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LETTERS FROM THE COLONY Release Date Pre-Order Start Vignette uu 16/02/2018 uu 08/12/2017

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the Fixion network (mainly Blabbermouth) uu video and pre-roll ads on You tube uu ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids uu banners, featured items at the shop, header images and a back- ground on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com uu features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings uu Tracklists: to targeted audiences in support of the release CD: 01. Galax 02. Erasing Contrast 03. The Final Warning PROG-DEATH AT ITS FINEST 04. This Creature Will Haunt Us Forever 05. Cataclysm In the deep woods of central Sweden, on the bank of the Dalecarlian river a solid band constellation, ready to climb the international stages together. 06. Terminus sits a steel mill around which a town is built. The austere town of Borlänge Particularly spectacular was the sudden introduction of singer Alexander 07. Glass Palaces stands somberly, as if buried between the many hills that characterize Backlund, who had been working with the band as a producer for several 08. Sunwise the landscape. The winters here are harsh, and the summers evanescent. years, before he was asked to jump in for his predecessor when they were 09. Vignette Somewhere beyond those emblematic hills is a hanging cloud of awe and suddenly left without a vocalist right before an important gig. Having nev- astonishment; an unspoken promise of something that would sate and satis- er played or even rehearsed with the band before, he performed such a 2LP: fy the restless minds of the young fated to grow up in this, albeit chimerical, mind-blowing show in Stockholm that the band made the unanimous deci- Side A anti-utopia. In a way, music has always served as a medium that bridges sion to recruit him as permanent member of LETTERS FROM THE COLONY. 01. Galax 02. Erasing Contrast the gap between an uneventful small town existence and the lively world “The technicity of the music makes it hard to find people, and is also the Side B beyond. It’s no wonder the region has produced so many successful musical reason behind many of the line-up changes that happened during the first 01. The Final Warning acts over the years. If nothing more, it’s an excellent way to pass the time. years of the band’s existence. You need to have a team that you can rely on, 02. This Creature Will Haunt Us Forever And this is how the story of these five young Swedes from LETTERS FROM and my standards are pretty high. Since I write the songs, I am connected 03. Cataclysm THE COLONY came to be in 2010, deep in the catacombs of a local music with all the riffs in a way where I don’t have any issues remembering them, Side C venue with affordable rehearsal rooms. but I see how difficult it can be for the other band members. I try to write 01. Terminus Lowering their sights or just taking small steps at the beginning of their ca- tablature for all the songs so that they can begin to understand my crazy 02. Glass Palaces Side D reer has always been out of the question for LETTERS FROM THE COLONY. ideas, because explaining it would just be impossible. We then take our 01. Sunwise Therefore, their first full-length release is already in production and being time to rehearse properly, because even if you can play a riff you don’t 02. Vignette mastered by Jens Bogren (DIMMU BORGIR, OPETH, PARADISE LOST), want to look like a machine while doing it. Music needs feeling. It’s sup- whilst Peter Tägtgren did not shy away from declaring a big recommen- posed to look easy, even when it’s not. We never want to set our standards dation for the band. any lower; it has always been all or nothing in terms of quality.” Territory: World A highly complex construct of math metal, crushing death elements and Therefore, the sky is truly the limit for LETTERS FROM THE COLONY, and virtuosic shoegaze moments is what the world can expect from this young it’s becoming increasingly apparent as they prepare for an exciting year Style: Metal Swedish quintet, but LETTERS FROM THE COLONY create more than just 2018 both on and off the road. The world beckoning from beyond the songs. The progressive death metal architects are building tracks that are hills of Borlänge is one that they will get to witness with their own eyes; a able to catapult them right into the league of bands such as MESHUGGAH, seldom-granted luxury in the deep woods of Dalecarlia. OPETH or GOJIRA with their first album. They build upon the intersection between perfection and ordered chaos; the unbridled joy of experimenta- tion and virtuosic instrument mastery. They deliver highly complex songs full of unbound aggression, progressive structures, but also do not shy away from playing saxophone alongside guitars or sampling the roar of a deer into a track – yes, a deer! This animal became the main focus on the surprisingly colorful artwork pre- sented in a psychedelic vintage style. Obviously, this choice is another proof of the quintet’s dazzling multi-faceted qualities, pushing LETTERS FROM THE COLONY into a new niche compartment of technically challenging extreme metal. Instead of concentrating on dark colors or cliché-ridden motives, the band designed their promotional photos as well as their album artwork in a striking alternative style: “The first time I showed the artwork to my band colleagues, not everyone liked it”, guitarist and main songwriter Sebastian Svalland laughs. “But I strongly felt that it was a good fit for the music, and it was important for me to showcase in our artwork that we’re not an ordinary technical metal band Line up: from Sweden and don’t want to copy any already existing acts. When you Alexander Backlund | Vocals are the main songwriter of a band, you often have a vision of how all the Sebastian Svalland | Guitar pieces fit together. I sometimes have to fight for my ideas, but in the end we Johan Jönsegård | Guitar usually agree as they start to understand my vision.” Emil Östberg | Bass After several line-up changes, LETTERS FROM THE COLONY finally found Jonas Sköld | Drums www.facebook.com/lettersfromthecolony · twitter.com/LFTCBand · www.instagram.com/lettersfromthecolony

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