08/16/2017 16:41
Devilish Impressions
Devilish Impressions: 'The I' album coming in September
Hailing from Poland, the epic black / death metallers of Devilish Impressions will release their new album, 'The I' on September 22nd, 2017 via Lifeforce Records. The album will be available as CD digipak, limited vinyl LP and digital download.
CD digipak track listing:
01. The I
02. The Dove and the Serpent
03. Eosphoros
04. Blood Imprinted Stigma
05. Ipse philosophvs, daemon, Devs et omnia
06. Czern i Biel
07. The Fatal Messiah
Vinyl track listing:
01. The I
02. The Dove and the Serpent
03. Blood Imprinted Stigma
04. Eosphoros
05. Ipse philosophvs, daemon, Devs et omnia
06. The Fatal Messiah
Recorded at various studios, including Dobra12 (drums) and Icaros Studio (guitars) the disc was mixed and mastered at Impressive Art Studio by Przemyslaw Nowak who also handled vocals recording sessions and guitars' re-amping. The album’s artwork, design and layout were created by Infected Minds.
The album features special guest appearances by Mercyful Fate / King Diamond's guitarist Mike Wead and by Norway's dark metal masters Aeternus' vocalist / guitarist Ares. Other artists who also contributed to the record are shamanic ritual meditative experimental act Bön and Impressive Art Studio's owner Przemyslaw Nowak who came up with interludes, additional background tunes and effects.
"It's been a really long way to be finally able to wrap it all up, countless nights spent on writing the music and lyrics first, then working on the album's pre-production, followed by what seemed to be never-ending, proper recording sessions, and tones of work that had to be done for the band afterwards. We really wanted this new album to become something really special and therefore, to avoid any haphazard decisions, we let them come out of us smoothly, without putting ourselves under any external tension and stuff. Did it pay off? Well, we'll see... We surely worked our asses off, pushed things back and forth to get the best out of it. As a result we've got something we are damn proud of, something that we believe surpasses on all possible levels everything we've done in the past. I simply believe we’d outdone ourselves and recorded something that will cause your hearts beat faster..." comments Quazarre, the band's composer, vocalist and guitarist.
The title chosen, 'The I', for the record is not only a phonetic acronym of the band's name, but above all it reflects the manifesto they stand for since the horde's inception in the year 2000 – the notion of freedom of choice and will. A supremacy of an individual over any external factors being imposed on us by others, with special emphasis on religion and its convictions, dogmas and paradigms. 'The I' is a rebellious manifesto targeted against all those who stand opposed to anything that drives us towards individual perfection.
Comments Infected Minds, the entity responsible for the album's cover illustration, artwork and layout: "To accompany the fierce and powerful lyrical content of 'The I', we developed an equally strong-minded visual concept resembling the appearance of medieval scriptures. It refers to the intense religious critique omnipresent in each song and depicts the ancient spirit of rebellion at the same time. The cover illustration reflects the general notions of the album – centrality, elucidation and guidance. In the center of the image, the Devilish Impressions' sigil represents the band's everlasting propaganda of the aforementioned philosophy. The morning star on top of the sigil radiates enlightenment and wisdom upon and through the darkness of religion and blind belief. Each lyric is coupled with an old engraving modified in a certain way to create a stronger bond with the text. The carefully crafted typography and layout reinforce the antique and authentic look of the artwork."
(source: Devilish Impressions)
(Older news about the topic:)
Poland's black/death metal act Devilish Impressions has set 'The I' as the title of its new album, due later in the year. The disc was recorded at several studios, including Dobra 12 Studio and Icaros Studio to eventually get mixed and mastered at Impressive-Art Studio by Przemyslaw Nowak who also handled vocals recording sessions as well as guitars re-amping. The album's artwork, design and layout were created by Infected Minds.
'The I', a follow-up to the MLP 'Adventvs' released last year via Hammerheart Records, is the group's 4th full-length album and is said to be their darkest, heaviest and most intriguing offering to date.
As commented by the group's driving force Quazarre of what stands behind the title chosen for their newest record:
"Not only it's a phonetic acronym of the band's name (The I = DI) but, above all, it reflects the manifesto we stand for since the horde's day one, which is the notion of freedom of choice and will, a self-determination that actually places us in a centre of the Universe as we perceive it. A supremacy of an individual over any external factors being imposed on us by others, with special emphasis on religion with its convictions, dogmas and paradigms. 'The I' is a rebellious manifesto targeted against all those who stand opposed to anything that drives us towards individual perfection..."
Founded in 2000, formerly as a studio project and transformed into a regular live- band six years later, Devilish Impressions merges the fierceness of traditional black and death metal with a subtle dose of ethereal melodies. Throughout the years they found the right balance between those seemingly opposing elements to eventually create their own, distinctive sonic path. Critically acclaimed records and intense live rituals brought upon mankind while touring all over the Old Continent have earned them an honorable reputation and thus they've grown into one of the most intriguing acts to emerge out of Poland's extreme music scene.
Not many bands out there are brave enough to reach beyond their stable framework. Devilish Impressions, on the contrary, keeps pushing boundaries further out with each consecutive release and it is their unpredictable variability that makes them as dangerous as they are unstoppable...
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