Persefone announce new album ‘metanoia’

PERSEFONE have announced a new album!

Titled metanoia, the upcoming album from the Andorran progressive death metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s Aathma and is scheduled to be released in February next year, marking the band’s label debut at Napalm Records.

The upcoming album was mixed by David Castillo [LEPROUS, SOEN, OPETH] and mastered by Tony Lindgren [ENSLAVED, IHSAHN, SEPULTURA]. The album also features a number of guest appearances, including Steffen Kummerer [OBSCURA, THULCANDRA], Einar Solberg [LEPROUS], Angel Vivaldi and Merethe Soltvedt [TWO STEPS FROM HELL].

Speaking about the upcoming album, the band says, “metanoia is the next step in our personal pursuit for existential growth through music. This album is a call for a deep change, a call for an inner journey through fear and pain, a call for a leap into a meaningful and rooted place. Making this album has forced us to face many musical and personal hurdles and fears, and the result of that confrontation lives within all the notes and words captured on this new chapter in our journey. May you will find meaning in all this musical chaos.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, PERSEFONE have released a new music video for the first song lifted from the upcoming album; Merkabah.

Speaking about the new song, the band adds, “metanoia is all about a musical journey for a spiritual breakthrough. Merkabah is a vehicle to elevate, Merkabah asks for meditation and trust in the process. With this song we wanted to mark a pivotal moment in the album and write about a personal detour from the old self, a painful and needed transformation to reach new heights, to leave fear behind, to embrace life as the amazing experience we have been gifted with… ‘on my knees, I still believe’.”

Watch the official music video for Merkabah here: 

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

Track List: 

1. Metanoia ft. Einar Solberg
2. Katabasis
3. Architecture of the I
4. Leap of Faith
5. Aware of Being Watched
6. Merkabah
7. Consciousness Part III
8. Anabasis Part I
9. Anabasis Part II ft. Steffen Kummerer, Angel Vivaldi and Merethe Soltvedt
10. Anabasis Part III

metanoia is set for release on February 4th via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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