{"id":3049,"date":"2019-08-29T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2019-08-27T13:08:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T11:08:27","slug":"terminus-signs-with-cruz-del-sur-music-new-album-a-single-point-of-light-due-this-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/terminus-signs-with-cruz-del-sur-music-new-album-a-single-point-of-light-due-this-november\/","title":{"rendered":"TERMINUS Signs With Cruz Del Sur Music; New Album \u2018A Single Point Of Light\u2019 Due This November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Irish epic metallers TERMINUS<\/strong> have signed with Cruz Del Sur Music<\/strong> for the release of their second studio album, \u201cA Single Point Of Light\u201d<\/strong>. Recorded at the home studio of instrumentalist David Gillespie<\/strong> and mixed and mastered by Richard Whittaker<\/strong> (SOLSTICE<\/strong>), the album will see the light of day this November. The artwork was created by Ana\u00efs Mulgrew<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TERMINUS<\/strong>\/Cruz Del Sur<\/strong> relationship stretches back to 2013 when both parties were tossing around the idea of releasing the band\u2019s \u201cThe Reaper\u2019s Spiral\u201d<\/strong> debut. While the idea didn\u2019t come to fruition then, there is no better time than the present \u2014 Gillespie <\/strong>says Cruz Del Sur <\/strong>is a \u201cnatural fit\u201d for TERMINUS <\/strong>since their friends in RAVENSIRE<\/strong>, ARGUS<\/strong>, LETHEAN<\/strong>, GATEKEEPER<\/strong> and LUNAR SHADOW<\/strong> already call the label home.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TERMINUS<\/strong> ceased to be a live entity in late 2017 after triumphant appearances at Keep It True<\/strong>, Up The Hammers<\/strong>, Pyrennean Warriors Open Air<\/strong> and Ultimate Revenge<\/strong> in Helsinki, enabling the band (now a two-piece featuring vocalist James Beattie<\/strong> and Gillespie<\/strong> on instruments) enough time to focus on new material. According to Gillespie<\/strong>, the goal with \u201cA Single Point Of Light\u201d<\/strong> was to \u201cevolve enough so that a second album was not a redundant exercise while still remaining true to our core sound.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the principal songwriter, it was self-imposed pressure to prove \u2014 to myself \u2014 that I wasn\u2019t a one-off and that I could write another record of equal or superior quality,\u201d he continues. \u201cHence, we did not simply poop out an album in 18 months, but took our time.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like its predecessor, \u201cA Single Point Of Light\u201d<\/strong> is a deep dive into the realms of epic and progressive metal, with bountiful guitar harmonies, complex song arrangements and the controlled, but emotive delivery of Beattie. It results in an album that is a comfortable step forward for TERMINUS<\/strong> while not reneging on the core tenets that initially brought the band together in 2012. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe obvious thing is that we haven\u2019t turned into a Sisters Of Mercy<\/strong> tribute band or anything silly like that,\u201d says Gillespie<\/strong>. \u201cThe new album is in the same vein and we have retained our ethos \u2014 which seems to have become strikingly popular of late \u2014 that the album should fit on one side of a 90-minute tape and should split evenly and sympathetically across both sides of a 12-inch LP. Some elements of the sound have been dropped, some have been focused on and there are a few new textures in there to keep things fresh.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Single Point Of Light\u201d<\/strong> again finds TERMINUS <\/strong>exploring lyrical themes off the traditional heavy metal path. Instead, the band continues their approach of interpreting classic science-fiction tales alongside stories of their own telling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have always been antithetical to the\nrest of the subgenre, lyrically,\u201d wraps Gillespie<\/strong>. \u201cOur songs are not\nabout heroes and their deeds. They\u2019re about cowards, deviants, deceivers \u2014 the\nscum of the universe, really. There are no heroics and no victories to be found\nin our world.\u201d
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\n\u201cA Single Point Of Light\u201d<\/strong> track listing: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. To Ash, To Dust<\/li>
  2. Harvest<\/li>
  3. As Through A Child’s Eyes<\/li>
  4. Flesh Falls From Steel<\/li>
  5. Mhira, Tell Me The Nature Of Your\n Existence<\/li>
  6. Cry Havoc<\/li>
  7. Spinning Webs, Catching Dreams<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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