Avatarium Return With Their Latest Album "The Fire I Long For"
The Swedish progressive rock / doom metal band Avatarium return with their forth studio album "The Fire I Long For" and an additional back catalogue album.
March 06, 2020
On their album "Hurricanes And Halos" Avatarium heavily relied on vintage rock and catchy melodies. Only two years later the group founded by Leif Edling (CANDLEMASS) were back with a new record that showcased their roots in doom metal. Of course, the album still payed homage to rock legends like The Doors or Dio as could be heard in Marcus Jidell's guitar solos. However, the main focus remaind on Jennie-Ann Smith's blues vocals. The singer managed to bring any emotion into the music, whether it be happiness or sadness. Smith and Jidell had become the main songwriting duo on "The Fire I Long For" while Edling had taken more of a supporting role. Nevertheless, the energy of the band remained unthreatened which becomes apparent with songs like "Rubicon" and "Shake That Demon.
Get your copy here and watch the official music video for "Rubicon" below:
Beauty and darkness, heavy guitars and fragile ballads, vintage blues rock and modern doom – the sound of Stockholm's AVATARIUM is so unique, that the band already succeeded in drawing the world into their mystical spell with their very first album. The Swedes take you by the hand and lead you down into their mesmerizing and gloomy world full of absurd poetry and bittersweet melancholy with a raw sixties flair. Where BLACK SABBATH meets soul and THE DEVIL'S BLOOD meet Old School Rock, AVATARIUM found their home. Rough and heavy guitars embrace the bluesy voice of Jennie-Ann Smith and with pain and grace the band knits a unique sound leading you right into another world.
"A big and fat sound is what we like and we do whatever it takes to get there! AVATARIUM is about pushing boundaries and exploring new grounds", states string wizard Marcus Jidell and continues: "Our focus is not on technical aspects but on landscapes and colours. Diverse emotions, anxieties, defenses and human conditions all find their place in our music. We are aiming to find the human touch, to keep it simple, allow mistakes but also to make it glorious, shining and greater than our own selves.”
Watch the official video for "The Starless Sleep" below and listen to the full album here.
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