Artist: BARREN EARTH
Album: THE DEVIL'S RESOLVE (CD)

Year: 2012
Media type: CD

With a wealth of experience from internationally renowned acts, from former members of Finnish metallers Amorphis, to current members of Swallow the Sun, Moonsorrow, and Kreator, Barren Earth presents Progressive and Folk influenced Death/Doom Metal of the highest order.

Barren Earth emerged in 2009 with the' Our Twilight' EP, followed quickly by their debut album, The Curse Of The Red River (2010) on Peaceville. Both releases met with a rapturous reception from fans and critics alike, including awards for best new band & best album.

Mixed by Dan Swan (Opeth/Katatonia) at Unisound, 'The Devil's Resolve' continues with all the trademarks one has come to associate with Barren Earth: brutal riffs, gloomy growls, majestic melodies, as well as acoustic and progressive passages. But this time the band has delved even deeper: what was brutal on the first release is now ultra so. Likewise, what was proggy earlier is now extra so.

Never a band which likes to travel on the middle of the road, Barren Earth take you on a journey through musical landscapes encompassing brutal death metal, doomy vocals, trippy 70's prog lunacy, pastoral passages andв?¦ bagpipes and then returning back to full-on metal mayhem again.

Artwork comes courtesy of renowned artist Paul Romano (Mastodon).

TRACKLIST:

1  Passing Of The Crimson Shadows  7:17  
2  The Rains Begin  4:55  
3  Vintage Warlords  4:31  
4  As It Is Written  7:29
Bagpipes – Hittavainen  
5  The Dead Exiles
Guitar – Markus Vanhala  6:21  
6  Oriental Pyre  5:18  
7  White Fields 4:59  
Vocals – Mathias Lillmans 
8  Where All Stories End  5:55 

LINE-UP:

Bass – Olli-Pekka Laine
Drums, Percussion – Marko Tarvonen
Guitar – Janne Perttila
Guitar, Vocals – Sami Yli-Sirnio
Keyboards – Kasper Martenson
Lead Vocals – Mikko Kotamaki
Mixed By, Mastered By – Dan Swano