Second Album of one of the most promising acts in the field of technical metal
Intriguing Concept - a rollercoaster of emotions, get ready for the dark ride of your life!
Hailing from Andorra, a small country located in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain, we now bring you one of the most exciting new acts on the ever-growing metal scene; Persefone.
The band was formed in 2003 and in just a year the first album, “Truth Inside the Shades”, was recorded. Carlos Lozano (Guitar and vocals), Miguel Espinosa (Keyboards and vocals), Jordi Gorgues (guitar) and Toni Mestre (bass) parting from Death metal, through progressive passages and even acoustics, demonstrated to have a great musicality. Bands like Opeth, Borknagar, Arcturus, Symphony X or Cacophony are all a reference for this album.
Teaming up with Danish-based Intromental Management, the CD was released in 2004 by in Russia/Baltic States by CDMaximum, Japan by Soundholic and the rest of the world by Adipocere. The album was soon distributed and a great feedback was received from specialized press. Persefone created their own little niche, through the original, complex, melodic and at times even aggressive metal that floated out the speakers! Later, after the release, the band began working in the second CD, “Core”, with two
new members in the band: Aleix Dorca as drummer/producer and Marc Martins as vocalist. “Core” is an intense crusade in which the band relates Persephone’s story, the Greek goddess from the Underworld. A concept tribute divided on three epic passages where the band defies “Truth Inside the Shades”. The music of Persefone has reached a new level of complexity, originality, virtuosity, melody and aggressiveness. Mixed and produced by Aleix Dorca and mastered in Sweden by Peter in de Betou (engineer of top
bands like Dimmu Borgir, Enslaved, Dark Tranquility and Katatonia), “Core” shows a new, huge and modern sound. The fantastic cover art was conceived by Danish artist extraordinaire Annika von Holdt. She created a great ambience of beauty that goes well along with the music.
Persefone, a band not easy to put a genre-description, now come back with “Core”, an album that goes further and beyond of what has been heard until now. “Core” is something new and really exciting…- do not cheat yourself for a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
Persefone is quite simply put innovative music for the open-minded listener.
