{"id":80741,"date":"2020-02-07T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=80741"},"modified":"2020-07-09T14:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:42:25","slug":"news-velvet-ocean-release-debut-studio-album-purposes-and-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-velvet-ocean-release-debut-studio-album-purposes-and-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"VELVET OCEAN Release Debut Studio Album \u2018Purposes And Promises\u2019 (February 7th, 2020) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

VELVET OCEAN Release Debut Studio Album \u2018Purposes And Promises\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nFebruary 7th, 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Oulu, Finland-based alternative melodic metal band Velvet Ocean issued debut full-length studio album Purposes And Promises<\/em> on February 7th, 2020 through Helsinki Records.<\/p>\n

The outing can be streamed in its entirety via the YouTube link below.<\/p>\n

Purposes And Promises<\/em> was mixed by Johan \u00d6rnborg and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in \u00d6rebro, Sweden.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork was created by Abstract Chaos Design.<\/p>\n

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

01. \u2018It\u2019s So Hard\u2019
\n02. \u2018Tonight\u2019
\n03. \u2018Requiem\u2019
\n04. \u2018Butterfly\u2019
\n05. \u2018Truth Or Illusion\u2019
\n06. \u2018Elysian Fields\u2019
\n07. \u2018Broken\u2019
\n08. \u2018Innocent Eyes\u2019
\n09. \u2018Lullaby\u2019
\n10. \u2018Salvation\u2019<\/p>\n

Velvet Ocean\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Riitu Ronkainen (vocals and additional synths\u200b\u200b\u200b)
\nJake Ronkainen (guitar and vocals\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b)
\nJani Lehtinen (guitar\u200b\u200b)
\nTuomas Vesa (bass)
\nBastian Schallschmidt (drums\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b)
\nJami Alaverronen (keys\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bboards)
\nArto Alikoski (cello\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b)<\/p>\n

Music videos were released for the track \u2018It\u2019s So Hard\u2019 and \u2018Elysian Fields\u2019. In addition, official lyric videos were created for the songs \u2018Requiem\u2019 and \u2018Truth Or Illusion\u2019. All four clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Jarkko Ronkainen.<\/em><\/p>\n