{"id":2866,"date":"2018-07-30T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T10:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2018-07-27T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T08:33:53","slug":"u-k-epic-heavy-metallers-lethean-sign-with-cruz-del-sur-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/07\/u-k-epic-heavy-metallers-lethean-sign-with-cruz-del-sur-music\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Epic Heavy Metallers LETHEAN Sign With Cruz Del Sur Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.K. heavy metal ensemble LETHEAN<\/strong> has inked a deal with Cruz Del Sur Music<\/strong> for the release of their \u201cThe Waters Of Death\u201d<\/strong> debut album, which is due November 9.<\/p>\n

Comments founding member James Ashbey<\/strong>: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be joining Cruz Del Sur<\/strong>. We feel at home within their roster as so many of their releases are ones we spin regularly. We\u2019ve long felt Cruz Del Sur<\/strong> would be a good match for our style of heavy metal, so we\u2019re grateful to Enrico <\/strong>\u00a0for putting faith in the two of us despite our relative obscurity. It\u2019s been a pleasure so far \u2014 his reputation for professionalism and honesty is well deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Formed in Essex in late 2012, LETHEAN<\/strong>\u2019s stated purpose was to combine epic metal, NWOBHM and doom, along with the lyrical ethos of mortality and time, leveraging imagery from mythology, history and literature. The band\u2019s 2013 debut two-song demo caught the attention of Greek duo Giannis Alexandrakis<\/strong> (WRATHBLADE<\/strong>) and Michalis Bakoulas<\/strong> (CONVIXION<\/strong>) who helped LETHEAN<\/strong> re-record the songs at an Athens studio. However, it was not until the early 2017 addition of vocalist and co-writer Thumri<\/strong> Paavana<\/strong> that LETHEAN <\/strong>started to gain creative traction, sparking the creation of \u201cThe Waters Of Death\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The album is the first product of the fledgling Seven Gates<\/strong> recording studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Jamie Elton<\/strong> (ex-AMULET<\/strong>) in the producer\u2019s chair. Recorded in the age-old tradition with microphones in front of loud Marshalls and given an analogue mastering by Jaime Gomez<\/strong> (ANGEL WITCH<\/strong>, PARADISE LOST<\/strong>) of Orgone Studios<\/strong>, London, \u201cThe Waters Of Death\u201d<\/strong> has a traditional tone that sets it apart from highly-polished contemporary metal.<\/p>\n

The atmospheric cover artwork for \u201cThe Waters Of Death\u201d<\/strong> was painted by German artist Stefan Bleyl<\/strong>, who has captured the album\u2019s themes of departure and the unknown beyond while reinforcing the frequent references to water, fire and oblivion found in LETHEAN<\/strong>\u2019s lyrics.<\/p>\n

Described by Ashbey<\/strong> as \u201csix solemn heavy metal songs about death, turmoil and the passage of time,\u201d \u201cThe Waters Of Death\u201d<\/strong> effortlessly skirts genre boundaries, all the while maintaining a strong sense of melancholy \u2014 a defining trait of the band. \u201cWe have found that people have struggled to draw immediate parallels between us and other bands,\u201d he says. \u201cOf course, there are plenty of glimpses of our influences, but hopefully these rise and fall within a sound that isn\u2019t defined by mimicry. And while we hate the vague categorization that tends to be assigned to \u2018female-fronted\u2019 bands, our use of female vocals will undoubtedly catch new listeners off-guard, repelling some and attracting others. We like it this way; we would much rather our music polarized opinion than stirred no one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Waters Of Death\u201d<\/strong> will be released via the following formats: COMPACT DISC | VINYL | DIGITAL.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Waters Of Death\u201d<\/strong> track listing:<\/p>\n

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Idylls Of The King<\/p>\n

Seafarer<\/p>\n

In Darkness Veiled<\/p>\n

Time And The Gods<\/p>\n

Across Grey Waters<\/p>\n

Devouring Fire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.K. heavy metal ensemble LETHEAN has inked a deal with Cruz Del Sur Music for the release of their \u201cThe Waters Of Death\u201d debut album, which is due November 9. Comments founding member James Ashbey: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be joining Cruz Del Sur. We feel at home within their roster as so many of their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1506],"tags":[750,1509,92,286,1507,1510,1511,1512,1508],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2869,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions\/2869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}