Spiral Shades Finish Work on New Album
Okay, it’s been a minute since the cross-continental two-piece Spiral Shades last checked in. The India-and-Norway-based duo released their digital-only EP, Children of Doom (discussed here), and that was a short tribute release consisting of just three covers. Their debut album, Hypnosis Sessions (review here), was issued in 2014 on RidingEasy Records. But here’s the thing. Even when the tribute EP came out, Spiral Shades — who are not to be confused with Spiral Grave, Spiral Skies or any of the other spirals careening out there — were talking about getting to work on their next record. It’s just been seven years in the making.
The band reportedly finished the recording in 2020 and I guess have been mixing back and forth since then? They signed with Majestic Mountain Records in 2021 — I’d usually catch that kind of news, can only wonder why I didn’t, but I’m sorry to not have an immediate excuse handy; I just suck at this — and I guess now the yet-untitled release to come is done, mastered, finished. Any way you want to slice it, this has been a pretty significant undertaking on the part of the band. I doubt they were working 40 hours a week to put it together, but consider having lived with these songs for over a half-decade minimum and just now getting to the point of having an end-product to show for it. They must be on fire to get this shit out.
And that’s a record I’m looking forward to hearing. From socials etc.:
We are done mixing and mastering our sophomore album. Special thanks to Maxim Losch from Redville Studio for doing such a fabulous job on the record. Redville Studio Majestic. Mountain Records.
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Spiral Shades is a doom metal project formed in 2012 that is inspired by two individuals from different countries with a common goal of making an album together. Khushal Bhadra a Guitarist, Songwriter from India, Mumbai city and Filip Petersen (Guitarist, Bassist) from Norway, Vennesla got to know each other through Youtube because of their common interest in 70’s heavy doom/progressive rock music.
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