Year : 2018
Style : Symphonic Progressive Metal , Female vocals
Country : Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 143 mb
Bio:
Echoes of another world resound from the depths of the legendary rabbit hole. Music diffused with moments of silence and escapist dream sequences, freed from time and earthly presence. Auri begun its life with three people, united through their shared need to hear a kind of a music which can't be described by words alone. A magical kind of sound to be heard whilst falling down Alice's rabbit hole. The first song born of this mindset, "Aphrodite Rising", appeared in 2011. And slowly the earth has cracked open again and ten more tracks have emerged out of the soil's dust.Thus the trio was formed. Finnish singer Johanna Kurkela lent her unique voice, while Troy Donockley and Tuomas Holopainen (both from Nightwish) cast their spells with various other instruments. Using selected guest musicians and friends, the album finally takes its ultimate form under the direction of sound engineer Tim Oliver, all within the pastoral splendor of the Real World Studios in Southern England. Auri put the 'drink me potion' to its lips, grew to full size and is now ready to slay the Jabberwocky. Hand in hand with Nuclear Blast, they lead their listeners into the shadows behind the mirror and their debut album will evoke ghosts of an ethereal sphere.
Album:
Fans of symphonic prog metal will be no strangers to Troy Donockley and Tuomas Holopainen, both core members of Nightwish. Vocalist Johanna Kurkela will also be known to some for both her guest spots with Sonata Arctica, as well as solo work. Auri brings all three together in a project that fuses elements of Nightwish’s expansive sound with modern minimalism and Celtic folk. The effect is often arresting and always fascinating. Opener The Space Between – which showcases Kurkela’s soaring voice – gestures to symphonic rock. It’s lovely and comforting, but arguably doesn’t break the new ground promised by this trio. It soon becomes clear that this is a palate-cleanser. As Auri unfolds – especially on tracks such as Desert Flower, which weaves the classical, folky and strange with ease – the more it takes hold. By the time of the spooky Savant and the meditative Underthing Solstice, Donockley and co have created a sound world that fuses menace with lullaby. It could be a mess – not everyone could team uillean pipes with Kurkela’s spectral voice and Holopainen’s left field keys – but the understanding between the Nightwish confrères makes this work.
Line Up:
Johanna Kurkela: Voices & viola
Tuomas Holopainen: Keys & backing voices
Troy Donockley: Acoustic and electric guitars, bouzouki, uilleann pipes, low whistles, aerophone, bodhran, keys, voices
Tracklist:
01. The Space Between
02. I Hope Your World Is Kind
03. Skeleton Tree
04. Desert Flower
05. Night 13
06. See
07. The Name Of The Wind
08. Aphrodite Rising
09. Savant
10. Underthing Solstice
11. Them Thar Chanterelles
+ Video "Night 13" (Official Video)
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