MAGENTA HARVEST: „The Murderous Breed“
A melody that sticks in your head right away and that is backed up by a bloodcurdling blastbeat-thunder only a few seconds after it appeared first leads into a verse-part which paves the way for a song that reveals more and more musical facets. “The Murderous Breed” shows what Magenta Harvest is able to come up with these days and it’s also the first glimpse of their forthcoming record “… And Then Came The Dust” which will be released on September 1st.
Magenta Harvest from Finland’s Pietarsaari started out as the brainchild of drummer Janne Manninen and guitarist Timo Kontio. Over the years, the band evolved into a quintet, which released a strong death metal-debut: “Volatile Waters” (2014). . “… And Then Came The Dust“ is even stonger which is perfectly supported by the stunning artwork by Vasco Arts | p2rdesign.com (Slayer, Kreator, Machine Head, Hatebreed, Dark Funeral).
Tracklist:
01. Flock of Reckoning
02. The Murderous Breed
03. When Your World Turns to Glass
04. An Abode of Ashes
05. The Search for the Higher Water
06. Signs of Death
07. ...and Then Came the Dust
08. A Terminal Hymn to Cold
09. The Pane of Eden
Line-Up
Mathias Lillmåns (Finntroll, Chthonian ...) – Vocals
Timo Hanhikangas – Guitar
Timo Kontio (Festerday, ex-...and Oceans ...) – Guitar
Jonas Frilund (Chthonian ...) – Bass
Janne Manninen (Pain Confessor, ex-...and Oceans ...) – Drums
Biography:
MAGENTA HARVEST started as a two-man project with Timo K. and Janne in 2005. The idea behind this project was to create that kind of metal they used to play with “...and Oceans” in the 95’ era.
Of course, that was only the starting point.
A few years went by quite fast, as a duo. Even though different ideas and tunes were tested and material was created along the way, the actual sound of the band took first shape after all members were recruited.
In 2009 second guitarist Timo H. and bassist Jonas joined the band and four tracks were the result of this new constellation. Soon after Mathias joined the band in 2010, MAGENTA HARVEST recorded their first demo ‘A Familiar Room’, with help of Jan Jämsen (Finntroll). A year later they created new sounds and wrote their second demo ‘Apparition of Ending’. This time they got help from Aleksi Virta (Finntroll), who did all the keyboard/noise stuff and Jan Jämsen (Finntroll), who helped again with the lyrics.
The debut album “Volatile Waters” was finally released in March 2014 and MAGENTA HARVEST was ready to hit the road. After the band toured Finland, they played their first European tour in October 2014.
Two years later, MAGENTA HARVEST decided it was time to go back to the studio to record their second album, which will be released in 2017.
MAGENTA HARVEST online:
https://www.magentaharvest.com/
http://www.facebook.com/magentaharvest
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNEwVbAPXqfT9aqwerdNREA
https://play.spotify.com/artist/7aD3zTZTdnebqYbwWT0Kzo
http://instagram.com/magentaharvest
http://www.reverbnation.com/magentaharvest
https://magentaharvest.bandcamp.com/
http://myspace.com/magentaharvest