Witherscape Announces "The New Tomorrow" EP

Witherscape - the metal outfit that we voted best metal newcomer in 2013 - was formed by Sweden's Dan Swanö (ex-Edge Of Sanity/Bloodbath, Nightingale, etc.) together with fellow Swedish multi-instrumentalist Ragnar Widerberg.

Now the band is about to release the EP "The New Tomorrow" via Century Media Records on December 9th, 2014.

Succeeding last year's acclaimed debut album "The Inheritance" (reviewed here), the new EP marks a conceptual and musical bridge between the thick concept of the debut and an upcoming sophomore album, expected for a late 2015 release. The EP's track listing is:

1. The New Tomorrow (4:42)
2. Defenders Of Creation (4:27)
3. A World Without Heroes (2:36)
4. Out In The Cold (6:35)
5. Dead For Another Day (4:40)

"The New Tomorrow" contains 5 unreleased songs: A brand new (title) track, 3 cover songs ("Defenders Of Creation" by Warrior, "A World Without Heroes" by Kiss and "Out In The Cold" by Judas Priest) and "Dead For Another Day" (an extension of the debut album's "Dead For A Day" single). Dan Swanö checked in to comment on the release as follows:

"The new track 'The New Tomorrow' is introducing the new main character, 'mannen i vitt' ('The man in white') and the story line revolves around his quest for the meaning of life and how he wants to make a difference in the world of the forsaken. It is 1950 and he finds this wonderful estate up north and buys it at an auction. He begins the work to turn it into a sanctuary for ones with broken spirits or other disabilities, who need to escape the ever-growing stress of the big city life. The plot will continue on the 2nd full length Witherscape album, which will hopefully be out at the end of 2015.

"The cover versions were chosen because they are songs that resonate with us at their very core, but didn't necessarily have - in our humble opinion - the production or performance to portray their full glory. We gave them the Witherscape treatment and learned a lot from analyzing, performing and recording them. And we will bring that experience with us into the writing for the 2nd album...

"The re-make of 'Dead For A Day' called 'Dead For Another Day' was born out of the idea to let Witherscape make a Witherscape cover and remove all things death and metal to see what it would sound like. We fell in love with the new approach and decided to include it on the EP to show the versatility that can be expected from this band!"