{"id":77828,"date":"2019-08-02T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=77828"},"modified":"2021-02-16T11:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T11:46:42","slug":"news-northtale-release-debut-studio-album-welcome-to-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-northtale-release-debut-studio-album-welcome-to-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"NORTHTALE Release Debut Studio Album \u2018Welcome To Paradise\u2019 (August 2nd, 2019) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORTHTALE Release Debut Studio Album \u2018Welcome To Paradise\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nAugust 2nd, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Swedish-American power metal group NorthTale issued debut full-length studio album Welcome To Paradise<\/em> on August 2nd, 2019 through Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n

Welcome To Paradise<\/em> was produced by the band themselves, while Jonas Kjellgren handled mixing and mastering.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to Felipe Machado Franco.<\/p>\n

Guitarist Bill Hudson said: \u201cThe artwork for Welcome To Paradise<\/em> represents an entrance to whatever \u2018paradise\u2019 represents to each of us. With this album, we intend to introduce the band to the world as well as to spread our message, that you can be or do whatever you want – it\u2019s all inside your own mind. Felipe Machado did a great job capturing our ideas and bringing them into reality. The album, the music and the lyrics all seek to empower the listener and remind them that they<\/em> are masters of their destiny and what happens in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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01. \u2018Welcome To Paradise\u2019
\n02. \u2018Higher\u2019
\n03. \u2018Follow Me\u2019
\n04. \u2018The Rhythm of Life\u2019
\n05. \u2018Time To Rise\u2019
\n06. \u2018Way Of The Light\u2019 (CD bonus track)
\n07. \u2018Shape Your Reality\u2019
\n08. \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star\u2019
\n09. \u2018Siren\u2019s Fall\u2019
\n10. \u2018Bring Down The Mountain\u2019
\n11. \u2018Playing With Fire\u2019
\n12. \u2018If Angels Are Real\u2019
\n13. \u2018Even When\u2019<\/p>\n

NorthTale\u2019s line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n

Christian Eriksson (vocals, ex-Twilight Force)
\nBill Hudson (guitars, Trans-Siberian Orchestra \/ I Am Morbid \/ ex-U.D.O.\/ ex-Dirkschneider)
\nMikael Planefeldt (bass)
\nJimmy Pitts (keyboards)
\nPatrick Johansson (drums, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen \/ ex-Wasp)<\/p>\n

Directed by Jason McNamara, a music video was filmed for the track \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star\u2019, while a live performance video was released for the song \u2018Time To Rise\u2019. In addition, official lyric videos were created for the tracks \u2018Higher\u2019, \u2018Shape Your Reality\u2019 and \u2018Siren\u2019s Fall\u2019. All five clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Christin Kersten.<\/em><\/p>\n