The international psychedelic black doom metal band Lares has revealed the upcoming concept album's details. Entitled Et In Arcadia Ego, the album will come out on 12 April through Argonauta Records.
Says the band: "After four years contemplating the spatio-temporal void that opened up beneath our feet during Covid, Lares is thrilled to announce our renewed collaboration with Argonauta Records for the release of our third album Et In Arcadia Ego. Et In Arcadia Ego was recorded live in our rehearsal studio, mixed by Luca Leprotti (David di Donatello Awards for Best Sound on Volevo Nascondermi by Giorgio Dritti) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege studio in Portland OR (Sunn O))), Sleep, Magma, Obituary). The album is an accidental concept born from the first session we managed to play together after a long and frustrating break necessitated by lockdowns, band members in high-risk categories, and mental illness. Without looking for it, we found death, isolation, boredom, uncertainty, rage, and an energy that we decided instantly to try to capture and preserve as it was. No additives, no major editing. In the uncertainty of the times, we began to collect recording equipment, slowly transforming our rehearsal space into a recording studio. We developed a ritual of playing and replaying, without click, the whole 27 minutes, until we got better than close to the original, to the perfect simulacra. There is a bonus track included in the album called '10 Hygiea' that is part of the soundtrack of Music Appreciation, a short horror movie we collaborated with".
Founded in Berlin in 2015, the international quartet released two critically acclaimed albums, Mask Of Discomfort in 2017 and Towards Nothingness in 2020 (Argonauta Records). The band's name, Lares, originates from an archaic Roman Etruscan word which means "heroes" and "demons". A faceless god, an entity that could be moulded into any desired shape, believed to observe, protect and influence fate.
Since the beginning, the band explored different music genres, creating a unique sound by mixing elements of doom, black and sludge metal, strongly influenced by the 60s and 70s psychedelia and 90s grunge/noise.
Et In Arcadia Ego marks Lares' renewed collaboration with Argonauta Records and its new chapter, looking forward to touring around Europe and releasing new material. Link
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