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Friday, July 24, 2020

SOULCASTER premiere new lyric video at NWOTHM


Today, epic heavy metallers Soulcaster premiere a lyric video for the new track "Shardbearer" at the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal (NWOTHM) YouTube channel. The track hails from the band's highly anticipated debut mini-album, Maelstrom of Death and Steel, set for international release on August 28th via Dying Victims Productions. See & hear Soulcaster's "Shardbearer" lyric video in its entirety exclusively HERE.

A brand-new entity hailing from Belgium, the sword-swinging brigands of Soulcaster shall make their mark across the metal underground with their five-song Maelstrom of Death and Steel. In a swift-but-satisfying 22 minutes, Soulcaster erect towers of fantastical heavy metal might, evincing a stout grasp of epic-yet-punchy songwriting and a whole host of unique contrasts which render this recording advanced beyond the band’s young years. Raw yet refined, atmospheric yet aggressive, moody yet majestic, Soulcaster bring to life both bloodshed and arcane intrigue, swords and sorcery. Not for nothing is the record titled Maelstrom of Death and Steel: the name embodies the ongoing turmoil in Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, the book series that lends the band its moniker and forms the setting for the entire EP.

Initially, the concept behind Soulcaster was to recast forebears of the epic metal tradition – Cirith Ungol, Manilla Road, Slough Feg, and early Blind Guardian – and their literary antecedents (Tolkien, Moorcock, Robert E. Howard) and do a modern interpretation of it: thus, newer fantasy as the inspiration, and also more contemporary classicist heavy metal like Eternal Champion, Sumerlands, and Visigoth. But, what results across Maelstrom of Death and Steel is entirely Soulcaster's, as the band’s blend of musical influences both metal and otherwise makes the record a rich ‘n’ sumptuous feast of fantasy and fanaticism. Of especial note is the rhythmic thrust they employ, galloping like steeds of the apocalypse or at least in a manner more post-punk than other epic metal battalions – truly, sounds of the battlefield here – which are all the more heightened by the big and booming and somehow distant production style, lending even more mystery to Soulcaster's ruminations on steel & spell.

Unselfconsciously unique whilst honoring heavy metal’s iron-clad customs, Soulcaster thrust you into a Maelstrom of Death and Steel!

Feel the next sword thrust with the brand-new lyric video for "Shardbearer" exclusively HERE, courtesy of the NWOTHM YouTube channel. Feel the first sword thrust with the previously revealed "From Abamabar To Urithiru" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:


Tracklisting for Soulcaster's Maelstrom of Death and Steel
1. Truthless of Shinovar
2. Shardbearer
3. The Wretch
4. The Heretic's Apprentice
5. From Abamabar To Urithiru



MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/SoulcasterBand




www.dying-victims.de
www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions

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