Novembre - Umana (lyrics video) (from Ursa)
‘URSA’ is the seventh and latest
album from
Italy’s atmospheric death/doom metal purveyors,
Novembre, and is set for release on 1st April on
Peaceville Records, pre-order now:
CD:
http://bit.ly/1SOFsGl
LP: http://bit.ly/1S4TAMW
DIGITAL: http://smarturl.it/URSA_DIGITAL
Novembre store on Peacevile: http://bit.ly/1UlVV5T
More info: http://peaceville.com/novembre/
After a period of inactivity since
2007’s ‘
The Blue’, which involved the departure of longstanding member Giuseppe
Orlando, Novembre returns with a new set of potent and poignant tracks, effortlessly transitioning between soothing, epic, melancholy and intense, from what is one of the originators of the whole atmospheric death/doom scene. Headed by founding member and writer Carmelo
Orlando, & with a reinvigorated musical alliance with Massimiliano Pagliuso, the line-up is completed by
Fabio Fraschini (previously bassist on the ‘
Materia’ album), and
David Folchitto on drums. There is also a special guest appearance from
Anders Nyström of the
Swedish Doom masters KATATONIA, adding his own unique ‘cold’ touch to the album’s single track ‘Annoluce’.
‘URSA’ was recorded at
Blue Noise Studio, and PlayRec studio by Massimiliano Pagliuso, then mixed and mastered at Unisound Studios by
Dan Swanö (
Opeth,
Katatonia,
Bloodbath),
Cover art comes courtesy of
Travis Smith.
Tracklist:
Australis
The Rose
Umana
Easter
URSA
Oceans of
Afternoons
Annoluce
Agathae
Bremen
Fin
Carmelo Orlando comments on ‘URSA’:
”This album is a very important step in my life. It got me closer to what some may call ‘maturity’.
I’ve been able to delve even deeper into the chasm of the subconscious and unearth gems I didn’t think existed. Lyrically and conceptually I explored new shores. I moved my ever-inwards headlights, and for the first time I dared to
point them outwards, against the squalor of this Orwellian apocalypse we’re committing towards the
Earth and its sons, on a daily basis, in quasi-total indifference.
The album is indeed called URSA (the acronym for “
Union des Républiques Socialistes Animales”), which was the title initially chosen for the
French translation of
George Orwell’s masterpiece novel ‘
Animal Farm’.”
URSA is available to pre-order on CD & LP from www.peaceville.com/store
Pre-orders from the
Peaceville Store receive a free 3-track EP including an alternate version of ‘Annoluce’ plus 2 exclusive tracks.