{"id":82175,"date":"2020-03-30T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=82175"},"modified":"2020-03-30T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T10:54:39","slug":"news-absolva-release-fifth-studio-album-side-by-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-absolva-release-fifth-studio-album-side-by-side\/","title":{"rendered":"ABSOLVA Release Lyric Video For New Track \u2018Legion\u2019 (March 30th, 2020) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>ABSOLVA Release Lyric Video For New Track \u2018Legion\u2019<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt\"><strong>March 30th, 2020<\/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\/2020\/03\/absolva2020promophoto2news.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 heavy metal band Absolva have released an official lyric video for the track \u2018Legion\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n<p>The band commented: \u201cWe\u2019re very happy to present the second video from the <em>Side By Side<\/em> album&#8230; \u2018Legion\u2019. It\u2019s a lyric video, based on the stunning original artwork by Akirant Illustration, adapted and animated here by the talented Cloud Music Typography. We hope you enjoy!.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Absolva issue fifth full-length studio album <em>Side By Side<\/em> on April 17th, 2020 through Rocksector Records.<\/p>\n<p><em>Side By Side<\/em> was produced by Absolva frontman Christopher Appleton, while mastering duties fell to Ade Emsley.<\/p>\n<p>Cover artwork was created by Akirant Illustration.<\/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\/2020\/03\/absolva_sidebysidenews.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>The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>01. \u2018Advocate Your Fate\u2019<br \/>\n02. \u2018Burning Star\u2019<br \/>\n03. \u2018The Sky\u2019s Your Limit\u2019<br \/>\n04. \u2018Side By Side\u2019<br \/>\n05. \u2018Living A Lie\u2019<br \/>\n06. \u2018Legion\u2019<br \/>\n07. \u2018Eternal Soul\u2019<br \/>\n08. \u2018End Of Days\u2019<br \/>\n09. \u2018Heart Let\u2019s Go\u2019<br \/>\n10. \u2018From This World\u2019<br \/>\n11. \u20182 Minutes To Midnight\u2019 (Iron Maiden cover) *<br \/>\n12. \u2018Heaven And Hell\u2019 (Black Sabbath cover) *<\/p>\n<p>* bonus track<\/p>\n<p>Absolva\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Appleton (lead vocals and lead guitar, Fury UK)<br \/>\nLuke Appleton (rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Fury UK \/ Iced Earth)<br \/>\nKarl Schramm (bass)<br \/>\nMartin Mcnee (drums, Fury UK)<\/p>\n<p>A music video was filmed for the track \u2018Burning Star\u2019, which can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth studio record <em>Defiance<\/em> was released in July 2017 via Rocksector Records.<\/p>\n<p><em>Promotional photograph by Emma Holden Wise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ssyZUZLX5gg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0AVM7xd9-XI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABSOLVA Release Lyric Video For New Track \u2018Legion\u2019 March 30th, 2020 Manchester, England-based heavy metal band Absolva have released an official lyric video for the track \u2018Legion\u2019, which can be viewed below. The band commented: \u201cWe\u2019re very happy to present the second video from the Side By Side album&#8230; \u2018Legion\u2019. It\u2019s a lyric video, based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4446],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-absolva-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82175","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=82175"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82718,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82175\/revisions\/82718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}