Swedish doom metal masters Avatarium are set to release their upcoming album, which is called "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23rd via Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork of their new opus can be seen on the left.
Bassist Leif Edling is really content with the result:
"Think we have created something unique this time with Avatrium The songs are more written to be just songs and there are some really nice moments on the record that I personally love... the straight forward title track, the beautiful 'January Sea', the riff in 'Ghostlight' and the groove in 'Run Killer Run'. The organ and the Rhodes piano are ridiculously loud in the mix at times, even Dr. Carl agrees hehe, but i think it gives even more edge to the songs! I hope people will dig "TGWTRM" as much as I do myself, and if they don't, it's their problem. A band can't deliver more than we have done here, so it is an album close to perfection! When an album is perfect...shoot me!" 🙂
Guitarist Marcus Jidell comments as well:
"Avarium have been taking another big step with this album and I can't wait for people to hear the songs and to play them live on our tour in November! It has been a lot of work but also a great pleasure to be the producer of this album, I'm very happy with the result and I feel very proud to be a member of this powerful and talented band!"
The tracklists for "The Girl With The Raven Mask" are as follows:
DIGI:
01. Girl With The Raven Mask
02. The January Sea
03. Pearls And Coffins
04. Hypnotized
05. Ghostlight
06. Run Killer Run
07. Iron Mule
08. The Master Thief
Bonus DVD (Live @ Hammer Of Doom 2014):
01. Moonhorse
02. Bird Of Prey
03. All I Want
04. Tides Of Telepathy
05. Deep Well
06. Pandora's Egg
07. Avatarium
CD:
01. Girl With The Raven Mask
02. The January Sea
03. Pearls And Coffins
04. Hypnotized
05. Ghostlight
06. Run Killer Run
07. Iron Mule
08. The Master Thief
2LP
Side A:
01. Girl With The Raven Mask
02. The January Sea
Side B:
01. Pearls And Coffins
02. Hypnotized
Side C:
01. Ghostlight
02. Run Killer Run
Side D:
01. Iron Mule
02. The Master Thief
Avatrium will bring the energy of their records onto the tent stage of Summer Breeze in Dinkelsbühl, Germany at the Nuclear Blast label night next Wednesday. Be there!
Don't miss the band on their tour in autumn with their label mates of The Vintage Caravan and the also Sweden-based Honeymoon Disease as well:
18.11. DK Lyngby - Templet
19.11. D Hamburg - Klubsen
20.11. D Essen - Turock
21.11. NL Eindhoven - Speedfest
22.11. UK London - Underworld
23.11. D Frankfurt - Das Bett
24.11. CH Pratteln - Z7
25.11. D Munich - Backstage
26.11. D Leipzig - Moritzbastei
27.11. A Wien - Szene
28.11. A Innsbruck - Weekender
29.11. D Berlin - Bi-Nuu
