Shores of Null, from Rome, Italy has been ensnaring doom metal fans around the world for years with their particular blend of doom metal, one that ebbs and flows with melancholy, soothing vocal harmonies, and epic guitar work. Their latest work “The Loss Of Beauty” is their fourth album and the single “Destination Woe” is the fourth single and the opening track. The band comments on the personal intricacies of the song:
“The lyrics take inspiration from the aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi, which in Japanese culture consists of the appreciation of all that is imperfect, impermanent, incomplete, and 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.”
Since their well-received debut album “Quiescence”, Shores of Null has been refining their sound and putting the emphasis on melodies. With the sophomore “Black Drapes For Tomorrow” they brought in more complex structures and with “Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)” they took the doomier, heavier, and darkest aspect of their sound and poured it into a 38-minute track. “The Loss Of Beauty” continues where “Black Drapes For Tomorrow” left off, initially conceived to be the band’s third album and preserved until today. Stylistically, it is melancholic dark metal with an assorted palette of genres.
Recommended for any and all doom fans, especially fans of Borknagar, Paradise Lost, and Amorphis, “The Loss Of Beauty” releases on March 24, 2023.
Watch and listen to the music video for “Destination Woe” - https://youtu.be/_Qc7i8Zshu8
“The Loss Of Beauty” is due out March 24th, 2023.
Album pre-order (Digital, CD, Vinyl) - https://linktr.ee/
Music Video - “Nothing Left To Burn” - https://youtu.be/wuP14Dgx4F4
Music Video - “The Last Flower” - https://youtu.be/W_LV8-Mz8qA
Music Video - “My Darkest Years” - https://youtu.be/DUgQC52vyOY
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Track Listing:
1. Transitory - 1:20
2. Destination Woe - 4:52
3. The Last Flower - 4:59
4. Darkness Won't Take Me - 4:14
5. Nothing Left To Burn - 4:55
6. Old Scars - 4:23
7. The First Son - 2:17
8. A Nature In Disguise - 6:26
9. My Darkest Years - 4:56
10. Fading As One - 5:19
11. A New Death Is Born - 4:54
Album Length: 48:40
Bonus Tracks (CD and digital only)
12. Underwater Oddity - 4:18
13. Blazing Sunlight - 1:57
Shores Of Null is:
Davide Straccione - Vocals
Gabriele Giaccari - Guitars
Raffaele Colace - Guitars
Matteo Capozucca - Bass
Emiliano Cantiano - Drums
Shores Of Null on their upcoming European tour with Swallow The Sun, Draconian and Avatarium in April/May 2023: https://www.shoresofnull.com/
02/04/2023 - Parkteatret - Oslo (NO)
04/04/2023 - Pumpehuset - Copenhagen (DK)
05/04/2023 - HeadCrash - Hamburg (DE)
06/04/2023 - Doornroosje - Nijmegen (NL)
07/04/2023 - Het Entrpot - Brugge (BE)
08/04/2023 - Rebellion - Manchester (UK)
09/04/2023 - Slay - Glasgow (UK)
10/04/2023 - Limelight 2 - Belfast (UK)
11/04/2023 - Whelan's . Dublin (IRE)
12/04/2023 - The Underworld . London (UK)
13/04/2023 - Essigfabrik - Köln (DE)
14/04/2023 - Matrix - Bochum (DE)
15/04/2023 - Colos-Saal - Aschaffenburg (DE)
16/04/2023 - Im Wizemann - Stutgart (DE)
17/04/2023 - Le Grillen - Colmar (FR)
18/04/2023 - Backstage - Paris (FR)
19/04/2023 - Le Ferrailleur - Nantes (FR)
20/04/2023 - Le Rex - Toulouse (FR)
21/04/2023 - Sala Changó - Madrid (ES)
22/04/2023 - Sala Bóveda - Barcelona (ES)
23/04/2023 - Secret Place - Montpellier (FR)
24/04/2023 - CCO Villeurbanne - Lyon (FR)
25/04/2023 - Legend Club - Milan (IT)
26/04/2023 - Orto Bar - Ljubljana (SLO)
27/04/2023 - Schüür - Luzern (CH)
28/04/2023 - Undertown - Meyrin (CH)
29/04/2023 - Caves du Manoir - Martigny (CH)
30/04/2023 - Backstage - Munich (DE)
01/05/2023 - Dürer Kert - Budapest (HU)
02/05/2023 - Viper Room - Vienna (AT)
03/05/2023 - Futurum - Prague (CZ)
