Wormholedeath Records Signs Havenless, Debut Full Length Album Detailed

French progressive death metal act Havenless, featuring Sael keyboardist PY Marani and Qantice bassist Christine Lanusse, have signed on with Wormholedeath Records for the release of the debut full length album "The Crimson Lines." The record, produced by Wahoomi Corvi and mastered by Jonas Lindström, will be available worldwide during this winter. Official release dates will be announced soon by The Orchard and Aural Music.

The band’s progressive death metal sound is strongly influenced by Opeth Ihsahn, Enslaved and Porcupine Tree, whereas the lyrics are reminiscent of King Diamon's style. A stream of the new track "Lamentation" can be heard in the player below.

The band commented: "We started working on our first EP 'Architecture of Plague' some years ago; and we received some very good feedback from webzines, fanzines, magazines, etc… We have no doubt that it will be even better with this first album! We have been working hard on this record during two weeks at the studio and we are happy with the sound quality and how the album sounds production wise. We have chosen an untrendy approach if we compare our record to contemporary metal releases: that’s pretty much an old school production which could be comapared to the 90’s thanks to ambient patterns used by old progressive rock bands… so yes, we preferred to use the analog studio materials, avoiding drum triggers and tracking guitars with old school guitar amps, just because we like the organic sound with a real human touch! Wormholedeath have offered us a deal that we signed without hesitation; we hope that together that this album will appeal to fans of progressive death metal!"

Wormholedeath commented: "Havenless is a very young project and I got to know about them from their producer Wahoomi wich believed in them first. I suddenly understood that these guys were doing serious things and that they had a genuine and professional approach to their music. What I like of them is the choice for a natural sounding production and the use of tons of analog gear in studio wich is actually something breaking the rules in a music world done with drumkit from hell's fake drums and guitar softwares like amplitube, guitar rig and so on. Their progressive attitude is something that will make this record work both for the insiders and audience. The awesome artwork created by graphic monster Rhett Petersoo completes a truly professional project. Now it's our turn to support the band and we'll try our best since these guys really deserve this."

The track listing for "The Crimson Lines" is:

1. Prelude
2. Sons of the Raging Season
3. Nightwalk for Tragedy
4. Orphnas of Magic
5. Cold Shape
6. House of the Bleak
7. In the Soreness Chamber
8. Lamentation (streaming in the player below)
9. Shades in the Moor

The album artwork (shown below) was created by Machine Room:

Havenless was formed in early 2012 by singer/guitarist/composer Fred Blanchard (Ossuaire, ex-Fate of fallacy, Onyrisme). The line-up was completed with bass player Vincent Mattana (ex-Fate of Fallacy, ex-Sylver Machine), guitar player Benoit Bonnoron and drummer Vincent Roubière (ex-Offending, Reverence, Asmodee, Sael). After some shows in southwestern France, Vincent Roubière left the band. Recently, a new drummer named Romain Choisy joined. After the release of the EP "Architecture of Plague," Vincent Mattana decided to leave the band and was replaced by Christine Lanusse (Quantice).

Check out "Lamentation" here: