{"id":2903,"date":"2018-10-03T12:45:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T10:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2018-10-02T15:08:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:08:40","slug":"the-smokeless-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/10\/the-smokeless-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SMOKELESS FIRES"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German metallers LUNAR SHADOW<\/strong> will enter Glooven Studios<\/strong> in Leipzig to begin work on their sophomore album, \u201cThe Smokeless Fires\u201d<\/strong>, which will see the light of day in early 2019 via Cruz Del Sur Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The follow-up to 2017\u2019s \u201cFar From Light\u201d <\/strong>will mark the first LUNAR SHADOW<\/strong> album to feature new singer Robert Roettig<\/strong>, who replaces Alex Vornam<\/strong>. After a couple of live appearances with DESASTER<\/strong>, SPELL<\/strong>, TOKYO BLADE<\/strong> and VISIGOTH<\/strong> and a much-needed break away from the guitar, lead guitarist Max ‘Savage’ Birbaum<\/strong> started assembling new songs, which, as he explains, will take LUNAR SHADOW<\/strong> in a new, but also familiar direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cRobert <\/strong>sounds different \u2014 his vocals are a bit more high-pitched than before, yet he still has this obscure-Valusian<\/strong> touch to it,\u201d says Birbaum<\/strong>. \u201cI’d say that the album sounds a lot like LUNAR SHADOW<\/strong>, yet with some new elements. I guess you could say that there are more black metal-influences this time, more DISSECTION <\/strong>riffs and even some blast-beats, but still held together by twin guitar leads. Yet, as always, I just do what I want to do, so there will also be a piano ballad plus a song with New Wave-influences.\u00a0The album sounds like if WISHBONE ASH <\/strong>played \u2018Far Away From the Sun\u2019<\/strong> by SACRAMENTUM <\/strong>back in 1976 while having sex with a dryad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Whereas \u201cFar From Light\u201d<\/strong> tackled lyrical topics about death, \u201cThe Smokeless Fires\u201d<\/strong> will be about another crucial element of the human spectrum: passion. \u201c\u2018The Smokeless Fires\u2019 <\/strong>are our passions, the things that drive us on, keep us going, prevent us from death, things that break us down, shatter us, make us vanish,\u201d notes Birbaum<\/strong>. \u201c[New song] \u2018Laurelind\u00f3renan\u2019<\/strong> is inspired by the writings of Tolkien<\/strong>, \u2018Red Nails (For The Pillar Of Death)\u2019 <\/strong>and \u2018Conajohara No More\u2019<\/strong> are based upon stories by Robert E. Howard<\/strong>. The lyrical themes haven’t changed that much, I still write about life, death, lost love, depression, ancient cities, broken swords and ghastly spells.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The album\u2019s artwork was created by Portland, Oregon-based artist Adam Burke<\/strong>, who previously handled the band\u2019s 2015 \u201cTriumphator\u201d<\/strong> EP. Depicting a storm of fire lingering around two lovers, the album cover, like most of Burke<\/strong>\u2019s work, is visually-appealing and fits the album\u2019s themes perfectly. \u201cThe combination of two, forming something strange and beautiful,\u201d says Birbaum<\/strong>. \u201cLove is maybe one of our strongest passions. We long for it, we lose it, we starve ourselves to get it, we throw it away, when we weary. Love is important. And a good reason to die for.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Smokeless Fires\u201d<\/strong> track listing:<\/p>\n

1. Catch Fire
\n2. Conajohara No More
\n3. Roses
\n4. Pretend
\n5. Laurelind\u00f3renan
\n6. Red Nails (For The Pillar Of Death)
\n7. Hawk Of The Hills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German metallers LUNAR SHADOW will enter Glooven Studios in Leipzig to begin work on their sophomore album, \u201cThe Smokeless Fires\u201d, which will see the light of day in early 2019 via Cruz Del Sur Music.   The follow-up to 2017\u2019s \u201cFar From Light\u201d will mark the first LUNAR SHADOW album to feature new singer Robert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1365],"tags":[1526,286,42,1428,1405,1525,1528,1527],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903"}],"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=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2908,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions\/2908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}