Новият албум на NEVERMORE “This Godless Endeavor” излиза на 25 юли 2005 [!] - 16 May 2005
“The ultimate heavy metal band” (BW&BK Magazine, Canada), Seattle’s NEVERMORE, are set to deliver “This Godless Endeavor” July 25th 2005. Creating metal’s most progressively innovative, insidiously addictive, and blazingly entangled music, mesmerizing vocalist Warrel Dane, backed by guitar virtuoso Jeff Loomis and the jackhammer rhythms of bassist Jim Sheppard and drummer Van Williams are now joined by guitarist Steve Smyth (ex-Testament/Dragonlord) who marks his NEVERMORE recording debut. Smyth toured extensively with the band throughout 2003 and 2004, including a U.S. tour with Dimmu Borgir and Children of Bodom, a full European tour with labelmates Arch Enemy and a performance at Germany’s prestigious Wacken Open Air Festival.
Traveling to England’s Backstage Studios (Arch Enemy, Kreator), the band reunites with production wizard Andy Sneap (Opeth, Machine Head) who “provided an atmosphere conducive to creativity”, says Dane. “This album contains the trademark NEVERMORE songcraft you have either come to love or hate”, he continues, “and some of the most ripping guitar work we’ve recorded.” Stark artwork by Hugh Syme (Rush, Megadeth) incorporates the “theme we’ve developed over the last few albums of everyone wearing a mask”, he explains. With the title, “This Godless Endeavor”, being a discussion on, as Dane sees it, “the on-going struggle between science and religion.” End of July the band will be part of Megadeth’s Gigantour in the US. Psyched about it, “an alternative to what has become a corporate endeavor”, Dane is ready to let fans experience the immediacy and urgency that have played such a huge part in their songs “mind boggling sophistication” (Terrorizer Magazine, UK). Megadeth mainman and guitarist Dave Mustaine commented about including the band on Gigantour’s mainstage, “Having produced Sanctuary’s album “Refuge Denied”, it’s obvious that I would appreciate anything that Warrel and Jim were doing. The fact that Shawn and Glen Drover (Megadeth/Eidolon) are also their friends and huge NEVERMORE fans made it an easy choice.”
NEVERMORE, who just made the Andy Sneap re-mixed and re-mastered version of their previous album “Enemies Of Reality” available, are confirmed to appear in Europe at the end of June at Bang Your Head festival in Germany and Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium).
More details on “This Godless Endeavor” will be spread in the coming days. Look forward to the band’s strongest release to date!
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