by Tank North Carolina’s Metal Maven’s, Aether Realm, are scheduled to reissue their 2017 album “Tarot” this month on September 11th. This is the album that literally “Put These Guys On The Map.” Now fans will be able to add this to their collection in a new multitude of formats. The album will be reissued through Napalm Records. Aether Realm’s music is “fast, extremely melodic Death Metal, with a bit of a folk influence. Tarot is the second album by the band. The song off the album titled “The Sun, The Moon, The Stars” gained quite momentum after being included in the game “osu!” The band’s first release was an in-house demo titled Odin Will Provide, and this was released in 2011 by their first full-length album, One Chosen by The Gods,” with was released in 2013 by Primitive Ways Records. It took the band four years to come up with their second full-length album, Tarot. Tarot gave the band a lot of new attention by old fans as well as new fans all around the world. In 2018 Aether Realm was signed to Napalm Records. Working with Napalm, they released their third album, Redneck Vikings From Hell this year. Now Napalm is reissuing Tarot this month. The reissue of Tarot is an expanded one and now includes the song, “The Magician”. “The Magician” was first issued as a stand-alone single, and gained quite a lot of attention on the underground Metal scene. It definitely helped to establish the band with a sound all their own. Various Metal Blogs, such as No Clean Singing, and Angry Metal Guy helped to boost the popularity of this song and the band itself. The theme of Tarot is somewhat based off the concept of Tarot Cards. It starts off with the song, “The Fool,” which starts off “modestly” before evolving into a fullfledged dynamic fury filled with a bit of “Black Metal fueled with a cool southern style riff”. This is followed by the title-track of the album, “Tarot” which propels the band into a much heavier sound that sets the pace for the rest of the album. The song “King of Cups” also features the skills of their labelmate, Christopher Bowe of the pirate metal band, Alestorm. The album continues to soar to even greater heights before the climax song, the almost 20 minute opus, “The Sun, The Moon, The Star.” This was quite the album for this fledgling young band when it came out. Utilizing the production skills of Kile Odell, the band manages to blend “Southern Americana-Metal Riffs with European-tinged symphonic soundscapes. It was quite the feat for this young band, but it definitely help to create a distinctive sound all their own. The reissue features as the last
photo by Tyler Gresham
Napalm Records Reissue Aether Realm’s 2nd Album, Tarot song on the album, “The Magician.” Now the band has also released a new video from Tarot for the song “King Of Cups.” This video comes in the form of a new guitar and bass play through of the song. A statement from Aether Realm reports, “We’re stoked AF to announce that while we’re still not from Finland, we finally have booking representation there. Aether Realm will be joining the Decibel Touring roster for Europe and Asia (including Russia). Volkmar Udri will handle all booking in these regions. Time to show y’all how we do it down in North Carolina.” Decibel Touring is extremely happy to add them to their roster. Decibel Touring CEO and founder Mike Heinemann added, “I am more than happy to have those virtuosos and one of the most promising newcomer bands on the agency’s roster. Since one of Decibel’s main aims is to work futureoriented and to build up talented artists, this collaboration will for sure be successful and we are looking forward to working together.” Aether Realm is: Vincent “Jake” Jones - bass vocals, Heinrich Arnold - guitar, vocals, Tyler Gresham - drums, and Donny Burbage - guitar. Tarot reissue tracklisting: 1. The Fool 2. Tarot 3. The Tower 4. King of Cups (feat. Chris Bowes) 5. Death 6. The Chariot 7. The Devil 8. The Emperor
9. Strength 10. Temperance 11. The Sun, the Moon, the Star 12. The Magician (Bonus Track) The reissue of Tarot will be available in the following formats: -CD Digipak -2LP Gatefold Black -2LP Gatefold Creamy White -2LP Gatefold Marble Red/Black *SOLD OUT* -CD + Shirt Bundle -2LP Black +Shirt Bundle (Napalm North America Mailorder Only) -2LP Creamy White + Shirt Bundle (Napalm North America Mailorder Only) -2LP Red Black Marble + Shirt Bundle *SOLD OUT*
New reissue cover art by Adrian Baxter
September 2020 • Rock and Blues International
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