Details Of New Album "Ithaca" Unveiled By Dark Quarterer

Legendary Italian epic/progressive act Dark Quarterer announced details of the upcoming new album "Ithaca," the sixth full-length album which will be issued via Metal on Metal Records on April 24th.

"Ithaca" is a concept album inspired by the 1911 poem of the same title by a Greek poet, Konstantinos P. Kavafis (Constantine P. Cavafy), which utilized Odysseus's travel from the Trojan Wars back to his home island as a metaphor for the journey of life, where the goal is not important, but the journey itself. Stylistically, it's a mix of '80s epic heavy metal with '70s progressive rock, and some elements of doom.

The album's artwork (shown below) was created by Alice Bertoncini, who also contributed vocals. According to the label, "Dark Quarterer's music is very warm, full of various emotions and moods, much thanks to the impressive vocals, ranging from mystical and fragile, through more eccentric singing and falsettos, to full-on powerful metal delivery. Overall, it's the most versatile album of this band that has developed and maintained their unique recognizable style, which should appeal to fans of Adramelch, Manilla Road, Thunder Rider, Slough Feg, Hammers of Misfortune, Vavel, Cirith Ungol, as well as Italian prog rock bands like The Trip, Goblin, Museo Rosenbach or Biglietto Per L'Inferno."

The track listing is:

1. The Path of Life
2. Night Song
3. Mind Torture
4. Escape
5. Nostalgia
6. Rage of Gods
7. Last Fight

A preview can be viewed/heard here: