Italian Power metallers Highlord are unveiling
their first single "Eyes
Wide Open" off their forthcoming album "Freakin' Out of Hell"
due out on December 9th via Rockshots
Records.
The band explains the track:
"Starting with a state-of-the-art heavy riff and guitar
solo, it slows down with clean guitars for the vocal parts, quickly regaining
territory on the fast and heavy side, culminating with the chorus. The
following section is quite progressive-fashioned, followed by back-and-forth
guitar and keyboard solos. The final chorus concludes the song. The topic of
the lyrics is basically the same as Off the Beaten Path, we must keep our eyes
well open to detect a long list of deceits."
Listen to "Eyes Wide Open"
at the following links:
Lyric Video - https://youtu.be/Bkl8o9FDWCY
Digital - https://bfan.link/eyes-open-wide
Infusing heavy-power metal
with progressive and symphonic influences was formed in Turin Italy in 1997,
over the span of their career they have released eight albums, contributed to
two tribute albums for Manowar and Helloween, have toured all over Europe and
performed with Zak Steven’s Circle II Circle, Dark Moor, Freedom Call, Pino
Scotto, Vision Divine, Elvenking, Sacred Steel, Seventh Wonder and more along
with music featured on movie soundtracks for 'The Werewolf Chronicles' and
'Blood Of The Werewolf'.
For their ninth album "Freakin’ Out Of Hell",
the band began recording it between May 2020 and December 2021. The album
includes 11 tracks of pure power-metal in perfect Highlord style, but
with a much more aggressive sound and a touch of prog-metal. Again the album
has been recorded, mixed, mastered, and produced in-house by bass player
Massimiliano Flak at Evolution Recording Studio (Italy). The album’s artwork
was created by Harley Velasquez on a concept by Highlord.
The band adds about the ninth
offering:
"Freakin’ out of Hell is a solid work from every point of
view. Not only the songs are all potential singles, but they have more or less
the same average length of 4/5 minutes; we avoided recording the classic long
suite just as much as the hit-and-run happier song because in this album we
have found the perfect balance between all the elements of our sound. We have
also set the average level of heaviness and aggression a bit higher; this is
not a happy metal record, it’s a heavy metal piece that fully deserves this
definition."
Album pre-order- https://bit.ly/Highlord_CD
Track Listing:
01. Prelude To Hell - 1:20
02. Soul Sucker - 5:16
03. Freakin' Out Of Hell - 5:19
04. Sweet Unknown - 5:15
05. Off The Beaten Path - 4:18
06. Hollow Space - 5:12
07. If You Say Yes - 5:27
08. Eyes Open Wide - 5:36
09. The Devil's Doorbell - 4:15
10. Fallen From Grace - 4:44
11. One Eyed Jack - 4:18
Album Length: 51:05
For more info:
https://www.rockshots.eu
https://www.facebook.com/highlordmetalband