APRIL ETHEREAL " ADVENT"

Format : CD/MC
Total Time : 8 tracks/ 39 minutes
Style/File under: Doom Metal
Official release date : May 05, 2001

ADDITIONAL INFO :

APRIL ETHEREAL came into existence from the initiative of Jerzy and Jan in 1996 in Tunis primarily as a side project named LEON. The band existed under this name from the beginning until the 14th of july 2000 - the day the band changed its name to APRIL ETHEREAL.
At the beginning the band has been a duo though the amount of instruments used by Jan and Jerzy has risen since then.
In the course of time the side project has developed into a regular band. LEON's style evolved in the direction of a more metal playing. As far as the band's concert activity is concerned, we have performed live only once. The concert took place in the Russian Culture Centre in Tunis in 1997. Since the band functioned as a duo, the matter of performing live was hard to solve.
In February 1999 the band moved from Tunis to Warsaw. After recording 'Leviathan' in April 1999, the band started to promote the material in the Polish underground. The band has never been faithful to any particular subject or style but our compositions have always been full of darkness and climate. Since the strongly satanic 'Leviathan', the APRIL ETHEREAL's sound has improved exposing guitars and composing faster, more brutal and more melodious songs.
Chapter 2:
In September 1999, APRIL ETHEREAL entered the Delirium Tremens once again to record another concept album entitled 'Silva'. The material featured a better sound and major changes as far as the arrangement of vocals and guitars is concerned. We introduced harmonious elements in the guitar parts and we used acoustic guitars to a greater extent. Consequently, compositions became more compact. The concept 'Silva' told the story of a man who undergoes the inner change being under the influence of the magic and power of the forest.
"Silva" was strongly promoted in the polish underground and a bit in the world. Nobody was indifferent to our music: people hated us or adored 'Silva'. We got good reviews in the polish underground press and even in some official metal magazines such as Morbid Noizz Mag. Mikael Akerfeldt from OPETH told us that 'Silva' was a very good piece of progressive dark metal, which opinion gave us more strength to promote our music, because OPETH was at the time our major influence.
Chapter 3:
The 14th of july 2000 the band changed its name and is now called APRIL ETHEREAL. A year passed since 'Silva', we were more experienced, we progressed in our musical skills and we got a lot of new fresh ideas. The result of this state was our new material 'Advent', a self financed CD/MC under the name of APRIL ETHEREAL. "Advent" was released on the 15th of october 2000 and since then we're promoting this stuff, because it's our best production to that day. The music on 'Advent' is more compact, the tracks are shorter and a bit faster. We're still using lots of acoustical guitars and the keyboards are still there, bot the guitar parts are more brutal and the whole sound of the production is heavier and more selective. The major change is, that Jan decided to write the lyrics in english, so 'Advent' is our first release in english. The lyrics are still a concept telling the story of a man betrayed by society, showing the destructive power of love...
Chapter 4:
The 11th of january 2001 the band enlarged with a new member - ADRIAN (voc). This was a great change, because APRIL ETHEREAL are since then able to play live.
In march 2001 the band signed to CONQUER RECORDS (UK) for releasing "Advent" on CD and MC.
In april 2001 APRIL ETHEREAL played a little european tour including gigs in Belgium, England and Poland. From may 2001 to august 2001 the band played a lot live: we played as support-act on the Christian Death polish show, we did another gig in London with Behemoth, we played on the first polish open air metal fest - Dying Art OAF, we toured with Nile and Behemoth in UK (November/December 2001), and many more...
In February 2002 Marcin Bugowski (drums) and Marek Gajewski (bass) from Carnal joined April Ethereal.
As a five-piece, the band writes the new stuff for their second album "Al Azif". Unfortunately, one week before entering the studio, Marcin Bugowski informs the band that he'll leave after the recording session due to personal reasons. Still as a five-piece, April Ethereal enter the Green Studio (Krakow, PL) on the 29th of June 2002 for an 18-days "Al Azif" recording session.
Some technical problems appearing, the recording session takes more time. Due to problems with Marek Gajewski, it's Jan who plays the bass tracks on "Al Azif". As guest bass player, Marcin Prusiewicz, the sound engineer from Green Studio plays bass on the last instrumental track on "Al Azif". On the 20th of July the band goes back to Warsaw leaving the recorded material to Marcin Prusiewicz, who will finish the mixing and the mastering of "Al Azif".
Chapter 5:
In August 2002 Jaroslaw Stanczyk joined the band as new drummer. In November 2002 Artur Rydczak (bass) also joined April Ethereal. In May 2003 Ira Paszyk joins the band on vocals - the band is now a six-piece. To be continued...

LINE-UP :

Ira Paszyk : Vocals
Adrian Pelka : Vocals
Jan Rajkow-Krzywicki : Guitars

Jerzy Rajkow-Krzywicki : Guitars
Jaroslaw Stanczyk : Drums
Artur Rydczak : Bass

1.Her Silent Cry At Dawn
2.The First Step Into The Unknown
3.Departure
4.The Repose
5.Hologram
6.The Last Glance Into Her Eyes
7.Truth
8.Epilogue

AUDIO :
AL AZIF:
The Shadow Of Nyarlathotep (mp3)

ADVENT:
Her Silent Cry At Dawn (mp3)
Departure (mp3)
Hologram (mp3)
The Last Glance Into Her Eyes (mp3)

UNRELEASED STUDIO AND REHEARSAL TRACKS:
Countess Bathory (Venom cover) (mp3)

ADVENT PROMO 2000 :
Jej Cichy Placz o Swicie (mp3)
Spoczynek (mp3)
Ostatnie Spojrzenie w Jej Oczy (mp3)

VIDEO:
AL AZIF RECORDING SESSION (Green Studio, Cracow, 2002):
Jerzy recording the guitar track for the Venom cover "Countess Bathory"
Jan recording the bass track for "In The Strange High House In The Mist"
Jan recording the bass track for "Behind The Wings Of Cthulhu"
Adrian recording the vocals for "Behind The Wings Of Cthulhu"
Adrian performing unusual vocals

April Ethereal, c/o Jerzy Rajkow-Krzywicki, P.O. Box 53, 02-498 Warszawa 125, POLAND
Email : jerzy@aprilethereal.net Website : http://www.aprilethereal.net

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