Nevemore's This Godless Endeavor "Metal at its smartest, darkest and most indispensable.
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This Godless Endeavor
NOVEMBER 14th 2005 @ The Back Room, Austin, Texas
All Ages * tickets available @ www.getTix.net
"And on the open road we came to a sign..."
Seattle's NEVERMORE welcome you to This Godless Endeavor, a grand
overture where musical tapestries are fascinatingly complex while
entirely accessible. Interwoven, multi-faceted melodies ceaselessly
crisscross creating a fabric portraying life's labyrinthine mosaic.
Intense solo work dips and weaves effortlessly into the album's
material creating a colorful while consistent whole. A Century Media
cornerstone artist, NEVERMORE's unique combination of dark melody and
rhythmic brutality, has solidified their place in metals elite
hierarchy.
"The vision of the future is of blood..."
Recorded at England's Backstage Studios (Arch Enemy, Kreator), once
again with producer Andy Sneap, This Godless Endeavor captures "the
most ripping guitar work we've recorded," says vocalist Warrel
Dane. "Born" kicks the album into high gear while grounding it with
a hauntingly melodic bittersweet chorus. "Final Product", the video
for which was filmed by Kevin Leonard (Himsa, Diecast), talks of man
sowing the seeds of his own destruction. Sci-fi aficionados will revel
in "Sentient 6" a discussion on artificial intelligence becoming
self-aware, and what a physically superior intelligence might decide to
do about its human manufacturers. "Holocaust Of Thought" features a
stunning guest solo by guitar virtuoso James Murphy
(ex-Testament/Death/Cancer). On goes the march of dark subject matter
accompanied by a solid wall of sound that is at once monstrously
thundering and gracefully lithe. Marking his NEVERMORE recording
debut, guitarist Steve Smyth (ex-Testament/Dragonlord), who joined the
band during their 2004 touring commitments, herein trades solo duties
with Jeff Loomis throughout the album. Hugh Syme (Rush, Aerosmith)
provided stark album artwork, which according to Dane, "incorporates
our ongoing theme of everyone wearing a mask."
"This is your final warning, the holocaust of thought is
dawning..."
Rising phoenix-like in 1994 from cult metal band Sanctuary's ashes,
the 1990's saw NEVERMORE record several well-received albums with
celebrated producer Neil Kernon (Judas Priest, Queensryche). Honing an
overwhelmingly ominous dark melodic sound the core members: Dane,
Loomis, Sheppard and Williams, have in the past been joined by
guitarists Pat O' Brian (now of Cannibal Corpse) on the two 1996
releases and Tim Calvert (ex-Forbidden) for their 1999 conceptual
masterpiece. Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000), produced by Andy Sneap
(Opeth, Machine Head), moved Loomis' "skin-flaying" guitar work
to the production's forefront, while tireless world touring turned
songs "Narcosynthesis" and "Inside Four Walls" into anthemic
fan favorites. Followed by 2003's Enemies Of Reality Outburn
Magazine's "must-have album of the year," produced by Kelly Gray
(Queensryc
he/Brother Cane), showcased "opuses that often reach dark symphonic
peaks" (Guitar One). Throughout their recording career NEVERMORE have
shared the stage with metal's elite including Arch Enemy, Children Of
Bodom, Death, Dimmu Borgir, Iced Earth, King Diamond, and Opeth and
have performed at Europe's largest rock festivals including the
infamous Dynamo and prestigious Wacken Open Air.
"Welcome to the end my friend the sky has opened..."