Artist: EYE OF MELIAN [AURI, DELAIN]
Album: FOREST OF FORGETTING VINYL (2LP BLACK)

Release date: 20.02.2026
EAN/UPS: 810185192809
Media type: LP

EYE OF MELIAN open the gates to a different world with their new album Forest Of Forgetting, out February 20th, 2026 via Napalm Records. Named after a powerful primordial singing spirit from the world of J. R. R. Tolkien, EYE OF MELIAN draws inspiration from the master of fantasy and expands on his ethereal concept. Created by Delain’s Martijn Westerholt and featuring Auri’s Johanna Kurkela as a lead vocalist, EYE OF MELIAN’s Forest Of Forgetting is a masterclass in symphonic songwriting so whimsical the real world fades away.

Completing the all-star lineup on their debut with Napalm Records are orchestral arranger Mikko P. Mustonen and backing vocalist and lyricist Robin La Joy, blessing twelve lush compositions with immortal life. Mesmerizing from the first gentle notes of opening track “Of Willows And Shadows”, Forest Of Forgetting weaves otherworldly piano melodies and epic strings around angelic vocals worthy of the powerful Valar themselves. “Child Of Twilight” deepens EYE OF MELIAN’s dreamy and bombastic Hollywood movie score approach, carefully building up an exceptionally enchanting atmosphere that carries on into the equally cinematic “Blackthorn Winter”, ever so elegantly broadening the view into the alluring realms the band is melodizing. “Dawn Of Avatars” features Nightwish multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley on flute and uilleann pipes, as well as hurdy-gurdy fairy Patty Gurdy, before EYE OF MELIAN turns in the direction of heavy metal with a charming rendition of Bruce Dickinson’s anthem “Tears Of The Dragon” (originally released on Balls To Picasso in 1994 after the singer had left Iron Maiden). Forest Of Forgetting also comes with all its tracks as instrumental versions to dwell in the impressive orchestrals alone.

With this opulent album, EYE OF MELIAN extends an invitation to faraway lands full of wonder. Forest Of Forgetting unfolds as quite the opposite of its title: utterly unforgettable."

Side A:
01 Of Willows and Shadows
02 ⁠⁠Symphonia Arcana
03 Child of Twilight
04 Elixir of Night (feat. Patty Gurdy, feat. Troy Donockley)

Side B:
05 Blackthorn Winter
06 Lady of Light
07 Dawn of Avatars (feat. Patty Gurdy, feat. Troy Donockley)
08 Forest of Forgetting

Side C:
09 The Buried Well
10 The Mirror
11 Nepenthe
12 Tears of the Dragon

Side D - Instrumental:
13 Of Willows and Shadows
14 ⁠⁠Symphonia Arcana
15 Child of Twilight
16 Blackthorn Winter
17 Nepenthe