Doomraiser captivate doom metal enthusiasts worldwide with the release of their electrifying new single “Last Christmas I Gave You My Death”.
The band commented:
“Death on Christmas Day is traumatic and destabilizing. On that special day, death is not contemplated. Christmas is birth, life, light and energy. For the loved ones who remain, death on this day changes the perspective of life and sweeps away that magic that has always gravitated around the festive period. Is it a joke of life, a freak of nature, an unexpected ‘surprise’? Whoever passes away on Christmas Day is welcomed directly by the new, magical light of winter, they are embraced by a dazzling new cycle. Death on Christmas day is sacred and holy!
‘Last Christmas I Gave You My Death’ is a complex and macabre song, the most intricate and dynamic of the entire new album. The song is a vortex of riffs, kaleidoscopic melodies intertwine with each other, until reaching the final electric funeral march!”.
Four years since the release of their critically acclaimed fifth album,”The Dark Side of Europa”, Italian doom metal forerunners Doomraiser return to the fray with their anthemic new album, “Cold Grave Marble” on 2nd October 2024 via Time To Kill Records.
The album was recorded and produced once again by Danilo Silvestri and the band, with artwork overseen by Fabio Listrani.
“Cold Grave Marble”, the sixth Doomraiser full doom length, is a frozen view in the darker side of life: Death, the Omega of our earthly dimension. The album is made up of raw riffing seasoned up in heavy, dark and gloomy dreaming atmospheres, and explores a plethora of styles with different sounds and solutions. The songwriting approach is rougher than before, experimental, suggestive, still preserving the classic Doomraiser characteristic sound.
The whole concept lies upon a personal portrayal of Death, the Infinite Void, the Great Absence, the greatest experience in matter of Chaos and disruption of reality. It’s a journey exploring the end of the biological cycle and man’s awareness of the ancient idea of “having to die”, an extreme but natural event belonging to the inevitability of time.
The album was recorded in Rome, Italy, by the skillful hands of Danilo Silvestri and mastered (just like the previous album “The Dark Side of Old Europa”) by Claudio Gruer. The record features important guests such as James Murphy (Death, Obituary, Testament), Flegias (Necrodeath), Mario Di Donato (The Black), Nequam (The Magik Way, ex Mortuary Drape) among others.
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1. Dark Omens (latin speech by Mario “The Black” Di Donato) 2. Last Christmas I Gave You My Death 3. Once Upon The Fireflies (organ and strings by Il Diavolo Misterioso) 4. Profondo Nero/Life In Black (guitar solo by James Murphy, screaming vocals by Flegias) 5. Cold Grave Marble (Winter Moon) (desperate scream by Veronica G.) 6. Without A Shadow 7. The Great Void (bonus track On CD, MC and Digital only) 8. Filthy Shades Of Death (storytelling intro by Nequam, organ and strings by Il Diavolo Misterioso) 9. Continuum Pt. 2&3 (Ultima Luce) 10. Buio |
