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Swedish goth rockers De Arma have released "Illusions Of Love" as the first single taken from their forthcoming album Strayed In Shadows, which is slated for release on 25th June via Trollmusic label. The band also revealed the cover art, tracklist, and further details of their sophomore full-length.
De Arma comment: "We never had any serious intentions to write a ballad, but I guess that many might want to place this song into that box. It is simply a song about being delusional about love and the feeling of being in love with something that is actually not there. The longing for something that you wish for, but that will never appear. It is just love. For good or for worse."
Melancholy is a delicate matter. This haunting emotion can in one moment sting unbearably painful yet at other times even deliver a bittersweet pleasure to the afflicted. Yet there can be no doubt that this feeling permeates all of the songs on De Arma's sophomore full-length Strayed In Shadows in one way or the other. And while the Swedes shift musically in and out and between melancholic metal, gothic rock, shoegaze, and even post-punk, melancholy remains the duo's anchor point.
On Strayed In Shadows the line-up has undergone a significant change. In the place of Fen and Fellwarden mastermind Frank "The Watcher" Allain, who sang on the album debut Lost, Alien & Forlorn (2013), guitarist and bass-player Andreas Pettersson, who founded De Arma in 2009, took over vocal duties as he already does in Stilla among other bands. This decision was partly caused by the extremely personal nature of his lyrics for Strayed In Shadows. Those, who have followed the many bands and projects of this very creative Swede might be surprised by his vocal expression in the album, which is supported by the beautiful guest performance of Maria Oja on the tracks "Illusions Of Love" and "Days Of Judgement" - a constellation inviting comparison with acts such as Anathema and Antimatter. With Strayed In Shadows, De Arma send a ray of light to invite you into their warm shelter in a sea of Nordic melancholy. Listen now to "Illusions Of Love". Link
Strayed In Shadows tracklist:
01. Pain Of The Past
02. City Vultures
03. Illusions Of Love
04. Funeral In My Brain
05. Horror In The Dark
06. Days Of Judgment
07. You Were Blood
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