https://www.progforums.com/punforum Prog-Sphere forums en http://backend.userland.com/rss https://www.progforums.com/punforum/viewtopic.php?pid=2472#p2472 2472@https://www.progforums.com/punforum Topic: AGENTS OF MERCY - New Album & Tour +sound preview Message: New Album & Tour     Happy news from the finest tailors in prog, namely Agents Of Mercy.hear it:  www.agentsofmercy.com.Time has come to announce the birth of a new album.The 3rd studio-album is called "The Black Forest" and is what some may call a "concept album",one mega tune of 56 minutes but cut into separate slices, to digest easier.Now you've heard that "concept" term a million times - 'cause it's PROG, but here  it is, "The Black Forest" is a surreal journey -a mysteriously glowing metaphor for a trip thru  dark, disturbing and likewise scary times, a lifelong uncertain journey bookended by greed, lust, hunger for power & money, eternal life,mindcontrol - and guess what? ............we're the prey !!We navigate thru dark dreams of the immortal, dark waters, eerie topics hinting at death & dreams, forest ghosts,  shades of the "blood Queen" Elzbeth Bathory's life, a freak parade of monstruosity galore, a quiet tidy town with hidden horrors, the touring circusof freaks, dark realms of endless wars and lost kingdoms, the unwanted darktowns of our minds ......... fun stuff eh ?We laid down the basic tracks on 24 ch. analogue tape in a lovely studio in the middle of Sweden's countryside, in April, a place called Varnhem ( very dark age ! ) - The studio is a top notch, super hi tech,  newly built million dollar  sanctuary for idiots like us - to our ears this album  sounds bigger than pure digital more 70's,  but yet more modern.The music this time  is a more rock oriented path we've taken, for good reasons - we are a R&R band at the core,but we sprinkle bits of  symphonic, jazz and folk or whatever tickle our fancy at the time.Guitar riffing  and drums have moved forward in the soundscapes but the gnarly moog and mellotron is still present, this time a bit more haunting and angular.The tunes are longer and more elaborated (prog) but sometimes with a ironfist of raw power riffage that may resemble Black Sabbath or Deep Purple rather than Yes or Genesis.Don't fret - there is plenty of symphonic bombasm too -  we think there is even more than onprevious albums, so you'll get your fix of that ol' tron, moog  & taurusbass.Album traxlist:The Black ForestA Quiet Little TownElegyBlack SundayCitadelBetween Sun & MoonFreak Of LifeKingdom Of HeavenComes in nice "mini LP" Digipak and release is Sept 17th.Hear a tasty platter of snippets at : www.agentsofmercy.comNOW THERE IS A CHANCE TO HEAR ALL THIS ALIVE TOO  !!!Same lineup - more power - more detail - more ready to move you all in a live setting......1st round  of selected shows in Europe.September 20th, 2011- Colos SaalAschaffenburg - Germanywww.colos-saal.de/September 21st, 2011- Galery Music BarPratteln - Switzerlandwww.galery.chSeptember 24th, 2011- De BoerderijAgents Of Mercy + Sky ArchitectZoetermeer -  Hollandwww.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/September 28th, 2011 - TivoliAoM + Goliath & The GiantsHelsingborg - Swedenwww.thetivoli.nu/module.a....wsId=23636September 30th, 2011-  Chevy's Rock BarAgents Of Mercy + TerraexStavanger - Norwaywww.blackmoon.no/Saturday, October 1st, 2011- Elm Street CafeAoM + Fatal FusionOslo - Norwaywww.elmstreet.no/arrangement.phpSaturday, November 26th, 2011- Bryggarsalen- "Sweden ProgFest 2011"Stockholm - SwedenAgents Of Mercy - Gösta Berlings Saga, Costes Cosmos,Promise & The Monster, Gitarrsynthkvartetten.www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=269262613093728GET YOUR TICKETS NOW !!!See all  Tourdates@:www.agentsofmercy.comLearn more : www.flowerkings.se Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:15:53 +0100