AVATARIUM, the new project led by Leif Edling, is currently streaming their self-titled debut album in its entirety via the Soundcloud widget below. The album will be released November 1 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Says Edling: “When we started to demo the songs on this album, we had one thing that we thought was extremely important: we wanted to make music that was heavy, dark and poetic. Also, we had an urge to make an album with a very organic sound and no fixing and trixing in computers but just try to make great emotional music.
“During the whole process, we have been looking for feeling rather than trying to make everything technically perfect.
“I think that everything really came together the first day Jennie-Ann came in the studio and sung ‘Moonhorse’. She had everything we looked for in a singer: rock ‘n’ roll attitude, jazz and blues feel, a big and powerful voice and yet so able to be fragile and extremely tender in her interpretation of the songs.
“If you like heavy, dark riffs and big guitars, emotional, raw and bluesy vocals, thunderous and groovy drums, I am quite sure that you’ll like AVATARIUM.”
Avatarium track listing:
1. Moonhorse
2. Pandora’s Egg
3. Avatarium
4. Boneflower
5. Bird Of Prey
6. Tides Of Telepathy
7. Lady In The Lamp