04/05/2023 - Hole44 - Berlin (DE)
05/05/2023 - Drizzly Grizzly - Gdansk (PL)
06/05/2023 - Klub Łącznik- Wrocław (PL)
07/05/2023 - UT Connewitz - Leipzig (DE)
For more info: Spikerot.com | Shoresofnull.com | Facebook.com/shoresofnull | Instagram.com/shoresofnull | Twitter.com/shoresofnull
About: Shores of Null stand out from their contemporaries with their ability to blend seemingly disparate elements into their sound, overwhelmingly heavy and soothing at the same time: blackened aggression stands alongside gothic-doom sections without either sounding out of place. Their music can be both melancholic yet majestic, made of chorale-like guitar textures across the instrument’s entire range, sustained by a powerful rhythmic section and punctuated by a refined mixture of clean and growled vocals, along with extensive use of pleasing vocal harmonies which have become the band’s trademark through the years.
The Rome-based metal band has been an unwavering presence within the metal underground since their musical outset in 2013, churning out three impressive records: the melodic and somber “Quiescence” (Candlelight, 2014), the darker and more complex “Black Drapes For Tomorrow” (Candlelight/Spinefarm, 2017), and finally their most ambitious work to date “Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)” (Spikerot Records, 2020), a 38-minute long opus which continues to prove the band’s willingness to go off the beaten path while creating their ultimate doom manifesto.
The band’s fourth album "The Loss Of Beauty", recorded during the same sessions of “Beyond The Shores”, is expected to be released in March of 2023.
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Shores of Null continues to impress and expand upon their doomy sound. An epic-length track worthy to sit amongst the best of these ventures (Edge of Sanity, Insomnium). Emotionally fulfilling and musically satisfying all at once.” – Dead Rhetoric (Best-of 2020)
“this album definitely is one of the best Doom Metal pieces I had the pleasure to look at in 2020. Once you plunge into its astonishing flow, there will be no escape from that majestic march through soaring soundscapes to those tear-drenched horizons.” – Rock Music Raider (Best of 2020)
“it’s certainly ambitious (video for “Beyond the Shores (On Death and Dying)”), but if you have the time, it’s worth the watch. Steeped in quality and excellent videography, it definitely deserves the attention for the amount of effort used.” – Metal Injection
“Shores of Null rolled the dice with Beyond the Shores (On Death and Dying) and delivered in a big fucking way… Shores of Null have crafted something special; a heart-wrenchingly emotive and beautiful journey of sorrow, anguish, pain, and acceptance. Beyond the Shores (On Death and Dying) is a splendidly sombre, brilliantly written opus of commanding death-doom that demands attention.” – Teeth of The Divine
“this album is phenomenal, both in terms of concept and its monumental delivery… with this magnum opus [Shores Of Null] have proved their position front and centre as depressed doom-titans…” – The Sleeping Shaman
“Beyond The Shores (On Death and Dying)” is a near perfect, monumental achievement of doom. I can’t imagine any fan of the style not finding something here to enjoy.” – Metal Temple
“An enchanting, gloomy opus.” – Moshville Times
“A single track of incredibly well-realised melodic doom metal, layered with all sorts of treats and nuanced delivery.” – Wonderbox Metal
“A piece of delicious despair, delivered on a platter of storm-ridden and excellently executed Doom Metal. A record that left anybody else in the genre in 2020 quaking in their wake.” – Rock Music Raider
“their most intricate and brooding work to date… grandiose emotional impact.” – Metal Storm
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