Interesting to note is that this “single-version” of the song has a pretty extensively edited structure when compared to the version that’s on the album (the latter being more than FOUR MINUTES (!) longer and clocking in at more than nine minutes in total)! What’s there to discover in the “full” and un-edited version? That’s for you to find out on the album.
Tom Tee: “The very first single (and opening track!) for the new double-album – and it's a RIPPER (pun absolutely intended)! I wanted to explore some Dark Fantasy territory here, and being a classic PC gamer, I always wanted to try my hand at writing a fast, thrashy, scorching and exciting Metal track about some of my all-time favourite first-person shooter games; namely the HERETIC & HEXEN series. Molded firmly in the vein of old Iced Earth, Testament and Symphony X, the song takes you through many different sections and along loads of unexpected twists and turns – just like playing one of these old shooter classics.
‘HERESY’ is the 1st video single for the new double-release and features TIM "RIPPER" OWENS (JUDAS PRIEST, KK'S PRIEST, ICED EARTH) & SINDRE NEDLAND (IN VAIN) on vocals.
The two new records are two very different sides of the same coin – one is electric, energetic, heavy and progressive, while the other is acoustic, haunting and melancholic, with piano, (real) string sections, choirs and classical percussion.
The brand new Progressive Metal double-album, featuring 19 songs and more than 1,5 hours of music, will be released on 2 CDs and as a luxury 3-LP trifold package. The vinyl edition is limited to 250 copies.
THE VOCALISTS:
Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, KK’s Priest,...)
Damian Wilson (Ayreon, Star One, Threshold, Arena,...)
Tom Englund (Evergrey)
Roy Khan (Conception, Kamelot)
Thomas Vikström (Therion,...)
Georg Neuhauser (Serenity)
Henrik Fevre (Anubis Gate)
Arno Menses (Subsignal, Sieges Even)
Nick Holleman (Powerized)
John Yelland (Judicator)
Sindre Nedland (In Vain)
Jeffrey Rademakers (Spartan)
Audrey Dandeville (Irradiance)
Benny ‘Zors’ Willaert (23 Acez, Thorium, Six Pack Daddy)
Louis Soenens (Aeveris, Fields of Troy)
Anneleen Olbrechts (Thorium)
Lynn Louise Pauwels (Kayamandi, Dinner For One)
Mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni. Out September 5th 2024 on Freya Records.
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