Temperance - Hermitage - Daruma's Eyes Pt. 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

After releasing their vibrant fifth studio album, Viridian, in 2020, Temperance - maestros of modern melodic/symphonic metal - delight their devotees with the persuasive new offering Diamanti, to be released on November 19, 2021 via Napalm Records. With Diamanti, the exceptionally skilled Italian outfit once again showcases their extraordinary ability to merge brilliant vocal melodies, hefty power metal guitar riffing and symphonic soundscapes in perfect harmony - all dressed in modern surroundings. This an offering fans of bands like Amaranthe will fall in love with immediately! The epic journey sets sail with the majestic InchPure Life UnfoldsInch, offering the bombastic sounding power of Temperance immediately. With their essence of three vocalists (Alessia Scolletti, Michele Guaitoli and Marco Pastorino), the unit manages to create an incomparable trademark, uniting heaviness and catchy melodies. Energetic and uplifting following track InchBreaking The Rules Of Heavy MetalInch bursts in with full force, telling an epic tale and creating a far-reaching sense of common bond. The enchanting mid-tempo title track flatters with an Italian chorus, leading to piano-driven InchBlack Is My HeartInch shortly after, while InchLitany Of The Northern LightsInch adds a folk-like touch to this grand bunch. Explosive InchCode BreakerInch and wild InchLet's Get StartedInch serve as some of the record's most modern tunes, whereas InchThe Night Before The EndInch and InchFairy Tales For The StarsInch reflect the more symphonic orientated touches of Diamanti. This massive adventure ends with InchFollow Me, Inch a call that all fans - not only those of Temperance - should heed! Diamanti was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Epica, Amaranthe), with the cover artwork once again created by Yann Souetre (Ayreon).

The Italian modern melodic/symphonic metal maestros now present their fifth studio album Viridian - their first for Napalm Records The ultimate fusion of heaviness with an impressive level of catchy melodies that will make you want to push the repeat button instantly! Temperance is where exceptional vocal melodies, energetic metal guitar riffing, symphonic and electronic atmospheres meet in perfect harmony. Unlike most symphonic metal bands, Temperance brings together no less than three vocalists, all adding their own style and flavor to the ensemble. The combination of Alessia Scolletti's ethereal voice, the strong timbre of Michele Guaitoli and the rough vocals of mastermind and guitarist Marco Pastorino makes Temperance stand out completely.

The New York City duo of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper aka Tempers specialize in a sleek strain of low-lit poetic synth-pop, the latest statement of which feels like the peak fruition of their elusive alchemy. With their self-produced New Meaning, Tempers present an album about navigating the unknown, coping mechanisms and exploring the nature of choice. It's ten songs reflect on the creation of meaning as an access to liberation in times of transition and loss, speculating on the transformative potential that exists alongside the grief of living in a world that is in an ongoing state of crisis. This is distinctly nocturnal music, elegantly introspective and quietly intense, born of Inchliving in a society that is still a dream of itself.Inch Tracks like InchUnfamiliar,Inch InchNightwalking,Inch and InchSightseeingInch distill The Tempers template to icy pop perfection, drum machinery framed in shivering reverb, Golestaneh's voice both ethereal and towering, simultaneously within and above. Cooper speaks of production ideas regarding Inchhuman architecture,Inch breathing life into the precision of electronics, and of melodic intervals Inchon the exact edge between major and minor, severe and sweet.Inch On other cuts, Golestaneh and Cooper's production skews more evocatively greyscale, from new wave shadowplay (InchCarried AwayInch) to depressive disco (InchIn And Out Of HandInch) to an elegy of hopeful resignation (InchSecrets And LiesInch). The album's themes are echoed in the evocative cover photo, Lost Hotel (2016) by Beijing-based photography artist Chen Wei. New Meaning is a document of forking paths and fleeting transcendence, the celebration of instability and impermanence, of embracing Incha constant state of becoming.Inch Ten anthems for a derailed age, fugitive and sympathetic, nightwalking through an Inchanguished cityInch towards a nameless future, p