After almost 3 years from the release of its last work, The Attraction of Opposites (May 2014), Ravenscry is excited to announce the release date of its third studio album: The Invisible. It will be a concept album and it will be released on February 24 2017.
The new album has been recorded between June and September 2016 at the Ravenstudio (instrumental parts) and at the Big Bang Studio (vocal parts), it is now through the mixing process, which is being done by Roberto Laghi (In Flames, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Entombed), who already worked on the mix of The Attraction Of Opposites. The master will be done by Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Delain, Epica, Primal Fear) at the Hansen Studios in January.
The Invisible is the first Ravenscry concept album. Unlikely the previous ones the composing process has been very different, as the band stated:
"Creating a story and giving it a soul with music is an extraordinary job and it is fascinating, but also very hard. We got through a lot of issues and deep human emotions, digging inside every single one of us in search for the right sensations in order to translate them into music. We had an incredible amount of material to work on; we had to take some hard decisions, mainly based on the emotions we wanted to give to the listener, song by song, guided by the story. This way of working got us very deeply into what we were doing. These months have been extremely hard, but we are very satisfied about the results and we can't wait for you to listen to it!"
The Invisible talks about a young library assistant, Coral, who lives and works in a small town in Colorado; but she is not born there, she grew up in an orphanage. Coral spends all her day between books and archives, that is probably because it is her passion, but also because she is not that great in communicating with other people. One day she finds a book with a peculiar picture, which reminds her of distant memories. From this moment on her life changes, because she starts a journey, inside and outside herself, without knowing where this will bring her and without knowing what she will find at the end of it. A risky trip, which could lead to nothing! or to everything.
It is a complex journey, as you can see also from the tracklist, which takes place among full songs (in bold), interludes and words written by the characters of the story. It is a plot that has to be listened in its fullness to be completely understood.
1. The Entaglement
2. Whispered Intro
3. Hypermnesia
4. Coral (as seen by others)
The librarian talks about Coral
5. The Mission
6. Monsters Inside
The director of the institute talks about Coral
7. The Invisible Revolution
8. The teacher talks about Coral part 1
9. The Deepest Lake
10. The grandmother talks about Coral
11. More Than Anything
12. The teacher talks about Coral part 2
13. Nothing But A Shade
14. Nora talks about Martin
15. Oscillation
16. In Collision
17. The Magic Circle
Martin talks with Coral part 1
18. Flux Density
19. Overload
Martin talks with Coral part 2
Musically speaking, Ravenscry renewed its style again, accepting the challenges due to the composition of a concept album, but without renouncing to their distinctive sound. There are a lot of heavy riffs and peculiar vocal line, but be ready to listen to something different, showing clearly that the band is always up to going through the creative research.
The single extracted from the new album will be Oscillation; it will come with an official video, which will be shot in mid-December with Max Valerio, eclectic and visionary director and photographer.
The artwork of The Invisible has been designed by Mario Sà nchez Nevado, also known as Aègis Strife. He is an illustrator and a storyteller, he has in his curriculum exhibitions at the MoMa and at the New York Guggenheim, but also many other international rewards of his work.
Mark down on the agenda February 24 2017 for The Invisible, which will be distributed on all the digital platforms worldwide (except for Japan) by Audioglobe, and the physical format will be available worldwide (except for Japan) thanks to the brand new agreement signed with Plastic Head.
Bio. Active since 2008, the band based in Milan published 1 EP (2010) and 2 full-length, One Way Out (2011) and The Attraction Of Opposites (2014). From its very first work, the band extracted two singles: Nobody, which video has over 1 million views on YouTube and Calliope. The singles taken from The Attraction Of Opposites were 3, with the relative videos: starting with Missing Words, followed by the dark atmospheres of Noir Desire and then Alive, with which Ravenscry promoted a campaign to fight violence against women. Both the albums were released also in Japan. Talking about live activity, Ravenscry has done two European tours and has taken part in different international festivals.
The line-up has never changed through the years and it is:
Giulia Stefani - Vocals
Andrea "Fagio" Fagiuoli - Bass
Mauro Paganelli - Guitar
Paolo "Paul" Raimondi - Guitar
Simone "Simon" Carminati - Drums
The band is endorsed by some important international brands, like Audio-Technica, Hughes & Kettner, Lewitt, Steinberg and Two Notes.
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