"Patterns in Mythology, the new album from Portland, ME's FALL OF RAUROS, is one of the best albums of 2019. From the album's first seconds to its grand closing, Patterns in Mythology is intensely focused; the end result is sprawling, atmospheric, melodic and the best FALL OF RAUROS release yet." - Decibel Magazine
FALLS OF RAUROS make their Gilead Media debut with their highly anticipated new album, Patterns in Mythology.
Wholly engrossing and grandiose in its musicality, Patterns in Mythology is a collection of tracks that showcase the true width and scope of the Portland, Maine band. A dynamic, ever-moving take on black metal, blazing tracks such as "Weapons of Refusal" characterize the band's optimistic, bared-teeth fighting spirit through passages of furious, driving blast beats set against a whirlwind of ice-cold tremolo picking. Leaving no stone unturned, FALLS OF RAUROS also use "Patterns of Mythology" as a vehicle to contemplate on more somber themes, with a musical vocabulary to match. Sprawling opuses such as "New Inertia" and the truly epic closer "Memory at Night" showcase impressive, melodic guitar work, rhythmic pulls, and pained screams, as the band ruminate a pessimistic, melancholic, hermetic desire to retreat from humankind, hoping our failures will swallow us up one-by-one, with nobody to turn to for comfort.
"New Inertia" is streaming now, exclusively via Decibel Magazine.
About the track, vocalist/guitarist Aaron comments, "'New Inertia' is in many ways about the lingering prevalence of myth in the modern world, and the insidious effects such mythologies continue to work upon humankind. It is both a condemnation of willful ignorance and an exhortation to seek out whatever sliver of truth may be hiding in this world. Musically speaking, "New Inertia" was approached with a self-imposed discipline to restrict the number of unique motifs and melodies in the song to a small handful yet develop and twist those few ideas to serve a full piece. The "Waxen Voices" (from Believe in No Coming Shore) ethos is very much at play here: before adding an entirely new riff into the song we would try adjusting the arrangement, the harmony stack during a certain passage, or maybe just the tone or timbre of the instruments in a particular spot. When a melody line was called for, we would first look for a melody in an earlier section of the song and layer it on top of an entirely different riff later in the song. The goal was to avoid linearity and hopefully wind up with something more cyclical and self-referential. This was the first song we tackled upon entering the studio back in December; it was the perfect starting point in that it touches upon many of the stylistic variations found on the rest of the tracks, effectively immersing us in the mood of the record and preparing us for its demands."
A unique look into victory and celebration, failure and resignation, FALLS OF RAUROS and Patterns in Mythologyshowcase both the power and sensibility of extreme metal in a world where tradition clashes with modernity.
Pattern In Mythology is available for pre-order on LP/CD/digital now via Gilead Media and will see a release date of July 19, 2019.
Listen to "New Inertia" at Decibel Magazine here:
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/05/02/track-premiere-falls-of-rauros-new-inertia/
Track listing:
1. Détournement
2. Weapons of Refusal
3. New Inertia
4. Renouvellement
5. Last Empty Tradition
6. Memory at Night
Album credits:
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves, Dec. 2018 - January 2019
All music composed, arranged, and performed by Falls of Rauros
Album artwork: "Sunlight on the Coast," "High Cliff, Coast of Maine," and "Early Morning After a Storm at Sea" by Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Promo photo by Drew Buerhaus
Falls Of Rauros is:
Evan ' bass guitar
Ray ' drums / additional guitar
Aaron ' guitar / vocals / lyrics
Jordan ' guitar / vocals / keys / lyrics on "Renouvellement"
Live show dates:
Shows w/ Wayfarer
7/21 Toronto, ON - Lee's Place
7/22 Montreal, QC - Piranha Bar
7/24 Portland, ME - Geno's
7/25 Boston, MA - O'Brien's
7/26 Richmond, VA - Wonderland
7/27 Atlanta, GA - 529
Official links:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/fallsofraurosOfficial/
Bandcamp: https://gileadmedia.bandcamp.com/album/patterns-in-mythology
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fallsofraurosofficial
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Kyle Scott
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