Brazil's progressive power trio debuts "Blinded Nation" single!
The song will take part of the band's new studio album, successor of the highly acclaimed "The Inner Journey" distributed worldwide by Cleopatra Records
The most dangerous power trio of the Brazilian progressive rock scene is back! Joceir Bertoni (vocal/guitar), Ricardo Fanucchi (bass) and Bruno Pamplona (drums/vocal), collectively known as Imagery, retook the recordings of its new studio album at Play Rec Pause Studios in Londrina/Brazil.
Still untitled, this will be the second Imagery's album, successor of the highly acclaimed "The Inner Journey", that was nominated as one of the "Best Brazilian Metal Albums from 2012" by Dynamite Magazine.
To give a taste of what is to come, the trio decided to launch a single, "Blinded Nation".
According to Joceir Bertoni, "Blinded Nation" can, at the same time, gather what best characterizes Imagery's sound with a contemporary and innovative touch that can point to a new musical spectrum to be followed throughout the new album.
"This was the first song written by us in this second stage", tells Joceir. "This new album will have a special value for us. We have the return of a great artist and composer who is Bruno Pamplona and the music came with fundamental ideas from him. We also had arrangements by Henrique Loureiro (keyboardist) who were also essential to the closing of the music".
In terms of lyrics, still according to Joceir, "Blinded Nation" is about the power of words.
"Through words we can manipulate nations. For good and for evil. Through words we truly know who people are. Our path on music is always uncertain, however, we believe in people and in its words, because we can do nothing alone. The cover art, made by our friend Enrico Tomasetti, talks about this subject very well".
"Blinded Nation", as the entire new album, has on production the signature of the respected Julio Anizelli (Mamaquilla, Terra Celta), with whom the group worked on the debut album.
To listen "Blinded Nation", go to: https://youtu.be/RVytejLOsC0
In April, Imagery will launch a second single for the new album titled "People Say".
ABOUT IMAGERY:
When Imagery came to light they surprised even the most optimistic forecast. Definitely! After all, who would expect that a power trio from the countryside of Brazil who plays progressive rock mixed with heavy metal and jazz would reap many fruits with so little time of career and just one album released?
It all started with the release show of "The Inner Journey", their debut album, which came during the opening for Focus, the legendary progressive rock group, in 2012.
Then, the impact of the album in the national press might not have been better. In numerous reviews, the record received maximum rates, including Rock On Stage that also published that Imagery "owes nothing to bands such as Dream Theater." "The Inner Journey" was also nominated for Dynamite Prize as one of the "Best Brazilian Heavy Metal Albums" of 2012.
Right on the next year, Imagery gave one of the most important steps in its career that was the signing of a distribution agreement with the U.S. label Cleopatra Records (Tangerine Dream, Nektar, Hawkwind,Motörhead, Yes, Asia) that already released the album "The Inner Journey" in North America, Europe and Asia.
Soon, super positive reviews started to be published in the international press. The U.S. site Critical Jazz stated that Imagery "is one of the few bands working in the field of progressive rock with the ability to keep the music fresh and revigorating."
In 2014, the paths of Imagery and Focus crossed again. Imagery performed two more shows with Focus in Curitiba and Florianopolis.
Imagery also visited many other cities in Brazil during the tour in promotion for "The Inner Journey".
Since then, the band have been working on the compositions for its next album.
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