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1st Official vinyl reissue of Midsommar - Belsebub är lös

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 Release date: 1 September 2025

Label: PQR-Disques plusqueréel

Band name: Midsommar

Album title: Belsebub är lös

Cat. no: PQR047

Specs: Vinyl 180 gr., strictly limited pressing of 400 numbered copies + 2-page insert, 200 copies in black, 200 in splatter vinyl.

 

Will appeal to fans of: San Michael’s, November, Vildkaktus, Trettioariga kriget, Icecross, Arbete Och Fritid,

After the sold-out reissues of San Michael’s and Gandalf’s albums, we plunge once more into Sweden’s labyrinthine musical vaults, to bring you Midsommar’s highly collectable debut, Belsebub är lös. Originally released in 1970, this is a psychedelic hard-rocker, occasionally amalgamating with proto-prog and folk. The self-titled opening track sets the stage for what is bound to follow. As we journey through the album’s stomping textures, we discover tunes such as Drömmens Värld that pleasantly unsettles the listener in a trance-like state with non-stop percussion lurking in the background, while bursting mid-track into a furious guitar solo, the homonymous Midsommar that blends ethnorock with psych folk, topped up with a mesmerizing flute solo, and Fantomen, the longest track, a hard rock juggernaut melting into a psychedelic jazz rollercoaster before unleashing guitar mayhem. Altogether, an essential album for psych/prog/hard rock collectors who are lured by the hard-prog edge of early Trettioariga Kriget, the heavy prog musings of November, early San Michael’s, with a slice of Arbete Och Fritid.  This first ever reissue comes in 400 numbered copies (200 in black and 200 in splatter vinyl), including a 2-page insert with the band’s extensive bio that has been lacking so far from the relevant archival info.

AVAILABLE ON PQRDirect webstore

BLACK VINYL

https://pqrdirect.my-online.store/product/midsommar-belsebub-ar-los

SPLATTER VINYL

https://pqrdirect.my-online.store/product/midsommar-belsebub-ar-los-splatter-vinyl-limited-to-200-copies

LISTEN @ BANDCAMP

Midsommar-Midsommar

https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/track/midsommar

Midsommar - Belsebub ar los

https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/track/belsebub-r-l-s

Midsommar- Fantomen

https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/track/fantomen

Mario Piqurio lands on MIDSOMMAR in his adventures in Vinyland

Hello, this is Mario Piqurio again. I just discovered MIDSOMMAR’s album Belsebub Ar Los and it instantly found a permanent seat on my turntable. Join me and my friends at PQR in my adventures in Vinyland.







Review at Progressive Rock Journal

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