Emerging from the Finnish coastal town of Kotka, melodic death/doom metal strikers MARIANAS REST will unleash their third studio album, Fata Morgana, on March 12, 2021 via Napalm Records. In anticipation, they have just unveiled the first single from the album, entitled “Glow From The Edge,” along with a moving official video.
The Finns – featuring Jaakko Mäntymaa on vocals and OMNIUM GATHERUM’s Aapo Koivisto on keys – showcase a true virtuosity of heavy riffs, hypnotizing soundscapes and impetuous tempo-changes on their new work of art. “Fata Morgana” combines intense melodic death metal spiced with significant doom elements and breathes an overall melancholic theme with every note, which the first output, “Glow From The Edge,” is proof of. Atmospheric guitar tones set the stage for this gloomy melodic death and doom metal offering. Spoken words permeate the listener’s brain, soon erupting in harsh and intense growling while the dreamlike backing vocals of guest musician Lindsay Matheson/Schoolcraft are carried along with sophisticated melodies.
Vocalist Jaakko Mäntymaa on the first single, “Glow From The Edge”:
“‘Glow from the Edge’ has a dreamy, mystic aura to it. I think it represents the evolution of the band and therefore it was an easy choice to be the first song released.”
Watch the video here:
“Fata Morgana” marks the final chapter of a trilogy that began when MARIANAS REST released their first full-length, 2016’s “Horror Vacui,” followed by the critically acclaimed full-length “Ruins” (2019). The series encompasses themes of isolation, eventual mental collapse, and emergence from that woeful state, respectively – however, the band invites fans to experience the concept from their own perspectives.
The upcoming eight-song epos delivers atmospheric melodies that are as endless and fascinating as the overwhelming beauty of Finnish nature, which tracks like the expressive “The Weight” or authentic “Pointless Tale” are evidence of. Topped by guest appearances of Timo Virkkala, who shares his awesome cello magic, and the bewitching backing vocals of Lindsay Matheson/Schoolcraft (ex-CRADLE OF FILTH), MARIANAS REST take their creative output to the next level and make “Fata Morgana” a must-have for fans of bands like INSOMNIUM and MY DYING BRIDE.
MARIANAS REST on “Fata Morgana“:
“‘Fata Morgana’ is a voyage into isolation. A passage to a place where minds get distorted by the cold.”
This melodic melancholy is produced by Teemu Aalto (INSOMNIUM, OMNIUM GATHERUM) and MARIANAS REST, recorded and mixed by Teemu Aalto at Teemu Aalto Music Productions and mastered by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers, who received a Grammy nomination with CANDLEMASS feat. Tony Iommi for Best Metal Performance.
Fata Morgana Tracklist:
- Sacrificial
- Glow From the Edge
- Pointless Tale
- The Weight
- Horrokseen
- Fata Morgana
- Advent of Nihilism
- South of Vostok
Fata Morgana will be available in the following formats:
- 2LP Gatefold Marbled Black/White
- 2LP Gatefold Black
- CD Digipack
- Digital Album
