Persefone "metanoia"

Country: Andorra
Genre(s): Progressive Atmospheric/Extreme Metal
Label: Napalm Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: February 4, 2022
Tracklist

1 Metanoia 

2 Katabasis

3 Architecture of the I

4 Leap of Faith

5 Aware of Being Watched 

6 Merkabah

7 Consciousness (Pt.3)

8 Anabasis Pt1

9 Anabasis Pt2 

10 Anabasis Pt3

Line-up

Marc Martins: Vocals

Carlos Lozano: Guitars

Miguel Espinosa: Keyboards, Vocals

Tony Mestre: Bass

Sergi Verdeguer: Drums

Filipe Baldaia: Guitars

   With

Einar Solberg (Leprous) (1)
Angel Vivaldi (9)

Steffen Kummerer (9)

Merethe Soltvedt (5, 9)

Description/Reviews:

metanoia sets off with the opulent opener “Katabasis”, drawing dramatic, cinematic soundscapes mixed with electronic influences. The soft, clear vocals of Marc Martins alternate with sharp growls and pierce through constantly changing riffs. PERSEFONE balances soft passages with intense walls of sound on tracks like “Aware of Being Watched” – in which clean vocals and jazzy sections alternate with intense riffing carried by dense drumming – while solid, rich sound takes on orchestral dimensions on songs such as “Leap of Faith”. Vivid and dynamic instrumentation, tempo and rhythm make up the intense ride “Merkabah”, showcasing the band’s hardest yet most vulnerable sides as screams and blast beats are followed by soft instrumentation – spanning the song’s intensity to its maximum. A special surprise is the 11-minute masterpiece “Consciousness Pt. 3”, which continues a series of songs from the band’s fourth album Spiritual Migration (2013). The album closes with another opulent set of songs, “Anabasis Pt. 1”, “Anabasis Pt. 2” and “Anabasis Pt. 3”. “Anabasis Pt. 1” starts off with calm, dreamy piano sounds, drifting over to the intense “Anabasis Pt. 2” and leading seamlessly into “Anabasis Pt. 3”, gently closing the album with a cinematic outro."

metanoia is an atmospheric and gloomy journey through rich soundscapes. The bands crosses genre boundaries with ease and creates their own cosmos, mesmerizing the listener with a high variety of songwriting and technical precision and proving PERSEFONE’s worthy position in the genre of extreme progressive metal

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