagram and TikTok reels, their humour and self-irony drawing in curious onlookers. Over 1.6 million views and 35,000 new followers later, Agabas had begun explaining deathjazz to people who wanted to understand it — and to those who didn’t.
From sweat-soaked clubs to grand theatres the band dive into the pit with their audience, turning spectators into collaborators. What unfolds is a thrilling juxtaposition: far from the blood-and-thunder chaos you might expect, Agabas delivers a flamboyant, cathartic, and overwhelming live experience—intense, loud, and immersive—where the saxophone reigns and bodies collide. This has taken them on a ride across Europe, through the UK and on tour with their heroes, Kvelertak.
They carve out humanity’s horrors on the album. ‘Jævla menneske’ translates as ‘Damn Human’ and features Jørgen Munkeby of Norwegian experimental metallers, Shining. “‘La Blodet Flomme’ dismantles the nonsensical logic behind conflict. “Are war crimes punished, or is it only genocide if you lose?” asks Brønstad.
But, above all, Agabas are intent on building community. Inclusivity is foregrounded at their shows and embedded in ‘Arv.’ “Join Agabas and help us create our legacy together,” Brønstad urges. “We stand together, against injustice.”
Myrseth explains further, “I think if you have something to say, you should say it. We’re making music and sharing it with the world and we want to build a community around that. We want to make it clear what our values are. It’s about inclusivity and love.”
Myrseth ponders their unique deathjazz sound, “We noticed intense, hard-hitting moments in jazz, like Coltrane in the ’60s, and thought, why not combine that with the heaviness of Meshuggah to create a new kind of hard?”
Deathjazz is an unfamiliar hunger, and Agabas feeds it to you until your body dissolves into rhythm and your heart freezes, perfectly reshaped by the curve of a saxophone.
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Tracklist
01 .Kjærlighet for alle
02. Jævla Menneske
03. En vakker himmel
04. La blodet flomme
05. Se det for deg
06. Vis meg alt
07. Råte
08. En enkel sjel
09. Arv
10. På åpent hav
11. KILL (BONUS TRACK)
12. Mørke Daga (BONUS TRACK)
13. The Wizard (BONUS TRACK)
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Tour Dates
Feb 5 – Stockholm – Fållan, SWEDEN *
Feb 7 – Helsinki – Kultturilato, FINLAND *
Feb 9 – Oslo – Sentrum Scene, NORWAY*
Feb 10 – Copenhagen – Vega , DENMARK*
Feb 11 – Osnabrück – Botschaft, GERMANY*
Mar 7 – Luxembourg – De Gudde Wëllen, LUXEMBOURG*
Mar 9 – Wiesbaden – Schlachthof, GERMANY*
Mar 10 – Zlin – Datart Hala, CZECHIA*
Mar 11 – Warsaw – Stodola, POLAND*
Mar 12 – Berlin – Columbiahalle, GERMANY*
Mar 13 – Hamburg – Docks Club, GERMANY*
*Supporting Avatar
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Biography
At first glance, it seems an unlikely birthplace: a log cabin set deep within the Hardangerfjord of western Norway. A place of stillness, surrounded by the breathtaking majesty of the “Queen of the Fjords.” Hardly the soil from which a ferocious union of Death Metal and Jazz might rise – a sound Agabas call deathjazz..
Formed in Trondheim, once the Viking Age’s beating heart; a place where Kings ruled and war councils yielded power. Over 700km from Trondheim, the Hardangerfjord offered them a place of quiet reflection. Away from everyday noise, it allowed their minds to turn to larger questions — toward the uneasy sense that the world itself is turning another restless page in its long and troubled story. The world has changed, yet remains the same.
The locations are a fitting place for Norway’s six-piece deathjazz band as themes of war and humanity coil themselves around their new album, which was conceived in both environments.
‘Hard Anger’ Deluxe Edition takes its name from the Fjord and will be released on March 5th via Mascot Records – an album that sums up the sound of a band both musically and conceptually. A place where Death metal and Jazz collide. The band documented their time in the cabin through a series of Instagram and TikTok reels, their humour and self-irony drawing in curious onlookers. Over 1.6 million views and 35,000 new followers later, Agabas had begun explaining deathjazz to people who wanted to understand it — and to those who didn’t.
The sound itself is uncompromising. Mercilessly downtuned breakdowns collide with savage, unrelenting saxophone lines that refuse to play a supporting role. Blast beats tear forward, bass rumbles like shifting earth, and guttural Norwegian vocals are hurled straight at the listener. The influence of Meshuggah, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Gojira is unmistakable, but so too is the freeform intensity of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Miles Davis. It is extreme music built from deep knowledge rather than shock value — something distinctive, unruly, and entirely its own.
That depth is no accident. Between them – Sondre Sørensen Brønstad (Vocals), Oskar Myrseth (Guitar), Jarand Aga Baas (Guitar), Johan Jamtfall Eriksen (Bass), Alexander Dellerhagen (Saxophone) and Bjørn André Syverinsen (Drums) – hold jazz performance master’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees in music technology and musicology, and an academic seriousness that underpins the chaos.
Singer Brønstad even wrote his master’s thesis on the history and cultural impact of mosh pits. These are musicians who understand both the tradition they draw from and the rules they are breaking. They are not hanging around.
For all the ferocity the band emits, Agabas radiate an unexpectedly inviting presence—black uniforms traded for Hendrix-style paisley, seriousness swapped for humour. Sondre commands the stage with warmth and infectious energy, breaking down the barrier between performer and crowd – instigating their infamous Saxpits.
From sweat-soaked clubs to grand theatres – “playing to 100 people is fun, playing to 1000 people is a lot of fun”- the band dive into the pit with their audience, turning spectators into collaborators. What unfolds is a thrilling juxtaposition: far from the blood-and-thunder chaos you might expect, Agabas delivers a flamboyant, cathartic, and overwhelming live experience—intense, loud, and immersive—where the saxophone reigns and bodies collide.
This has taken them across Europe, through the UK and on tour with their heroes, Kvelertak – “It was amazing. I’ve been a huge fan since I was 14.The fans were feral from the start. I went out in the pit and slipped. Mid -air and ass first. I thought I might get seriously hurt,” remembers guitarist Myrseth. In February and March 2026 a European tour with Avatar beckons; Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Czechia, and Poland, prepare.
Carving out humanity’s horrors. ‘Jævla menneske’ translates as ‘Damn Human’ and features Jørgen Munkeby of Norwegian experimental metallers, Shining. “The song is about how war reduces human life to flesh and bones,” says Myrseth.
