{"id":35208,"date":"2015-10-23T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=35208"},"modified":"2022-06-10T20:35:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:35:14","slug":"news-avatarium-release-second-studio-album-the-girl-with-the-raven-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-avatarium-release-second-studio-album-the-girl-with-the-raven-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"AVATARIUM Release Second Studio Album \u2018The Girl With The Raven Mask\u2019 (October 23rd, 2015) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

AVATARIUM Release Second Studio Album \u2018The Girl With The Raven Mask\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nOctober 23rd, 2015<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSwedish metal band Avatarium, whose line-up includes Candlemass bassist and founding member Leif Edling, issued second full-length studio album The Girl With The Raven Mask<\/em> on October 23rd, 2015 through Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

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01. \u2018Girl With The Raven Mask\u2019
\n02. \u2018The January Sea\u2019
\n03. \u2018Pearls And Coffins\u2019
\n04. \u2018Hypnotized\u2019
\n05. \u2018Ghostlight\u2019
\n06. \u2018Run Killer Run\u2019
\n07. \u2018Iron Mule\u2019
\n08. \u2018The Master Thief\u2019<\/p>\n

Digipack version bonus DVD (live at Hammer Of Doom festival in 2014):<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Moonhorse\u2019
\n02. \u2018Bird Of Prey\u2019
\n03. \u2018All I Want\u2019
\n04. \u2018Tides Of Telepathy\u2019
\n05. \u2018Deep Well\u2019
\n06. \u2018Pandora\u2019s Egg\u2019
\n07. \u2018Avatarium\u2019<\/p>\n

A music video was filmed for the track \u2018Pearls And Coffins\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

The video was filmed in Stockholm at S\u00f6dra Teatern and Stora Vika, directed by Johan B\u00e5\u00e5th and produced by Robert Lundmark and Magnus Johansson from Bobin Film. Lundmark was also responsible for the editing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first heard \u2018Pearls And Coffins\u2019 the vulnerable beauty and violent darkness of the song really struck me,\u201d commented B\u00e5\u00e5th. \u201cMachine guns and soulless fashion, I pictured a cold war-like dystopian concrete dream world from another time in the past. When everything is lost, you let your deepest inner emotional feelings out, no matter how dark they appear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fascination for and showing violence is always tricky and it will and should always affect you and make you think twice. I feel that the video and the lyrics are about our deeper, darker corners inside our human mind and in our hearts of momentary darkness, where violence might set seed and may grow. Showing the shoot-out was meant as a personal metaphor for just that and of course not to encourage violence in any way, shape or form.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore making this video I was in close contact with my friend and filmmaker Jonas \u00c5kerlund and his wife and stylist Bea \u00c5kerlund and we agreed to make Jennie-Ann really stand out as a flawless post war-lipstick killer and a femme fatale. Bea recommended an upcoming Swedish fashion stylist: Christopher Insulander who is really cool and innovative in a way that would make a huge difference in the appearance of especially Jennie’s look and outfit. I truly think his work and creation is a piece of art that really makes the video look amazing and really stand out as something different for time to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

An official lyric video was created for the title track as well as the song \u2018Hypnotized\u2019. <\/p>\n

Both clips can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Debut studio record Avatarium<\/em> was released in October 2013.<\/p>\n