Finnish melodic death-doom metallers THE BLEAK PICTURE, featuring current and ex members of Autumnfall and Fall Of The Leafe, will release their debut album “Meaningless” on March 22nd 2024 via Ardua Music. The band’s doomy riffage borders on death metal heaviness, but the music manages to escape from the shallows of repetitiveness continuing in the atmospheric groove traced by the band’s acclaimed first EP, with greater emphasis on dark melodies that wrap the songs in a cosmic shroud of stars. The vocal lines frequently alternate registers, offering haunted wailing cleans, catchier verses and dread-filled death calls. The sound is instantly familiar with nods to the ‘90s, but never sounds retro or like mere homage. The first single, “Stained”, is now streaming HERE. Tracklist: 1. Prisoner of Your Own Sins
2. Meaningless / Nonsense
3. Misguided (Fortuna’s Hand)
4. Stained
5. Truth Divided
6. Lights of July
7. Broken Balance THE BLEAK PICTURE was founded in 2021 as a side project of the duo’s main band, Autumnfall. The first promo was written, recorded and digitally released the same year. In 2022, the promo caught Alone Records’ ear and so it was remixed and mastered with the addition of real drums, and released on CD and LP.
The duo didn’t stop there but begun work on their debut album ”Meaningless” and finally after what feels like an eternity, the album will be released in March 2024 by Ardua Music on CD and on all major digital platforms.
Bleak and desolate, without forgetting beautiful melodies, THE BLEAK PICTURE dives deep into murky waters that can also be called melodic death doom metal. For fans of old Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Swallow the Sun, Counting Hours, Killing Joke Line-up: J.Hänninen: Music & instruments
T.Ruohonen: Vocals & lyrics Songs written, composed and recorded between the years 2021-2022 at BST Audio by J.Hänninen.
Vocals recorded in 2023 at TS-Audio by T.Salovuori.
Clean & backing vocals recorded in various places and occassions.
Drums played and recorded at The Nawetta by O.Pirkkanen. Mixed and mastered by O.Pirkkanen at The Nawetta in 2023. Lead clean vocals on tracks #2 & #7 by T.Tuominen.
Lead & backing clean vocals on track #6 by O.Pirkkanen.
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