OMNIUM GATHERUM Release Eighth Studio Album ‘The Burning Cold’
August 31st, 2018
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Kotka, Finland-based death metal band Omnium Gatherum issued eighth full-length studio album The Burning Cold on August 31st, 2018 through Century Media Records.
Guitarist Markus Vanhala commented: “Sometimes you can be extra proud of something you’ve achieved, and I could claim that The Burning Cold has a sense of special chapter for me. I haven’t been this excited for a new album of mine for ages!
“I’ve been extra busy with all the touring in the past year (s) and I truly don’t know when and where I got these songs made. They somehow wrote themselves indeed. We got some really good kick-ass songs and fresh tunes made up and The Burning Cold has a really honest feeling in it. Fresh rebirth of Omnium Gatherum!
“We are honoured to kick off this album cycle with a pre-release show for the new album at one of our favourite festivals in the field, Summer Breeze. You can hear debut live shots of some of the new songs there, so be sure not to miss all this excitement, new glory and fresh mistakes!”
Frontman Jukka Pelkonen said of the lyrical themes and concepts: “There are two major lyrical concepts on the new album. Firstly, it touches the great human tragedies and fortunes which are around us — tragedies such as war and the engulfing darkness that follows, and fortunes which are tangled in experiences we all share despite of the seemingly burning world. Secondly, the lyrics speak loudly of the human emotional condition. How do we love? Why do we hate? Why some things are easier to leave behind than others. Why does death terrify us, and if it does why do people act like it does not exist?
“This album is a pinnacle of all the hard work we as a group have done in Omnium Gatherum for a long time. The music comes alive and reaches new perspectives. Still. This is truly melodic death metal. Sharpened polished, brutal.”
Recording and production was handled by Teemu Aalto, with Dan Swanö overseeing mixing and mastering responsibilities.
A track-by-track video for the outing can be viewed below.
Cover artwork was once again created by Olli-Pekka Lappalainen.
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The track listing is as follows:
01. ‘The Burning’
02. ‘Gods Go First’
03. ‘Refining Fire’
04. ‘Rest In Your Heart’
05. ‘Over The Battlefield’
06. ‘The Fearless Entity’
07. ‘Be The Sky’
08. ‘Driven By Conflict’
09. ‘The Frontline’
10. ‘Planet Scale’
11. ‘Cold’
Omnium Gatherum’s line-up was as follows:
Jukka Pelkonen (vocals)
Markus Vanhala (guitars)
Joonas Koto (guitars)
Erkki Silvennoinen (bass)
Tuomo Latvala (drums)
Aapo Koivisto (keyboards)
Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Gods Go First’ and ‘Refining Fire’. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage filmed during the band’s The Burning Cold world tour, a music video was also filmed for the song ‘Be The Sky’.
All three tracks can be viewed below.
Seventh studio record Grey Heavens was released in February 2016 via Century Media.
