Season's End for Prog Metal.

 

This from the band's facebook page this morning: http://www.facebook.com/seasons.end

 

 

 

 

 

I enjoy this band's music immensely - they have been around since 1998, though with several line-up changes since then, have had a full length album out since 2005 ("The Failing Light"), are currently in the process of recording their second, & their website is: http://www.seasons-end.com/, (myspace: http://www.myspace.com/seasonsend). Their first album may not quite have sufficient prog content for the purists on here - female fronted symphonic/goth metal bands tend not to find favour on the whole, but a second album is on the way with a promise of much more in the way of "progginess". The bass player these days with seasons End is Mike Bridge, who now has his own solo project called Acid Empire about to come to fruition (album release due 3rd Oct 2011). They too are being evaluated on here for prog metal (see post: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=81587). Mike wasn't in Season's End when their first album was recorded, and it is undoubtedly his prog influence that has played a big part in shaping their change in direction for the second album which is now in preparation. Despite this, their first release, "The Failing Light" had a fairly positive review in The Dutch Progressive Rock Page (DPRP) "Prog Metal Special" (2004: Vol 65), despite the review copy being an early release version of the album http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200465.html#seasonsend, so there may be an outside chance even based on this first outing. Two more really excellent reviews of the album are here: http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Season%27s_End/The_Failing_Light/48322/

 

Information for 'The Failing Light' promotion by 1 Records, 2005:

"Despite being entirely self financed on it’s initial release last Summer, The Failing Light was met with universal critical acclaim in the British rock press with Metal Hammer hailing the band as “new heroes for the British Goth movement”. This was followed by an immensely successful UK tour culminating in a triumphant appearance at Bloodstock which was summed up perfectly by metal magazine Zero Tolerance; “As a unit they shine brightly – their power, poise and precision surely marks them out for bigger things”. Undoubtedly 2004 was the year that Season’s End established themselves as a genuine underground phenomenon. However, with the release of the re-mixed version of The Failing Light scheduled for July alongside an extensive UK tour, a main stage slot at Bloodstock and the release of the haunting video for “A Ghost In My Emotion” 2005 looks set to see Season’s End take their brand of emotionally intense gothic metal to a much wider audience".