Nick Azinas of Peek From The Pit conducted an interview with vocalist Mariangela Demurtas of Norwegian/Italian metallers TRISTANIA on November 7 at The Garage in London, England while she was on the road with DARK TRANQUILLITY. You can now watch the chat below. TRISTANIA's seventh studio album, "Darkest White", was released on May 31 via Napalm Records. The CD artwork was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, SODOM, HATEBREED). "Darkest White" track listing: 01. Number 02. Darkest White 03. Himmelfal 04. Requiem 05. Diagnosis 06. Scarling 07. Night on Earth 08. Cathedral (limited-edition bonus track) 09. Lavender 10. Cypher 11. Arteries The band wanted a dark and disturbing cover, and Kantor instantly knew what they asked for after being presented with the music and lyrics. "What he came up with turned out to be more than what we had dared to hope for," says TRISTANIA guitarist Anders Høyvik Hidle. "His painting for the front cover made us speechless, Eliran totally understood our vision with this album, and the artwork fits perfectly to the music and lyrics." With "Darkest White", TRISTANIA venture into a considerably darker soundscape than on their previous album, both musically and lyrically. The emotional span of the album is bigger, ranging from the most brutal primal aggression to the most fragile and poignant moments. The album features an array of grand arrangements, doomy moods, and elaborate harmonies blended with intense growling; a flamboyant display of outstanding vocal performances. "Darkest White" is produced and mixed by Christer André Cederberg. Comments TRISTANIA bassist Ole Vistnes: "After the release of 'Rubicon' in 2010, I felt that we had opened the door to our new musical landscape, but that we still had a lot of places to explore creatively. With 'Darkest White', we have dug deeper, searched wider and reached higher to create the most musically challenging and emotionally involving album we possibly could. Like all TRISTANIA albums, I feel this one is detached from musical rules and genre expectations, and perfectly represents the musical freedom that I so much love about TRISTANIA. "During the writing and recording of the album, we worked hard to create the album we had in our minds, but we were also careful to let the songs live a life on their own. We didn't set out to make the album technically outstanding or theoretically perfect, but we followed our hearts in all parts of the writing and production. I'm proud of 'Darkest White', mostly because of the uncompromising honesty and attitude that saturated everything from the songwriting and recording to the mix." TRISTANIA is: Mariangela Demurtas (vocals) Kjetil Nordhus (vocals) Anders Høyvik Hidle (guitar and vocals) Ole Vistnes (bass and backing vocals) Gyri Losnegaard (guitar) Einar Moen (keyboards) Tarald Lie (drums)
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