Mit “It´s A Long Way Down, To Where You Are” hat die Blackened Sludge / Doom Metal-Band GRIM RAVINE ihr neues Album angekündigt. Es ist nach “Grim Ravine” (2015) und “The Light Is from Below” (2017) die dritte Veröffentlichung der Band aus Portsmouth.
Zum neuen Album meint die Band: “We have drawn inspiration far and wide, not just from musicians we admire but writers and filmmakers that have created works of dark reality and harrowing visions of the future. The music continues with the sound that has naturally evolved through our live shows and our first 2 releases. Taking elements from sludge, doom and black metal, then enriching them with a dark ambient atmosphere and a smothering haze of misery. We were able to experiment more with this release and we are very proud of the results. The lyrics are inspired by weird fiction, most notably Lovecraft, and the dreams and visions that these stories have inspired. While inspiration has been taken from certain stories, the content has been inspired by the victims within, rather than from the narrator´s perspective.”
“It´s A Long Way Down, To Where You Are” wurde wie auch die beiden Releases zuvor von Paul Winstanley (u.a. für CODE tätig) in den Old Chapel Studios in Chichester produziert. Als Gast-Musiker ist Viloinist und Sänger Nicholas Millar (AKLASH) zu hören. Das Cover-Artwork stammt von Gitarrist Martin Shouler.
GRIM RAVINE sind Sänger Gareth Nutbeen, die Gitarristen Lewis Cass und Martin Shouler, Bassist Scott Bishop sowie Drummer Bobby Hill.
“It´s A Long Way Down, To Where You Are” von GRIM RAVINE wird am 27. März 2020 via Hostile Media erscheinen.
GRIM RAVINE “It´s A Long Way Down, To Where You Are” Tracklist
1. The Weight is Upon You 10:47
2. Past Decay 09:58
3. Barren Ground 10:46
4. Earth to Dust 12:41