VISIONS OF ATLANTISย will release its new studio album,ย โPiratesโ, on May 13 viaย Napalm Records. The official music video for the LPโs first single,ย โLegion Of The Seasโ, can be seen below. The clip, produced byย Lichterwald Produktion, is described in a press release as โa cinematic music film, highlighting the acting skills of all band members and featuring a nasty pirate.โ
VISIONS OF ATLANTISย states: โโLegion Of The Seasโย is a statement song that embodies the mindset we carry throughout the entire record. No matter what we are facing, we remain the masters of ourselves and our lives. We are delighted to welcome the listeners on board of this new age ofย VISIONS OF ATLANTISย with this powerful video, for one of the heaviest songs of the record. Acting scenes meet a fiery band performance, all in a very cinematic way, conveying our universe the best way.โ
With its eighth full-length album,ย VISIONS OF ATLANTISย delivers its most confident and honest record so far, proving that they have definitely stopped wandering to finally unleash their rebellious side and a free spirit as untamed as the seven seas.
VISIONS OF ATLANTISย comments: โBeing a pirate to us is being fully aware and having our lives in our own hands, living and thinking freely, embracing life as an adventure with all its light and darkness.
โWith the new album, we are opening a new era forย VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, fully embracing the identity we have been flirting with for several years now โ making the music that truly resonates with our souls. We continue our journey taking us through darker waters, heavier storms, where all serves as background for a metaphor about personal growth and spirituality. Ifย โWanderersโย was more about the bright side of our path,ย โPiratesโย definitely takes us deeply into shadow work, where we are facing other kinds of monsters along the way.โ
The album pulls the anchor with the epic openerย โPirates Will Returnโ, which instantly enchants with its hymnlike chorus and showcases the high-class versatility from the very first second. In the blink of an eye,ย VISIONS OF ATLANTISย manage to create their very own incomparable universe of symphonic epicness, intense riffing and, above all, the impressive vocal symbiosis ofย Clรฉmetine Delauneyย andย Michele Guaitoli.ย Delauneyโs bewitching offerings oscillate between clear vocals, powerful belting and operatic techniques, whereas matchless counterpartย Guaitoliย adds spice with top-notch power metal infusions.ย โPiratesโย presses ahead with catchy hook lines, like in mightyย โMelancholy Angelโ, rousingย โClocksโ, chargingย โWild Elysiumโย and majesticย โMaster The Hurricaneโย โ the latter of which will make every symphonic metal enthusiastโs heart pound faster through its perfectly balanced mixture of dramatic choirs, heavy orchestration and dedicated vocals.ย โPiratesโย reaches the harbor for now with mesmerizingย โI Will Be Goneโ, building up a dramatic wall of sound accented by harmonizing flutes and bagpipes, delivered by no less thanย FEUERSCHWANZย virtuosoย Ben Metzner, who joins also onย โIn My Worldโ,ย โMaster The Hurricaneโย andย โHeal The Scarsโ.
โPiratesโย track listing:
01.ย Pirates Will Return
02.ย Melancholy Angel
03.ย Master The Hurricane
04.ย Clocks
05.ย Freedom
06.ย Legion Of The Seas
07.ย Wild Elysium
08.ย Darkness Inside
09.ย In My World
10.ย Mercy
11.ย Heal The Scars
12.ย I Will Be Gone
VISIONS OF ATLANTISย will supportย DRAGONFORCEย on a six-week North American tour beginning tonight (Monday, March 7) in Santa Ana, California.