Marianas Rest announce new album ‘The Bereaved’

Finnish doom-laden death metal force MARIANAS REST have announced the release of their fifth studio album!

The upcoming album, titled The Bereaved, is the follow-up to 2023’s Auer, and is scheduled to be released in January next year via Noble Demon. To mark the occasion, the band have released the first single from the record, The Colour of You, alongside a official music video.

Speaking about the new single, vocalist Jaakko Mäntymaa says, “when we started composing The Colour of You we didn’t see it ending up as a love song, but here we are. Like the whole album, this song deals with personal loss. Sometimes it may be healthier to forget than to cling on to memories no matter how cherished they are.”

Guitarist Nico Mänttäri adds, “at first we had an acoustic demo with some string arrangements that we didn’t exactly know what to do with. We went back and forth with a couple of ideas but it didn’t seem to hit the right nerve. Then when the idea of what the song could be about, it was a light bulb over the head type of a situation, and it took maybe half an hour to get the arrangement sorted.”

Watch the official music video for The Colour of You here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. Thank You for the Dance
2. Rat in the Wall
3. Divided
4. Again into the Night
5. Burden
6. Diamonds in the Rough
7. Pity the Living
8. Goodbyes and Good Intentions
9. Tyhjä
10. The Colour of You

The Bereaved is scheduled to be released on January 16th via Noble Demon. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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