The Raven Age - 'The Journey' (official audio)

With the will to be free in this land of the living
You can learn from the lessons that
I write down and place at your feet
Is it hard to believe we're not hidden
By numbers and with the advice that is preached
a promise to keep unto me

And if you open your eyes you can
Bring out the truth in the lies
Feel the air that you breathe
And find out the path that’s meant to be

Don't throw it away wasting
In time keep searching for the light
You're paving a way in through
These eyes like a candle in the night
Be a shooting star until you reach the moon
And when the light is gone
The truth will guide you home

To live is to be with a need to feel wanted
To strive for acceptance with pride
To feel you can stand on your feet
To make a mistake and learn to feel broken
And with the acceptance inside
You'll give out much more then you'll take

Don't throw it away wasting
In time keep searching for the light
Paving a way in through these eyes
Like a candle in the night
The time has come to make your peace
For what’s begun will bring release inside

Φέρει τον τίτλο "Blood Omen", αποτελεί το νέο δισκογραφικό πόνημα των Βρετανών melodic metallers The Raven Age και κυκλοφόρησε προ ημερών. Οι The Raven Age μας έρχονται από το Λονδίνο. Δημιουργήθηκαν πριν από δεκατέσσερα έτη και έχουν κυκλοφορήσει τρεις "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους, ένα ep, μία συλλογή και μπόλικα singles. Κιθαρίστας της μπάντας είναι ο γιος του Steve Harris (των Iron Maiden), George Harris...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Having established their name as one of the finest in modern British metal, thanks to two brilliant albums, 2019’s Conspiracy and Darkness Will Rise debut in 2017, The Raven Age have garnered over 75 million streams worldwide and have toured heavily across the globe with the likes of Killswitch Engage, Anthrax and Tremonti.

Blood Omen pushes everything further than ever before. The choruses are made for arenas, the riffs are taut, direct, and free of fat. It all makes for a grand musical stage on which the record’s concept plays out. ‘Forgive & Forget’ rushes in on a scalding lead guitar riff, while the epic ‘Nostradamus’ is a tale of the great prophet.

The heavy, raging ‘Serpents Tongue’, meanwhile, deals with “deceit, and never knowing if you’re being told the truth,” according to George. This motivation is written into the album’s concept.

Following the theme of its two predecessors, the raven motif looms large, this time centering on the overthrowing of old masters, with the band’s Raven King character coming to prominence. Even in the artwork, things are bolder, a close up of The Raven King, says George, “taking his rightful place on the throne.”

To capture all this on record, the band enlisted the help of long-term producer Matt Hyde (Slipknot, Machine Head, Bullet For My Valentine) to lay down the album’s framework, before setting to recording the rest of the album themselves. The final mastering was put into the treasured hands of Mika Jussila at Finnvox (Nightwish, Children of Bodom, HIM).»

Band: The Raven Age
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: London, England
Formed in: 2009
Genre: Melodic Metal
Years active: 2009-present

Audio: "The Journey"
Album: "Blood Omen"
Type: Full length
Release date: July 7th, 2023
Label: Music For Nations / Sony Music
Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital

Track listing:
1. Changing of the Guard
2. Parasite
3. Serpents Tongue
4. Essence of Time
5. Nostradamus
6. Forgive & Forget
7. The Journey
8. War in Heaven
9. Tears of Stone