UK-based epic doom pagans Solstice are setting their signatures under a multi-album deal with Prophecy Productions on this longest day of the year on the northern half of the globe.
Solstice will release its fourth album via the label and perform at this year's edition of Prophecy Fest.
The band's founder and guitarist, Rich Walker, comments: "We are heartened and honoured to be working with Prophecy - a label whose discernible courage and integrity have impressed us over the years. Our style perhaps may not typically be what you'd hear in a Prophecy band, but Anglisc folk and epic heavy metal have always been the lifeblood of Solstice. Our commitment is solely to the making of quality music, presented on quality formats, and this label and its loyal audience seem to be of like mind. We look forward to a long and bountiful working relationship - never surrender!"
Prophecy Productions' founder Martin Koller adds: "Summer solstice is the most fitting event in the cycle of the seasons to shake for a deal with Solstice, whom we are all thrilled to welcome to our roster. Solstice fit in well as variations of darker shades of metal and a wide range of folklore have already found a home at Prophecy Productions. I have had my eye on the band ever since the amazing New Dark Age album came out. We are looking very much forward to their next album and to their first show in the Cave of Balve".
The cycle of the sun has always played a role in the existence of the Northern English epic doom metal – or, in their own words, Anglisc epic metal. Solstice was formed on the day of summer solstice, 21 June 1990. Yorkshire has always proved to be fertile ground for heavier metal, as acts like Paradise Lost, and My Dying Bride.
The four early demos and debut full-length Lamentations (1994) paved Solstice's path and sound, while the critically acclaimed third full-length, White Horse Hill (2018), gained the band new momentum and after some globally testing times, Walker assembled a new line-up to get out back into the wild and on the stages again. Link
SOLSTICE - Inks Deal With Prophecy Productions
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