Mother of Graves to Release Where the Shadows Adorn Oct. 14
Simple motivations here. I dug the last Mother of Graves album, In Somber Dreams (discussed here), and so want to keep an eye out for the next one from the Indianapolis-based death-doomers. What follows isn’t really a release announcement for Where the Shadows Adorn, the band’s impending second outing through Wise Blood Records, so the details are fairly light, but I’ll take an artwork-reveal as a heads up that the record is happening, even without the corresponding info that might otherwise accompany such a thing.
Especially since the art rules. I didn’t have anything against the last album’s cover, but this is definitely an upgrade. Album’s out in October and preorders start Aug. 15, which is either this week or so far in the future my mind can’t comprehend it. I’m not sure which.
From the PR wire via Bandcamp, or the other way around:
Today we reveal the artwork for the upcoming Mother of Graves LP, “Where the Shadows Adorn.” This cover is just half of the amazing gatefold painting commissioned from the extraordinarily talented Paolo Girardi. You have seen his work on the cover of Power Trip’s “Nightmare Logic.” I also love his covers for recent albums by Bewitcher, Runemagick, and Yatra. This artwork is a perfect glimpse into the mood and atmosphere of the coming record. We will share the first track and launch pre-orders in 2 weeks, on August 15th. “Where the Shadows Adorn” will emerge from the crypt on October 14th.
Vocalist Brandon Howe on the artwork:
“I had a bit on an existing idea when I first approached Paolo, but I didn’t want to strain his creativity and not let him express himself in his own manner. First I had sent him a couple of the songs with lyrics attached as a mood setter. I had found a cool, random piece of abstract art online while surfing that was exactly that and nothing more. It gave me a vision in the way it was done. It reminded me of some sort of really distorted waterfall that had shadow figures in it, almost as if they blended in and were a part of the descending stream. He added his wildly surreal and dreamy touch to it, and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! The deep blue colors, the mood, all top notch and perfectly fitting for this record.”
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