Spudman
September 12th, 2011, 06:24 PM
Coming very soon with plenty of European tour dates - Black Forest from Agents of Mercy. AOM features members of Transatlantic, The Flower Kings, Karmakanic, Unifaun and Weaveworld. It also features the young drumming phenom Walle Wahlgren.
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/108181106
Time has come to announce the birth of a new AGENTS OF MERCY album.
The 3rd studio-album is called "The Black Forest" and is what some may call a "concept album",
one mega tune of 56 minutes prog bliss - but cut into separate slices, to digest easier.
Pre order here: (http://www.agentsofmercy.com/)www.flowerkings.se (http://www.flowerkings.se/)
Now you've heard that "concept" term a million times - 'cause it's PROG, but here it is,
"The Black Forest" is a surreal journey - a mysteriously glowing metaphor for a trip thru dark, disturbing, scary times, a lifelong uncertain journey bookended by greed, lust, hunger for power & money, eternal life, mindcontrol,
- and guess what? .....we're the prey !!
We navigate thru dark dreams of the immortal, dark waters, eerie topics hinting at death & dreams, forest ghosts, blood countess Elzbeth Bathory's life, a freak parade of monstruosity galore, a quiet tidy town with hidden horrors, the touring circus of freaks, dark realms of endless wars and lost kingdoms, the unwanted darktowns of our minds ......... fun stuff eh ?
We laid down the basic tracks on 24 ch. analogue tape in a lovely studio in the middle of Sweden's countryside,
in April, a place called Varnhem ( very dark age ! ) - the studio is a top notch, super hi tech, newly built
million dollar sanctuary for idiots like us - and to our ears it sounds bigger than pure digital, modern but yet fat analogue.
The music this time is a more rock oriented path we've taken, for good reasons - we are a R&R band at the core, but we sprinkle bits of symphonic,ethno, jazz,medival and folk.
Guitars and drums have moved forward in the soundscapes but the gnarly moogs and mellotrons are still present, this time a bit more haunting and angular.
The tunes are longer and more elaborated (prog) but sometimes with a ironfist of raw power riffage that resemble Black Sabbath,Deep Purple,Led Zeppelin or early King Crimson rather than Yes or Genesis.
Don't fret - in this 56 min journey there is plenty of symphonic bombasm too - in fact we think there is even more than on previous albums, so you'll get your fix of that ol' tron, moog & taurusbass.
Album traxlist:
The Black Forest
A Quiet Little Town
Elegy
Black Sunday
Citadel
Between Sun & Moon
Freak Of Life
Kingdom Of Heaven
Tour Dates
September 20th, 2011- Colos Saal
Aschaffenburg - Germany
www.colos-saal.de/ (http://www.colos-saal.de/)
September 21st, 2011- Galery Music Bar
Pratteln - Switzerland
www.galery.ch (http://www.galery.ch/)
September 24th, 2011- De Boerderij
Agents Of Mercy + Sky Architect
Zoetermeer - Holland
www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/ (http://www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/)
September 28th, 2011 - The Tivoli /Cirkus
AoM + Goliath & The Giants
Helsingborg - Sweden
www.thetivoli.nu/module.asp?XModuleId=17242&page=detail&NewsId=23636 (http://www.thetivoli.nu/module.asp?XModuleId=17242&page=detail&NewsId=23636)
September 30th, 2011- Chevy's Rock Bar
Agents Of Mercy + Terraex
Stavanger - Norway
www.blackmoon.no/ (http://www.blackmoon.no/)
Saturday, October 1st, 2011- Elm Street Cafe
AoM + Fatal Fusion
Oslo - Norway
www.elmstreet.no/arrangement.php (http://www.elmstreet.no/arrangement.php)
Saturday, November 26th, 2011- Bryggarsalen- "Sweden ProgFest 2011"
Stockholm - Sweden
Agents Of Mercy - Gösta Berlings Saga, Costes Cosmos,
Promise & The Monster, Gitarrsynthkvartetten.
www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=269262613093728 (http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=269262613093728)
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/108181106
Time has come to announce the birth of a new AGENTS OF MERCY album.
