Gaerea released a stunning debut in 2016 that received widespread acclaim. It was in the form of a sensational EP that showcased their superior songwriting skills and outstanding aesthetic sense. This year the Portuguese black metal band will release their highly awaited full length album that takes forward their sound to new extremes.
Transcending Obscurity Records label owner Kunal Choksi states, "It's an honour to work with a fine band in Gaerea from Portugal. Much like their new label mates Jupiterian, they've got something special going on aesthetically and musically, and existing fans will be happy with their latest full length which is mature and just as haunting. Special thanks goes out to Tito Vespasiani for making this happen. Pre-orders for this extraordinary release will be up very soon on both CD and gatefold LP."
Gaerea comment, "Nearly two years after the release of our debut self-titled EP, It is now with utmost pleasure that we announce a strong collaboration with Transcending Obscurity Records to unleash a new piece of furious black art experience under the name of 'Unsettling Whispers'. This is undoubtedly a more ambitious step and manifestly crafts the revival of the existence of Gaerea. The unsettling reflection of a dying world who just stares while in the front row of the edge of the immense abyss where death is nothing more than the restart of the same putrid routine. It's the ultimate line who separates the individual emotions from the other ents crawling at the surface."
Recorded by Miguel Tereso at Demigod Recordings, Portugal. It features now the majestic handcrafted work of Stefan "Khaos Diktator Design."
Tracklisting:
I. Svn
II. Absent
III. Whispers
IV. Lifeless Immortality
V. Extension to Nothingness
VI. Cycle of Decay
VII. Catharsis
Press for their debut release -
TEAMROCK / METAL HAMMER: "Mystery is always welcomed within the dark arts, with bands often choosing to either allow their music to speak for itself, and with a self-titled EP on the cusp of release, this quintet are preparing for some of that mystery to be broken. They may be keeping themselves hidden, but their music needs to be heard.
METAL INJECTION (TREVOR STRNAD): "Gaerea provide an artfully woven black metal landscape that is majestic, harrowing, and depressive."
NO CLEAN SINGING: "It's a dark, lumbering goliath of a song with flashes of guitar lightning, lyrics voiced in scalding shrieks and ghastly roars, and alluring melodies that slither like a massive python and rise up with the shimmering appeal of an oasis mirage in a wasteland. A baleful and forbidding, yet thoroughly beguiling, piece of music."
METAL HAMMER GREECE: "Rhythmical drumming, depressed melodies and riffs with total black background, and a voice bulging with despair and awakens people minds in every lyric. The answer of Rome to Mgla and Batushka."
SUBTERRANEA MAG: "The personification of doom and narcissism at the same amount of time. Enter the Void"
CVLT NATION: "a staggering new ritual by mysterious dark/doomy black metallers GAEREA"
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