{"id":73598,"date":"2018-11-09T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=73598"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:41:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:41:36","slug":"news-ashes-of-ares-release-second-studio-album-well-of-souls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-ashes-of-ares-release-second-studio-album-well-of-souls\/","title":{"rendered":"ASHES OF ARES Premiere \u2018The Alien\u2019 Music Video (November 9th, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>ASHES OF ARES Premiere \u2018The Alien\u2019 Music Video<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt\"><strong>November 9th, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedleft\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ashesofares2018promophoto1news.jpg\" border=\"0\"><br \/><span class=\"smalltext\"><strong><em>Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\nAmerican metal group Ashes Of Ares have filmed a music video for the track \u2018The Alien\u2019. Directed by David Brodsky (MyGoodEye), the clip can be viewed below.<\/p>\n<p>Vocalist Matt Barlow commented: \u201c\u2018The Alien\u2019 is a tribute to Earth\u2019s original superhero. It\u2019s the story of our hero\u2019s relationship with his family, and a world that may never fully realize, his strength is matched only by his love of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashes Of Ares issued second full-length studio album <em>Well Of Souls<\/em> on November 9th, 2018 through ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records.<\/p>\n<p><em>Well Of Souls<\/em> was recorded, mixed and co-produced by Rob Oesterlin, with recording sessions taking place from June to July 2018 The Terrarium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Drumming was handled by former Nevermore \/ current Ghost Ship Octavius member Van Williams, while Pyramaze \/ Teramaze \/ We Are Sentinels personnel Jonah Weingarten contributed a keyboard intro.<\/p>\n<p>Mixing took place in August, meanwhile, at The Terrarium. Mastering was handled by Jacques Wait, also at the same location.<\/p>\n<p>Cover artwork duties fell to Kamil Pietruczynik.<\/p>\n<p>Included as a bonus track is a cover interpretation of the track \u2018You Know My Name\u2019. Written by Chris Cornell and David Arnold, its original rendition was featured on the soundtrack to the 2006 James Bond movie <em>Casino Royale<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ashesofares_wellofsoulsnews.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>01. \u2018Consuming The Mana\u2019<br \/>\n02. \u2018The Alien\u2019<br \/>\n03. \u2018Unworthy\u2019<br \/>\n04. \u2018Soul Searcher\u2019<br \/>\n05. \u2018Sun Dragon\u2019<br \/>\n06. \u2018Transcending\u2019<br \/>\n07. \u2018Let All Despair\u2019<br \/>\n08. \u2018In The Darkness\u2019<br \/>\n09. \u2018Spirit Of Man\u2019<br \/>\n10. \u2018Time Traveler\u2019<br \/>\n11. \u2018The God Of War\u2019<br \/>\n12. \u2018You Know My Name\u2019 (bonus track) <\/p>\n<p>Ashes Of Ares\u2019 line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n<p>Matt Barlow (vocals, ex-Iced Earth)<br \/>\nFreddie Vidales (guitars and bass)<\/p>\n<p><em>Well Of Souls<\/em> will be made available in the following formats; digipack CD, double-LP black vinyl, double-LP turquoise \/ black splatter vinyl, and download.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by David Brodsky (MyGoodEye), a music video was also filmed for the track \u2018Let All Despair\u2019. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song \u2018Soul Searcher\u2019. Both clips be viewed below.<\/p>\n<p>A self-titled debut studio record was <a href=\"\/site\/news-ashes-of-ares-release-debut-self-titled-full-length-album\/\">released<\/a> in September 2013 via Nuclear Blast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RSao0O_Gl7g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GICCKVL3r_w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9xnp1TA1CrA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASHES OF ARES Premiere \u2018The Alien\u2019 Music Video November 9th, 2018 Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales American metal group Ashes Of Ares have filmed a music video for the track \u2018The Alien\u2019. Directed by David Brodsky (MyGoodEye), the clip can be viewed below. Vocalist Matt Barlow commented: \u201c\u2018The Alien\u2019 is a tribute to Earth\u2019s original [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[856],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ashes-of-ares-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73598"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74182,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73598\/revisions\/74182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}