DARK FOREST To Release ‘Ridge & Furrow’ EP In October

Heralded British traditional metallers DARK FOREST will release the five-song “Ridge & Furrow” EP this October via Cruz Del Sur Music. The follow-up to 2020’s “Oak, Ash & Thorn” was recorded at Hellfire Studios in the Midlands of England with producer Ajeet Gill.

Founding DARK FOREST member, guitarist and primary songwriter Christian Horton used his pandemic downtime wisely. The extra, unexpected free time allowed him to craft new DARK FOREST material between full-length releases. Horton’s burst of creativity coincided with the eventual (and much-needed) re-opening of pubs across England that led to the band resuming live activity. But the immediate future brings “Ridge & Furrow”, a project that has taken on special meaning for Horton that offers the perfect segue to the band’s next full-length album.

“As I began to write new material during 2020, it occurred to me that if we could get enough songs to form an EP and have it recorded and released by 2022, it would be the perfect thing to mark the occasion of the band’s 20th anniversary,” says Horton. “This is one reason why the project began to take on a personal significance. As the founder of DARK FOREST, it would serve as a milestone on the band’s journey and is why I decided to handle a lot of aspects of the record myself, including the artwork. The EP became a project that was close to my heart and I also wanted to bring back something of the early DARK FOREST atmosphere, as I used to do the art back then too, to create a kind of symmetry between points in time.”

The five songs contained herein are classic DARK FOREST. Josh Winnard’s effortless vocal delivery rouses the band’s impenetrable wall of melody and might. The EP format also allowed Horton and the rest of DARK FOREST (completed by second guitarist Patrick Jenkins and drummer Adam Sidaway) to spread the creative wings a bit — and include a fan favorite from their past.

“The music is still very melodic and lead guitar-driven, but there’s a good mixture of material for a short record,” says Horton. “Each song has a different mood and feeling. There’s high-octane, up-tempo and there’s stoic and reflective. We also decided to include a re-recording of an old DARK FOREST classic ‘Under The Greenwood Tree’, which was always a live favorite and befitting an EP that marks an anniversary. It felt like the song which truly encapsulates the spirit of DARK FOREST.”

“Ridge & Furrow” track listing:

  1. Skylark
  2. The Golden Acre
  3. Ridge & Furrow
  4. Meadowland
  5. Under The Greenwood Tree

DARK FOREST premieres “Where The Arrow Falls” on DEAF FOREVER.DE!

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The release date for DARK FOREST’s “Beyond The Veil” is approaching fast (AUG 26) and we’re extremely proud to offer all the fans a second track off the album.
The epic and evocative “Where The Arrow Falls” is one of the highlights and core of the album and prestigious German magazine DEAF FOREVER premieres it today.

Check it HERE:

We’re also very excited to announce that the album is now ALBUM OF THE MONTH on power-metal.de,and landed #5 on DEAF FOREVER sound-check!

“Beyond The Veil” is available on pre-order with IMMEDIATE SHIPPING in Compact Disc, Double Gatefold LP (with poster) formats FROM OUR STORE: !

 

DARK FOREST’s “Beyond the Veil”: tracklist and available formats.

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One of the most anticipated release for Cruz Del Sur Music in 2016 is the new DARK FOREST full-length album to be released on August 26.

Beyond the Veil”’s promotion has started today and the first feedback from media and fans are amazing! We really can’t wait the moment the first promotional track will be made public because all the good press you’re hearing about the album is totally worth!

The album contains 12 tracks, for a total running time of about 70 minutes:

On the Edge of Twilight
Where The Arrow Falls
Autumn’s Crown
Blackthorn
Lunantishee
The Wild Hunt
Earthbound
The Undying Flame
Mên-An-Tol
Beyond the Veil
Ellylldan
The Lore of The Land

“Beyond the Veil” will be available in COMPACT DISC featuring a 16-page booklet with additional, original Duncan Storr’s art, in a GATEFOLD, DOUBLE LP edition including an A2 poster with cover artwork and download card and in DIGITAL.  Besides REGULAR BLACK vinyl, the DOUBLE LP will also be available in an OLIVE GREEN pressing of 150 units only.

Pre-orders will open on August 1st on Cruz Del Sur Music’s e-store.