Finnish metallers LAMORI are proud to announce that "Neo Noir" will be out on 31/01/2020 via Wormholedeath/Aural.
Band statement:
Neo Noir - The New Black. Finnish goth-masters LAMORI are back.
The reservoirs of darkness brings you their take on classic gothic metal mixed with dark wave, modern rock and everything in between.
Bigger choruses, stronger melodies and bittersweet darkness all wrapped in a doomy package. The band worked close with both Mazzeo and Belotti all the way from pre-production to the final release. This time around we also put more time and effort on each instrument, especially the vocals. We think this album is a beautiful mix of both old and new LAMORI.
Tracklist:
01. An Angel by Your Side
02. The Evil Inside of Me
03. Born to Lose
04. Fade Out of Time
05. The Devil's Mark
06. Heaven Ain't For Us
07. Going Down
08. Wild Within
09. The Scientist
"The Devil's Mark" Official Video:
Influences:
HIM, The 69 Eyes, Metallica, Marilyn Manson, Depeche Mode, The Doors, Johnny Cash
ONLINE
LINEUP
Matias Juselius, vocals
Marcus Pellas, guitar
Mikael Westerlund, bass
Jens Wickholm, keys
Emanuel Sanchez, drums
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The band roots back to 2006, when singer Matias Juselius and guitarist Marcus Pellas had ideas about starting a gothic rock band in their hometown of Mariehamn on The Åland Islands. At the time they were both playing together in a rock cover band called Militia. Marcus was the bands guitarist and Matias was the drummer. Soon to be keyboardist Jens Wickholm was also part of Milita as backing vocalist. Matias and Marcus did a couple of home recorded demos together. Jens soon joined the group, followed by Mikael Westerlund on bass.
An acoustic live performance was held under the name L'Amori Acoustica at a local battle of the bands contest. One of the songs performed was an early version of what would later become Follow the Ghost. After a fruitless search for a drummer the band was then put on ice for two years.
The group started rehearsing again in late 2008, while still searching for a drummer. A couple of tryouts were held with different drummers until Emanuel Sanchez stepped in and joined the group in early 2009. Together they did their first live performance some months later at Bastun Open Air Festival. The constellation has remained the same until this day.
In 2011 the band recorded their first four track Demo EP entitled "The Reservoirs of Darkness". The four tracks were recorded over at a friends home studio in Finström, Åland Islands. Included on the EP was a bonus-track of an acoustic version of the song Thousand Shades of Red (titled "Laiwa version") recorded live during a radio show at local radio station Steel FM.
Their first full-length album Deadly Desires was self-released in 2013. The album was recorded by Alexander Lindberg at TwinOak Studios in Jomala, Åland Islands. Two of the songs on the album, Flames D'Amour and Thousand Shades of Red, were re-recordings of songs from the earlier EP. Evelyn Joelsson joined the band for backing vocal duties on songs Forevermore and Symphony of the Night. Evelyn also made guest appearances at some of the bands live shows. The music video for the song Hearts Burning wild was released a couple of months later. Deadly Desires was voted Best Gothic Metal Album 2013 by Radio Online Gothic Metal Nicaragua listeners.
The band did a couple of gigs in Sweden and Finland, one of witch was at a global battle of the bands contest with 69 Eyes front man Jyrki 69 presenting the band before their show at Börs Nightclub in Turku, Finland.
A year after the release of Deadly Desires the band penned a record deal with label Wormholedeath. Their first major album To Die Once Again was released through the label in 2016. The album was recorded by Jonathan Mazeo at Mathlab Studios in Italy. It was at this time the band changed the name from L'Amori to the more straight forward LAMORI.
Three music videos were released for the new album; Follow the Ghost, Until Death (Do Us Part) and for title track To Die Once Again. Critics recieved the album fairly well in various magazines and webzines. PowerPlay Music Magazine rated the album as 8/8 POWERPOINTS in issue #187. Laureline Tilkin of Tuonela Magazine wrote "Despite the strong resemblance to HIM, LAMORI’s music is much darker, darker lyrics, even more melancholy. Musically LAMORI’s sound is heavier and it taps into a lot of elements from other genres, which makes this album very refreshing to listen to.".
The band soon started working on a new album. Recordings began in 2018, again over at Mathlab Studios in Italy. The new album, titled Neo Noir, will be released in the beginning of 2020. Three singles with their accompanying music videos have already been released for Born to Lose, Heaven Ain't For Us and An Angel by Your Side.
DISCOGRAPHY
Deadly Desires 2013
To Die Once Again 2016
Neo Noir - 2020