Alice in Chains had its “Sea of Sorrow,” however Sheffield, UK, blackened post-metal outfit, Ba’al, are solely dipping right into a “Effectively of Sorrows” on their newest single from their upcoming sophomore effort, The Positive Line Between Heaven and Right here. This quintet—Nick Gosling (guitars), Chris Mole (guitars), Luke Rutter (drums), Richard Spencer (bass), Joe Stamps (vocals)—provide up a moody 11-minute epic that begins gently, and builds by way of a collection of alternatingly terse/crushing and melodic/haunting passages. Stamps makes use of his voice in quite a lot of methods—from a black rasp/screech to a quasi-melodic scream—whereas his bandmates hold a decent vary on the musical tempest round him.
The Positive Line Between Heaven and Right here was produced, engineered and combined by Joe Clayton (Conjurer, Dawnwalker, Ithaca) at No Studio, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. It’s set to be launched on July 18 on a number of codecs and digitally by way of Highway To Masochist. In some unspecified time in the future, preorders might be obtainable right here.
Right here’s what vocalist Joe Stamps needed to say in regards to the observe:
“‘Effectively of Sorrows’ is a brief story informed by way of the attitude of the recurring dream of somebody who has misplaced somebody near them by way of suicide. Whereas drenched in grief, unhappiness and remorse there’s additionally numerous love contained inside too.”
