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Listen to the Full Album Today via PopMatters
Boston-based WILDERUN‘s third epic progressive metal masterpiece, entitled Veil of Imagination, will see its official release tomorrow, November 1.
Listeners can get a preview of the full album today, exclusively via PopMatters atwww.popmatters.com/wilderun-veil-of-imagination-2641161517.html.
“I see Veil of Imagination as the culmination of everything we’ve achieved as a band thus far,” says bassist Dan Müller. “The band is tighter and the orchestrations are bigger yet more concise than they’ve ever been. This is also the first album where we chose to record the drums, bass, and rhythm guitar live all together, and I think it’s brought more of that organic live energy to the actual album as a whole.”
With elements of progressive metal, folk and orchestral music providing a dynamic backdrop, Veil of Imagination takes listeners through vivid, emotional landscapes, while the lyrics weave tales that are simultaneously fantastical and personal. Veil of Imagination is a stunningly epic, emotional and whimsical odyssey through landscapes of earth and mind.
Says orchestrator Wayne Ingram, “Veil of Imagination is probably the most escapist and unique album we’ve done so far, compositionally and sonically. Creating more experimental orchestral stuff was a lot of fun.”
Formed in 2012, WILDERUN has previously released two albums, 2012’s Olden Tales & Deathly Trails and 2015’s Sleep at the Edge of the Earth. With this slightly different approach to creating music, Veil of Imagination transforms and expands upon WILDERUN‘s already indefinable style, resulting in an album that is at once beautiful and fierce. Clean vocals transform into deathly growls as the band alternates between exquisitely-composed orchestrations and savage metal, all executed with technical prowess.
“WILDERUN has become one big family and I believe that shines through on this album,”adds drummer Jon Teachey. “When we all got together to form a little folk metal project in 2012, I couldn’t have dreamed that we would be where we are today. I love these dudes and am grateful every day to be part of this group. I hope everyone enjoys this release.”
Veil of Imagination was recorded at More Sound Studios in Syracuse, NY, during February and March of 2018. The album was produced by Wilderun, Justin Spaulding and Andrew Greacen. Veil of Imagination was mixed by the legendary Dan Swanö and mastered by Jens Bogren.
Veil of Imagination track listing:
1. The Unimaginable Zero Summer
2. O Resolution!
3. Sleeping Ambassadors of the Sun
4. Scentless Core (Budding)
5. Far from Where Dreams Unfurl
6. Scentless Core (Fading)
7. The Tyranny of Imagination
8. When the Fire and the Rose Were One
WILDERUN has scheduled select live dates around the release of Veil of Imagination.
WILDERUN tour dates:
11/1/19 Rochester, NY @ The Montage Music Hall
11/2/19 Baltimore, MD @ The Depot
11/3/19 Philadelphia, PA @ Connie’s Ric Rac
11/7/19 Hamden, CT @ The Cellar on Treadwell
11/8/19 Florence, MA @ 13th Floor Music Lounge
11/9/19 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East Upstairs
Veil of Imagination has already been garnering media praise:
“Their third and latest album, the kaleidoscopic concept record Veil of Imagination, due November 1st, fuses clean vocals and death growls to densely woven instrumentation that embraces elements of extreme metal, folk and orchestral music in a way that evokes classic Opeth but never stoops to mere homage.” – Revolver
“Veil of Imagination is truly a sublime offering, and one of the greatest arguments for metal’s title as music’s most emotionally complete and sonically effective genres. In this pursuit, Wilderun have crafted one of the year’s most unequivocally fantastic releases.” – Heavy Blog is Heavy
“This is the kind of album that will resonate with you long after its last tone has gone silent. Wilderun show how songs that are truly progressive and full of emotion at the same time are supposed to be written. The music is composed, performed and arranged with great skill and taste…” – Metal Temple
“Nowhere to be found in ‘Veil of Imagination’ is a predictable moment, but instead one may find a constantly rolling wave of intrigue and curiosity, a desire to discover which direction the ever-changing mood will then turn to. Each piece fits together seamlessly, transitioning from guitars to symphonic tracks, blending them together in unparalleled harmony, and then diverging again.” – Sonic Perspectives
WILDERUN is:
Evan Anderson Berry – Vocals, Guitars, Piano
Dan Müller – Bass, Synths, Orchestrations
Jon Teachey - Drums
Joe Gettler - Lead Guitar
Wayne Ingram – Orchestrations
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