Adorned Graves - New Album in 2020!

[Kerrick]

I'm stoked! I absolutely love their debut album (as well as their EP) and this just rose very high on my list of most anticipated releases for 2020.

[MetalPioneer]

I had the opportunity to review the last album and communicated a bit with one of the band members. Looking forward to this!

I assume that sample was a raw/unedited clip, but we will see!

[Kerrick]

You can listen to the whole thing and purchase digitally on Bandcamp:
https://adornedgraves.bandcamp.com/album/being-towards-a-river

And also order the CD directly from the band (which I just did):
http://adorned-graves.de/shop.html

[MetalPioneer]

Thanks for the info. I will have to give it a listen this week. I'm a bit leery about international shipping right now so I will have to think about getting the physical album.

[Kerrick]

Yeah shipping to the US is indeed mighty expensive... I think maybe with the whole covid thing, they've increased their rates. Sigh...

[MetalPioneer]

Okay, so I finally had a chance to listen to the album. Overall, it's a good record. The first two tracks were a bit lackluster. However, the latter part of the album definitely makes up for this. I definitely feel like they gravitated towards doom more this time around. There are some parts that sound like Nomad's Son or Pylon, so that's cool.

"Rheingold" is probably my favorite so far, but I'm also a sucker for long, epic tracks. Do you know who the guest vocalist on "Towards A River" is? He sounds Herbie Langhans (ex-Sinbreed, ex-Seventh Avenue), which would make sense since he is also from Germany.

[Kerrick]

Cool! I've resisted listening to the whole thing until my CD arrives so I can't comment on much of the specifics of each song beyond the couple of tracks I've heard. They did mention that this album is more heavy/classic metal oriented. Your Nomad Son and Pylon comparisons have me extra excited haha!

You're right, it is Herbie on that song - and Dale Thompson of Bride on a few other tracks.

[MetalPioneer]

Ah, okay. Let me know when your CD comes in and you've listened to it. Some Bride fan I am, because I didn't even realize Dale Thompson was a guest vocalist lol. Next time I listen I'll pay more attention.

[Kerrick]

I will!

Ha, well I think it'd be about impossible to keep up with Dale. He's been hiring himself out as guest vocalist for a million projects, plus he has another million of his own projects right now it seems!

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