Norway's White Void make no bones about rooting their sound in the gray areas between gritty '70s hard rock and angular new wave and post-punk, and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Their name is drawn from a concept by existentialist philosopher Albert Camus about the absence of direction in line, and underscores their sound as one that pursues not a single, logical direction, but several simultaneously. Anti, their debut album, was issued in 2021. Led by vocalist and keyboardist Lars Nedland (Borknagar, Solefald), White Void includes drummer Tobias Solbakk (Ihsahn), electronica producer and bassist Vegard Kummen (Kubbi), and blues-rock guitarist and singer/songwriter Eivind Marum (MARVM). In 2020, they signed to Nuclear Blast and issued the single "Do.Not.Sleep." Anti, their debut long-player, appeared in February 2021. ~ Thom Jurek