Italian Doom Metal act SHORES OF NULL, has revealed an official video for its new single “Destination Woe”. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album “The Loss Of Beauty”, due for release on March 24th via Spikerot Records.
The band comments on the track: “This is the opening track of our new album ‘The Loss Of Beauty’, if we don’t count the instrumental intro. The lyrics take inspiration from the aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi, which in the Japanese culture consists in the appreciation of all that is imperfect, incomplete, transient. This is actually a recurrent theme throughout the entire album. Beauty can also be intangible, like it can be a childhood memory or a pleasant episode in our life that will never come back, thus giving us a feeling of melancholy. Nothing is forever and we must be aware that everything comes to an end, in this perspective everything that is ephemeral becomes even more beautiful.”
“The Loss of Beauty” is SHORES OF NULL’s fourth album and follows the acclaimed “Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)”, unanimously considered by fans and critics as one of the Doom Metal gems of recent years. Both albums were recorded between 2019 and early 2020, and although “The Loss Of Beauty” was initially conceived as the band’s third album, “Beyond The Shores” took its place as it better reflected the doom and gloom sentiment of the “annus horribilis” 2020.
Across 11 tracks (plus two bonus tracks), SHORES OF NULL once again submerges listeners with tempestuous and turbulent riffs. The band continues to hone its sound and take its Melancholic Dark Metal to new heights by mastering an assorted palette of genres with inbred poignancy. The lyrics celebrate beauty in imperfection and transience and are meant to be an invitation to seek beauty in little things, especially those unexpected and ephemeral.
“The Loss of Beauty” is dark and heavy, tinged with feelings of despair and melancholy. An album not to be missed and highly recommended for all fans of AMORPHIS, ENSLAVED and PARADISE LOST.
The album was recorded by Marco “Cinghio” Mastrobuono at Kick Recording Studio (HOUR OF PENANCE, INNO, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE). Cover artwork by Sabrina Caramanico.
“The Loss Of Beauty” track listing:
- Transitory (instrumental)
- Destination Woe
- The Last Flower
- Darkness Won’t Take Me
- Nothing Left to Burn
- Old Scars
- The First Son (instrumental)
- A Nature in Disguise
- My Darkest Years
- Fading as One
- A New Death Is Born
- Underwater Oddity
- Blazing Sunlight
You can watch the official video for “Destination Woe” below:
