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Well, it’s mid-February. Which means it’s still cold and gloomy outside, at least in this part of the world. Which may be why I’ve been listening to so much death metal lately.

But anyway. Speaking of death metal and mid-February, there may be a bit of news that could cheer up anyone suffering from winter blues. Progressive/melodic death metal band Into Eternity may soon be checking into a studio to begin recording their next album. Mid-February was the estimated starting date for the recording process, according to a January 23rd post by guitarist Tim Roth on Into Eternity’s official website.

I’m not familiar with Into Eternity’s catalog in depth, but I did pick up their last effort, “The Scattering of Ashes,” a few months back. I can’t say I was too impressed. I’m a bit picky about death growls, and I didn’t consider Into Eternity’s to have been tastefully done. Not to mention the music was pretty ridiculous, all super-fast playing with clumsy time signature changes and overcaffeinated blast beats. However, when they mellowed out, sang cleanly, and held back a little on the theatrics, they really shined. And that at least showed some promise for the future.

But not enough for me. I wasn’t interested in buying any more music from these guys. But then I happened to read on their website (the November 5th news post) that they were working on a concept album. I’m a big sucker for a concept album, so all of a sudden, I’m interested in these guys again. With a little luck, they’ll create a cool concept to accompany their work, hopefully shying away a bit from the emo-ness of their lyrics on “The Scattering of Ashes.” And if the music matures a bit too, I might actually thoroughly enjoy this next one.

That’s not to say that they couldn’t totally screw it up, though. Honestly, I’m not expecting much, but I’m attempting to keep a postive perspective to combat the gloomy weather.

Tags: concept album, death metal, Into Eternity, metal, music, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock music, The Scattering of Ashes, Tim Roth

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