Seventh Storm
Formed: 2021
From:
Portugal
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Seventh Storm News
Below is our complete Seventh Storm news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Seventh Storm Posts New Music Video Online
Can you hear the roaring sea? Hitting the shore on August 12th, Seventh Storm's debut album "Maledictus" mixed melancholic Gothic metal, with harsh hard rock and now, the band has unveiled a second single - "Haunted Sea" is a soaring track that will be the beginning of a dramatic journey into the unknown.
Drummer Mike Gaspar announces: "Haunted Sea takes us on a voyage through the treacherous waters. Overcoming the dangers and fears of this life. No other way out but to fight through the waves to reach dry land. Finding love and peace for all.
"This song was the first to be written as a band. The strength and unity is what we bring to life in this epic story ! We, Seventh Storm, salute all and invite you to discover this dark treasure.
"Hail to the winds and waters that fill our souls.
There is no turning back!" More...
Seventh Storm Shares First Music Video
Right in time for Portugal's National Day, Seventh Storm enter new shores and will drag you right into their raging sea of gothic metal, melancholic hard rock and thunderous riffs. After recently announcing the release of their debut album "Maledictus" for August 12th, 2022, the quintet featuring ex-Moonspell drummer Mike Gaspar finally unveils their first single and otherworldly beautiful song "Saudade."
"I wanted a song that spoke to the people with a care and love for our land”, Gaspar says. “Our love for our parents. The memory of those we have lost and miss so much. This feeling that some friends or relatives are still here with us on our side guiding and giving us direction. One person I thought of a lot was Peter Steele. He was an amazing human being and a good friend. A gentle giant. I really felt like he was sometimes pushing me to do what I was meant for." Gaspar pauses and smiles sadly. "He was also a huge fan of Portuguese culture and our wine of course."
Listen to the new melancholic hymn "Saudade" below.
For all their Portuguese and Latin American fans, they even release a Portuguese version of the track that you can also enjoy below. More...
Seventh Storm Announces Debut Album Release Date
Being the timekeeper of Portugal’s most important metal band Moonspell for nearly 30 years, Mike Gaspar has finally settled on a new outlet with which to celebrate his love for heavy metal, his cultural heritage, and his passion for untamed, feral music with roots reaching deep into the fabric of our world. Now barely a year after announcing their inception, Seventh Storm will unleash their debut album "Maledictus" on August 12th, 2022 via Atomic Fire Records.
The omnipresence of death in the midst of blooming life and creativity is at the centre of the band. Here we see a hungry combo arise that has given their soul for their music. "My dream essentially was to try and bring back a bit of that innocent nineties touch. And to mix traditional Portuguese music with metal," Gaspar explains.
With influences ranging from Bathory via Samael, Tiamat, Paradise Lost, Fields of the Nephilim, Cradle of Filth and Dead Can Dance to even Van Halen or Mötley Crüe, Seventh Storm are only just embarking on a journey across the wild and wondrous waters of heavy metal history. And while not a concept album, "Maledictus" - graced by an atmospheric painting from Victor Costa - is tied together by a strong sense of pain and anger, paired with a flickering hope of forgiveness for our lives.
Recorded at Dynamix Studios in Lisbon in May and October 2021, with mixing duties handled by icon Tue Madsen, Seventh Storm completed their debut within a year after Gaspar’s departure from Moonspell – a demonstration of sheer willpower. He remembers: "On the 25 of April of 2021 I announced my new band – the day the Portuguese dictatorship ended back in 1974. We felt it would be a strong message to announce the band on that date." For him and his band of buccaneers alike, "Maledictus" is a new beginning. "It’s our grand stand," he says. "This is us showing that not all is lost. That our past was not in vain. We are here to stay!"
So cast off, and watch out for the first single and the pre-order of "Maledictus" that will start in a only a few weeks from now. More...