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The international symphonic metal maestros have just released a new album entitled ‘Codex Atlanticus’. What we weren’t expecting that it is an absolute stunner! We interview bass-man Fabio D’Amore to find out the more intimate details of the album and just what shaped such a fine effort.
The rise of Avantasia can be argued as something no-one would have really expected back on the release of the ‘Metal Opera‘ 15 years ago. We certainly would not have imagined that the grandiose project would see a live stage. But a few massive albums later, and a string of highly successful all-star performances, Tobias Sammet’s flying circus strikes in the heart of London.
Technology can very much be a double edged sword in the world of Metal. Owing to its recent decline in sales almost making years of work redundant however it has also given birth to an entirely new movement. Progressive Metal strives to be unique, creative and truly experimental. Releasing their third album last year, Tesseract are pioneers of the genre. Despite having only released three albums in their life span, bar a couple of EP’s the band’s musicality is absolutely limitless. Creating a compromise between the more progressive arc whilst retaining a memorable sense of melody the band are easily one of the most exciting musical projects to come out of Metal in a long time. Shortly before their set at London’s Koko, guitarist and all round good bloke James Monteith kindly took time out to speak to me about Polaris, Tesseract and their ethos and Cube II : Hypercube…
Set to embark on their brand new US tour imminently with Melvins the band have revealed a new video for “Dear Slum Landlord“.
Previously announcing that the band would be releasing their follow up to their previous work this year we can now confirm that Hatebreed will be releasing The Concrete Comfessional on May 13th.
Prior to their album coming in April the band have released a second video chronicling the recording process and what it was like to make the new album, not to mention you can also hear a brand new track in the back ground!
Welcome to the world Where Shadows Forever Reign.
For those who might have been wondering how the front man will stack up against the legacy left behind by Chance Garnette, now is your chance!