Second full-length album of Estonian progressive metal act Emphasis entitled SOUL TRANSFER will be released worldwide on March 21 by Red Rivet Records (Japan).
SOUL TRANSFER is a masterpiece for the fans of old-school progressive metal, operatic vocals, and classical jazz. Heavy guitar riffs perfectly intertwined with complex rhythms and strong bass lines, melancholic melodies precisely developed with the delicate, noble and powerful voice of Anna Ganina. In addition to the core line-up, five guest musicians took a part in the recording process, including two well-known Estonian jazzmen Raul Sööt (sax) and Allan Järve (trumpet). They brought the bright elements of classical jazz, which blend in powerful metal music without any discomfort.
Progressive metal band Emphasis was formed in 2010 by guitarist Pavel Korotaev and bassist Katya Gritskova. For the last seven years, the band released debut EP „Into Infinity“(2012), the full-length album "Revival" (2016) on the Italian label Underground Symphony, and played dozens of shows across the Baltic States and Finland.
The second full-length album SOUL TRANSFER consists of 14 tracks, including 6 instrumentals:
Tracklist:
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2.93% My Demon Friend ver.1101
16.7% Jester
27.6% Immersion therapy
30.8% Resonate
39.7% Voices of the City
42.6% Electric God
51.1% Scraps of consciousness
53.7% Redemption song
64,3% The Metaphysics of Love
70,1% Leviathans
83,9% Emptiness ver.2
88.0% Hotel for the lonely ghost
96.3% Stream of information
Emphasis - Soul Transfer (album teaser #1):
Emphasis - Soul Transfer (The Making of Artwork | official teaser #2):
"Soul Transfer" was recorded at StoneOil Studio (Kivioli, Estonia) by Pavel Korotaev, guitarist, and songwriter of Emphasis. 5 guest musicians also took part in the work on the album, including well-known Estonian jazzmen Raul Sööt (saxophone) and Allan Järve (trumpet), blues guitarist Oleg Lyutskevich (Moscow, Russia), violoncellist Alexandr Smirnov and violinist Julia Mets. 'Soul Transfer' is totally concept album: the story of a man, his fate and enticing prospects of eternal life in the context of global digitalization.
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LINEUP
Anna Ganina - vocals
Pavel Korotaev - guitars
Maxim Spiridonov - guitars
Vsevolod Tselepis - keys
Katya Gritskova - bass
Stanislav Lint - drums
BIOGRAPHY
Emphasis is a female fronted progressive metal act from Estonia formed in 2010 by bassist Katya Gritskova and guitarist Pavel Korotaev.
Five-track EP "Into Infinity" was released in November 2012 and premiered via Estonian rock radio station “Radio Mania”. Debut mini-album received positive reviews from all over Europe, USA, Latin America and Russia. Their first mini-tour in support of "Into Infinity" took place in the Baltic States. A year later Emphasis became a member of showcase festival 'Tallinn Music Week' and 'Hard Rock Laager Open Air', the most largest musical events in their homeland Estonia.
In Autumn 2013 the amazing opera singer Anna Ganina joined the band. With her arrival, the style of Emphasis became more symphonic. In September 2013 they released their second single “Hopeless”. A few months later they included it in the worldwide compilation “Ladies First” (Label “Metal Del Mundo”, Germany) and the renewed band went back on the road across the Baltic States and Finland together with Finnish Dark Metal formation Teardown.
In April 2014 Emphasis released one more single with the new line-up called “On the Wings of Freedom”, played by different Baltic radio stations. The band played dozens of shows in the Baltic states and Finland, sharing the stage with Testament, Skyforger, Arkona and many others.
In 2015 the band signed a contract for their debut full-length album release with Italian label Underground Symphony. “Revival” consists of 8 songs and one bonus track and it is a masterpiece for fans of Within Temptation, Nightwish and Opeth. The album released on April 15 in deluxe digipack edition through Underground Symphony Records.
DISCOGRAPHY
Soul Transfer - 2018
Revival - 2016 - LP (Underground Symphony Records)
On the Wings of Freedom - 2014 SINGLE
Hopeless - 2013 SINGLE
Every Time - 2013 SINGLE
Into Infinity - 2012 EP