Epic Progressive / Power / Doom Metal from U.S.A.
@ 320 Kbps
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Rain Irving - Lead Vocals (Altura, ex-Tattered Salvation, ex-Nailed)
Tom Phillips - Guitars, Keyboards & Vocals (ex-Polaris, ex-Brave, ex-Parasitic Infestation, ex-Solstice, ex-Twisted Tower Dire, ex-Grand Belial's Key (live), ex-Arise from Thorns, ex-3.14)
Scott Loose - Guitars (As the Sea Parts, Brave, ex-Arise from Thorns)
Jim Hunter - Bass & Vocals (October 31, Twisted Tower Dire, Walpyrgus, ex-Lord Vicar, ex-Revelation, ex-Brave (live), ex-Springheel Jack)
Michelle Loose-Schrotz - Keyboards (Brave, ex-Arise from Thorns)
Jason Lingle - Keyboards (Altura)
Trevor Schrotz - Drums (As the Sea Parts, Brave, ex-Arise from Thorns)
Guest Musicians:
Victor Arduini - Guitars (Freedoms Reign, ex-Misfit, ex-Fates Warning, ex-Eleventh Hour)
Mark Zonder - Drums (Dark Center Light, Elegacy, Jim Matheos, Slavior, Under-Radio, Warlord, Zeroasis, ex-Fates Warning, ex-Shattered Destiny, ex-Cans, ex-In Progress, ex-Ten)
WHILE HEAVEN WEPT released its fifth full-length album entitled "Suspended At Aphelion", on October 24th, 2014 in Europe and November 18th, 2014 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records.
"Suspended At Aphelion" is undoubtedly the band's most ambitious, epic, and progressive album so far, featuring a single track divided into 11 parts, performed by the entire "Fear Of Infinity" lineup as well as several esteemed guests, including FATES WARNING alumni drummer Mark Zonder and co-founding guitarist Victor Arduini — uniting two eras of FATES WARNING for the first time ever.
WHILE HEAVEN WEPT mainman Tom Phillips offered more insight into the album: "While most of our albums have been thematic, this is the first time we've released something entirely of a conceptual nature in the grand tradition of PINK FLOYD, GENESIS, RUSH, MARILLION, IRON MAIDEN, KING DIAMOND, QUEENSRŸCHE, and, of course, FATES WARNING...and musically, this album falls somewhere in the middle of all of that with a touch of Viking-era BATHORY as well."
The signature sound of WHILE HEAVEN WEPT remains fully intact, yet has evolved; Phillips explains: "We've always been characterized by emotional sincerity, bombast, sweeping melodies, and dense orchestration, and 'Suspended At Aphelion' is no exception — however, this really is another level for us in that it's the first album featuring all-new material composed in this decade (as opposed to previous releases which often culled from years of archival material), it's full of twists, turns, modulations, time changes, harmonic content rarely heard in metal, and tons of counterpoint. This is all augmented by actual cellos, violins, classical guitars, an array of percussion, and genuine analog synths."
He continues: "Over the last few years, we've had some audiophiles reaching out to us regarding the 'loudness wars,' so we were very much committed to delivering an album with a wide dynamic range, with very little peak reduction or compression...insuring it was as dynamic and organic as possible versus being Pro Tooled to death or overtly compressed/limited for loudness... not unlike our labelmates SATYRICON, who definitely impacted our approach to 'Suspended At Aphelion'...so you may have to turn it up compared to 'X album' from 2014, but we feel like this epic journey is even more gratifying because of this."
The official lyric video for the song "Icarus And I" from WHILE HEAVEN WEPT, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.
Tracklist:
1. Introspectus
2. Icarus And I
3. Ardor
4. Heartburst
5. Indifference Turned Paralysis
6. The Memory Of Bleeding
7. Souls In Permafrost
8. Searching The Stars
9. Reminescence Of Strangers
10. Lifelines Lost
11. Retrospectus
Release Date: October 24th, 2014
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