ANTHRIEL: 'The Pathway' Release Moved Up A Month

August 13, 2010

Finnish progressive metal outfit ANTHRIEL will release its debut album, "The Pathway", on September 17 via Lion Music. The CD was produced by Timo Niemistö and was mixed by Jussi Kulomaa at MSTR Studio. The mastering duties were handled by Henkka Niemistö at Chartmakers. The album cover art and layout was created by Jan Yrlund at Darkgrove.

"The Pathway" track listing:

01. Devil's Lullaby
02. Mirror Games
03. Guardian
04. Repression
05. Haven of Grace
06. Dark Divided Minds
07. The Deliverance
08. Controversial Euphoria
09. Light Divine
10. Scent of Dawn
11. Promised Land
12. Chains of the Past

The track "Mirror Games" is available for streaming in the YouTube clip below.

On the band's sound, vocalist Simo Silvan comments, "We don't want to go extremity with any style of music. There is a time for a headbanging and time for musical landscaping. We try to keep our music as versatile we can. 'The Pathway' is a mixture of various different kind of music styles like heavy, pop, acoustic, orchestral and instrumental and symphonic metal. The music and lyrics were written hand in hand with the album theme."

Thematically "The Pathway" is a concept based on a sequence of individual songs and themes with inspiration coming from R.A. Salvatore's "Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy".

Regarding the basic premise of "The Pathway", guitarist Timo Niemistö comments, "'The Pathway' is the story of a man who finds himself grown against his former principles and philosophy of life. He decides to leave his past behind and begin a journey to find his own personal promised land and balance. As the path gets rough good and evil starts to battle in his mind where the reality and fantasy gets mixed. He puts the blame to the Gods for playing with his life and turns his adversities to the divine entertainment with consequences that ultimately lead to the discovery of perfect harmony from within his own soul."

With a style that is sure to appeal to fans of the likes of SYMPHONY X, ADAGIO and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, "The Pathway" is "an absolute monster offering, possessing an exceptionally high standard of songwriting from start to finish with first-class performances from all musicians," according to a press release. "The final icing comes in the guise of an ultra-powerful production which puts many of the genres leaders to shame."

Hailing from Finland, ANTHRIEL is described as "a neo-classical band with metal and progressive influences." The group was formed in 2004 by Timo Niemisto (guitar),Antti Hakulinen (keyboards),Jari Kuokkanen (drums) and Klaus Wirzenius (bass),but it wasn't until vocalist Simo Silvan joined in 2008 that the band really found its true direction.

ANTHRIEL is:

Simo Silvan - Vocals
Timo Niemistö (ELIAS VILJANEN EVIL SPIRIT, VILLIELÄIN) - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Antti Hakulinen - Keyboards
Klaus Wirzenius (MANZANA) - Bass
Jari Kuokkanen (TERÄSBETONI) - Drums

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/anthrielmusic.

(Thanks: Melica / Night Elves)

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