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Dark Melodic Metal, CD kiadvány, 2024-es album.
Los Angeles-based dark melodic metal outfit Witherfall proudly presents their fourth full-length, “Sounds Of The Forgotten”, via DeathWave Records. With predecessor „Curse Of Autumn” garnering high praise in Metal Insider, Deaf Forever, and KNAC.com, as well as admirable positions on Germany’s Top 20 Albums chart and Billboard’s Top New Artist Albums and Billboard 100 chart, “Sounds Of The Forgotten” advances Witherfall to legendary status with its epic, foreboding expanse. The album is supported by an ambitious schedule of seven singles, each with an official video linking the album’s story of heartbreak, anger, and tenacity. This is genuinely Witherfall, always willing to go the extra mile to outclass the past.
Witherfall was formed in Los Angeles in 2013. Joseph Michael (also of Sanctuary fame) and Jake Dreyer (ex-Iced Earth/Demons & Wizards) built their new band around drummer Adam Sagan (RIP) and accomplished bassist Anthony Crawford (Allan Holdsworth, CHON). Since then, the group have released three highly regarded albums: „Nocturnes And Requiems” (2017), „A Prelude To Sorrow” (2018), and „Curse Of Autumn” (2021) and an EP „Vintage” (2019). Not one to cut corners, Witherfall enlisted famed drummer Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson, Jordan Rudess) on „Curse Of Autumn”, ensuring the foundations of singles ‘As I Lie Awake’, ‘The Other Side Of Fear’, and ‘The River’ were second to none. On „Sounds Of The Forgotten”, Minnemann returns to the fold with an album-only appearance, while drummer Chris Tsaganeas (Wax Owls) and multi-instrumentalist Gerry Hirschfeld (Willie Nelson) Witherfall’s newest permanent members.
Every Witherfall album is a defining moment. From the moment „Nocturnes And Requiems” thundered across metaldom to the group’s wine endeavours (Tempest Red Blend) with Charlie & Echo Winery, their video collaboration with Cig Neutron (Devil’s Workshop) on ‘The Other Side Of Fear’, a beer partnership with Adroit Theory Brewing Company (Shadows Black IPA), and custom Funko Pop set, Michael and Dreyer have made Witherfall their mission. The journey to this point hasn’t been without toil and upheaval. Determination, however, is the key. Today, Witherfall brings “Sounds Of The Forgotten” to the masses. Experience it all with them.
The mood pervading the „Sounds Of The Forgotten” writing sessions was one of frustration and sadness. Already our current decade has seen a disproportionate amount of strife we were barely at the beginning of it. Just as we were starting to see some light at the end of the „plague” then the real bogey that lurks in the shadows showed itself. We take no comfort in that the most devastating „virus” to plague our civilization this decade is not only the ISG „operation Covid” it is the governmental misinformation and lies.
A dark reminder that like Icarus we are all fallible and prone to misdeeds. Hopefully that light at the end of the tunnel we thought we were seeing can make it’s way to us and shine a light into a brighter future.
Felállás:
Joseph Michael – vocals, keyboards
Jake Dreyer – guitar
Anthony Crawfford – bass
Chris Tsaganeas – drums & percussion
Gerry Hirshfeld – keyboards
YouTube video (official):
„What Have YouDone?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2UB95ULdDU
WITHERFALL Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Witherfall/videos
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