{"id":97752,"date":"2023-01-19T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97752"},"modified":"2023-01-30T19:07:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:07:33","slug":"news-downfall-of-gaia-release-sixth-studio-album-silhouettes-of-disgust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-downfall-of-gaia-release-sixth-studio-album-silhouettes-of-disgust\/","title":{"rendered":"DOWNFALL OF GAIA To Release New Studio Album \u2018Silhouettes Of Disgust\u2019 In March; Music Video For New Track \u2018Bodies As Driftwood\u2019 Unveiled (January 19th, 2023) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOWNFALL OF GAIA To Release New Studio Album \u2018Silhouettes Of Disgust\u2019 In March; Music Video For New Track \u2018Bodies As Driftwood\u2019 Unveiled<\/strong><\/span>
\nJanuary 19th, 2023<\/strong><\/span>
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\nGerman doom metal band Downfall Of Gaia issue sixth full-length studio album Silhouettes Of Disgust<\/em> on March 17th, 2023 through Metal Blade Records.<\/p>\n

Silhouettes Of Disgust marks the return of guitarist Peter Wolff, who departed the band in 2015 in order to focus on family and other pursuits. \u201cWe started in October of 2021 and went into the studio in April of 2022,\u201d noted vocalist \/ guitarist Dominik Goncalves dos Reis. \u201cHaving Peter back \u2013 who founded Downfall Of Gaia together with bassist \/ vocalist Anton (Lisovoj) and I in 2008 \u2013 was the big difference this time. For Ethic Of Radical Finitude<\/em> (2019) and Atrophy<\/em> (2016), I prepared all the guitars by myself before the four of us started working on all the details, which is a much longer way of working than doing everything as a couple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silhouettes Of Disgust<\/em> was initially slated to be recorded with producer Timo H\u00f6cke at Die Wellenschmiede studio in Hamburg, however a few days before recording was due to commence, H\u00f6cke unfortunately contracted Covid. \u201cDue to schedules, family matters and private life, the planned time frame was the only chance to record the album without losing several months, so with drums tracked in New Jersey at Backroom Studios together with Kevin Antreassian, we ended up recording the rest of the album alone in Peter (Wolff)\u2019s studio in Hamburg. After recording guitars, bass, and vocals we went to Die Wellenschmiede for one day – as it was actually planned – and re-amped our own recordings, with Timo handling the mix and Jonas Romann (Chaos Compressor Club) mastering the record.\u201d <\/p>\n

Synths are included for the first time, while female vocals are provided courtesy of Lulu Black, who collaborates with drummer Michael Kadnar in industrial \/ gothic project This Is Oblivion.<\/p>\n

The album title, Silhouettes Of Disgust<\/em>, is derived from the narratives driving the songs, focusing on the stories of eight different people, as residents of a fictional metropolis, each with their own worries and struggles. \u201cLoneliness, addiction, the fear of tomorrow, pressure from society \/ work and others, things that many of us probably know all too well,\u201d explains Goncalves dos Reis. \u201cYou have to play along somehow, or you fall through the cracks, and once you\u2019re down, it\u2019s hard to get back up. It looks at selfishness and ignorance, the general way of dealing with each other – you\u2019re one, surrounded by millions, surrounded by all these silhouettes of disgust, surrounded by the things you want to avoid and hate. The last few years have impressively proven what you can expect from humanity, and honestly, it\u2019s not much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cover artwork was designed by band members Peter Wolff and Goncalves dos Reis.<\/p>\n

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

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01. \u2018Existence Of Awe\u2019
\n02. \u2018The Whir Of Flies\u2019
\n03. \u2018While Bloodsprings Become Rivers\u2019
\n04. \u2018Bodies As Driftwood\u2019
\n05. \u2018Eyes To Burning Skies\u2019
\n06. \u2018Final Vows\u2019
\n07. \u2018Unredeemable\u2019
\n08. \u2018Optograms Of Disgust\u2019<\/p>\n

Downfall Of Gaia\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Dominik Goncalves dos Reis (vocals and guitars)
\nPeter Wolff (guitars and backing vocals)
\nAnton Lisovoj (bass and backing vocals)
\nMichael Kadnar (drums)<\/p>\n

A music video was filmed for the track \u2018Bodies As Driftwood\u2019, which can be viewed below. <\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Bodies As Driftwood\u2019 tells the story of a fictional person in a fictional big city who, under the cover of night, can finally be herself and escape the ever-increasing malaise of everyday life,\u201d Goncalves dos Reis shared. \u201cHopes and dreams quickly give way to reality and threaten to break down due to outside pressures: Unpaid bills, problems at work, no social network, loneliness, no help, total overwhelm in a constantly accelerating zeitgeist\u2026 But at night she feels free – no punishing glances from others, no outside pressure, no stress, no expectations, just herself in the darkness while the world sleeps. Metaphorically speaking, this person uses the darkness of the night as a protective veil. Although this person is surrounded by millions every day, she experiences absolute loneliness on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fifth studio record Ethic Of Radical Finitude<\/em> was issued in February 2019 via Metal Blade.<\/p>\n