Sorrows Isolated

Sorrows Isolatdd is the second studio album by Ostlandic singer and songwriter Max Rittsem. It was released on January 10, 2019 under Universal Music Ostland. Described as an synth-pop and R&B record, the album plays with various genres like Electro house, industrial, trap, trance, metal, hardcore and funk.

There were released five singles to promote the album: the lead single "Elektroshock", which peaked at number one in Ostland, Scotland and Norway; "Black Blood", "Negligence", and "Stabbed", all of them had outcoming success on musical charts around the world.

Background
Described as a 'decissive' sophomore album, the album explores Rittsem's fears and traumas, agglutinated with a shameless songwriting and explosive hooks and verses through the tracks. Rittsem constantly reflects his feelings talking from the perspective of a character called 'The Lord of the Gvardia ', a monarch which was murdered at his castle by his loyals, for being a dictator. At the same time, the album expresses dual-sided thoughts, most of the times blaming himself for the pain he carries, that he can not express to anyone, but also blaming the people for serving as a constant judge on he and his actions.

For the music videos, Rittsem personified an alter ego called 'Jason Thrust', characterized fof using black eyeshadow. Jason is described as his more pessimistic side, which is inmortal, the more he tries to end with his life, the more immune he gets.