The 3rd studio-album is called "The Black Forest" and is what some may call a "concept album",
one mega tune of 56 minutes prog bliss - but cut into separate slices, to digest easier.
Pre order here: (http://www.agentsofmercy.com/)www.flowerkings.se (http://www.flowerkings.se/)
Now you've heard that "concept" term a million times - 'cause it's PROG, but here it is,
"The Black Forest" is a surreal journey - a mysteriously glowing metaphor for a trip thru dark, disturbing, scary times, a lifelong uncertain journey bookended by greed, lust, hunger for power & money, eternal life, mindcontrol,
- and guess what? .....we're the prey !!
We navigate thru dark dreams of the immortal, dark waters, eerie topics hinting at death & dreams, forest ghosts, blood countess Elzbeth Bathory's life, a freak parade of monstruosity galore, a quiet tidy town with hidden horrors, the touring circus of freaks, dark realms of endless wars and lost kingdoms, the unwanted darktowns of our minds ......... fun stuff eh ?
We laid down the basic tracks on 24 ch. analogue tape in a lovely studio in the middle of Sweden's countryside,
in April, a place called Varnhem ( very dark age ! ) - the studio is a top notch, super hi tech, newly built
million dollar sanctuary for idiots like us - and to our ears it sounds bigger than pure digital, modern but yet fat analogue.
The music this time is a more rock oriented path we've taken, for good reasons - we are a R&R band at the core, but we sprinkle bits of symphonic,ethno, jazz,medival and folk.
Guitars and drums have moved forward in the soundscapes but the gnarly moogs and mellotrons are still present, this time a bit more haunting and angular.
The tunes are longer and more elaborated (prog) but sometimes with a ironfist of raw power riffage that resemble Black Sabbath,Deep Purple,Led Zeppelin or early King Crimson rather than Yes or Genesis.
Don't fret - in this 56 min journey there is plenty of symphonic bombasm too - in fact we think there is even more than on previous albums, so you'll get your fix of that ol' tron, moog & taurusbass.
Album traxlist:
The Black Forest
A Quiet Little Town
Elegy
Black Sunday
Citadel
Between Sun & Moon
Freak Of Life
Kingdom Of Heaven
Tour Dates
September 20th, 2011- Colos Saal
Aschaffenburg - Germany
www.colos-saal.de/ (http://www.colos-saal.de/)
September 21st, 2011- Galery Music Bar
Pratteln - Switzerland
www.galery.ch (http://www.galery.ch/)
September 24th, 2011- De Boerderij
Agents Of Mercy + Sky Architect
Zoetermeer - Holland
www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/ (http://www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/)
September 28th, 2011 - The Tivoli /Cirkus
AoM + Goliath & The Giants
Helsingborg - Sweden
www.thetivoli.nu/module.asp?XModuleId=17242&page=detail&NewsId=23636 (http://www.thetivoli.nu/module.asp?XModuleId=17242&page=detail&NewsId=23636)
September 30th, 2011- Chevy's Rock Bar
Agents Of Mercy + Terraex
Stavanger - Norway
www.blackmoon.no/ (http://www.blackmoon.no/)
Saturday, October 1st, 2011- Elm Street Cafe
AoM + Fatal Fusion
Oslo - Norway
www.elmstreet.no/arrangement.php (http://www.elmstreet.no/arrangement.php)
Saturday, November 26th, 2011- Bryggarsalen- "Sweden ProgFest 2011"
Stockholm - Sweden
Agents Of Mercy - Gösta Berlings Saga, Costes Cosmos,
Promise & The Monster, Gitarrsynthkvartetten.
www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=269262613093728 (http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=269262613093728)