Technical Death Metal Group GOROD Reveal Behind-The-Scenes Guitar + Bass Tracking Video

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Technical Death Metal Group GOROD Reveal Behind-The-Scenes Guitar + Bass Tracking Video

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Tenth Full-Length Album, Aethra, out October 19, 2018 via Overpowered Records

Pre-Orders Available Now via Amazon | iTunes | Google Play

Technical metal icons GOROD recently announced their upcoming 10-track album, Aethra, set to be released on October 19, 2018 via their new international label,Overpowered Records. Aethra marks the 10^th release from GOROD. The album is available to pre-order digitally via Amazon, iTunes and Google Play, and in several physical formats via Overpowered Records’ merchandise site.

Today, GOROD is pleased to reveal a brand new behind-the-scenes video of the band tracking guitars and bass on Aethra. Watch now via Gear Gods here: http://geargods.net/studio-update/gorod-releases-guitar-and-bass-studio-update-for-new-album-aethra/

Produced and recorded by GOROD guitarist/mastermind Mathieu Pascal in his own Bud Studio, mixed at Dugout Studio by the outstanding Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Behemoth, Decapitated, In Flames) and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory at Obey Mastering (Decapitated, Nightrage), Aethra is poised for Album of the Year status.

Watch an album teaser video here: https://youtu.be/_aifeqTfHxk

Aethra track listing:

1) Wolfsmond

2) Bekhten’s Curse

3) Aethra

4) The Sentry

5) Hina

6) And the Moon Turned Black

7) Chandra and the Maiden

8) Goddess of Dirt

9) Inexorable

10) A Light Unseen

In comparison to GOROD‘s previous albums, the band sees Aethra as a profound progression in terms of production, songwriting and arrangements. With Aethra, GOROD transports the listener to a tragic and melancholic universe – a completely new level of darkness – while preserving what GOROD considers their tried and true core sound: incomparable groove, remarkable dexterity, and relentless technicality. But all the while, the band never sacrifices earworm hooks and unforgettable riffage.

Vocalist Julien Deyres explains the concept behind Aethra, “The moon: a star, an allegory, a universal symbol that concerns all peoples and eras… this is the central theme of the lyrical concept of this album which is divided into ten texts that follow a form of parity in terms of genres: four titles are devoted to female lunar deities, four to male deities. The remaining two are respectively dealing with the universal symbolism of the owl and the star itself.

The concept is basically a study of different cults associated with the moon through the ages and peoples. Some themes are treated in a purely narrative way, some others in a more philosophical or poetic way, but generally it remains a personal reading of each myth, which aims to awaken critical thought as much as evasion.”

Mathieu Pascal adds, “The writing process was exceptionally short, only six weeks. I wanted more spontaneous and song-oriented music with clear and efficient structures. For the first time I tried to write the music always thinking stage-wise, always anticipating how every riff or lead would be perceived live, and of course how it could be performed.”

As a live band through and through, GOROD plan to bring their trademark power and precision to North America on a full tour in support of Aethra. Before coming to the states, GOROD will tour in Europe and the UK with headliners Beyond Creation, as well as fellow support artists Entheos and Brought By Pain. See below for all confirmed tour dates:

02.11 Hamburg (D) Headcrash

03.11 Hannover (D) Faust

04.11 Berlin (D) Musik & Frieden

05.11 Prague (CZ) Nova Chmelnice

06.11 Vienna (A) Viper Room

07.11 München (D) Feirwerk

08.11 Ljubljana (SLO) Orto Bar

09.11 Retorbido (I) Dagda Club

10.11 Venice (I) Revolver

11.11 Aarau (CH) Kiff

12.11 Grenoble (F) L’Amperage

13.11 Barcelona (E) Upload Club