{"id":75963,"date":"2019-03-22T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=75963"},"modified":"2019-04-29T00:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T00:04:29","slug":"news-parting-gift-release-debut-ep-ensom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-parting-gift-release-debut-ep-ensom\/","title":{"rendered":"PARTING GIFT Release Debut EP \u2018Ensom\u2019 (March 22nd, 2019) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>PARTING GIFT Release Debut EP \u2018Ensom\u2019<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt\"><strong>March 22nd, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/partinggift2019promophoto1news.jpg\" 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>Manchester, England-based ambient post-hardcore band Parting Gift issued their debut EP <em>Ensom<\/em> on March 22d, 2019 through Fearless Records.<\/p>\n<p>Vocalist Zac Vernon commented: \u201cThe basis of the entire EP is the feeling of a cold, dark entity making one unable to feel anything. The darkest of dreams and visions, delusions. It is walking the thin line between what is real and what is in your mind. It is the obsession by what is seemingly out of one\u2019s control. A sort of coping strategy for the pain it causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ensom<\/em> was produced and mixed by George Lever and Peter Vybiral, while mastering was handled by Mike Kalajian. <\/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\/2019\/02\/partinggift_ensomepnews.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>Artwork was created by Olli Appleyard.<\/p>\n<p>The track listing is follows:<\/p>\n<p>01. \u2018Pale\u2019<br \/>\n02. \u201803:07 (Moonlight)\u2019<br \/>\n03. \u2018Without Sin\u2019<br \/>\n04. \u2018Cold\u2019<br \/>\n05. \u2018Ensom\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Parting Gift\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Zac Vernon (vocals)<br \/>\nPeter Vybiral (guitar)<br \/>\nJack Dutton (guitar)<br \/>\nGeorge Barnes (drums)<\/p>\n<p>Music videos were released for the tracks \u2018Pale\u2019, \u2018Without Sin\u2019 and \u201803:07 (Moonlight)\u2019. All three clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lwODlJhhxZQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jDI2-3HMgQE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ZEUjihMV_Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARTING GIFT Release Debut EP \u2018Ensom\u2019 March 22nd, 2019 Manchester, England-based ambient post-hardcore band Parting Gift issued their debut EP Ensom on March 22d, 2019 through Fearless Records. Vocalist Zac Vernon commented: \u201cThe basis of the entire EP is the feeling of a cold, dark entity making one unable to feel anything. The darkest of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parting-gift-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75963","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=75963"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77471,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75963\/revisions\/77471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}