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Taken from Finnish dark doom death metal duo The Bleak Picture´s debut album “Meaningless“, out next March 22nd via Ardua Music. Preorder: The Bleak Picture was founded in 2021 as a side project of Jussi Hänninen (Autumnfall/Fall of the Leafe) and Tero Ruohonen (also vocalist at Autumnfall). Their first promo was written, recorded and digitally released the same year with a follow up CD/Vinyl version in 2022, with the addition of real drums. They didn’t stop there but begun work on their debut album ”Meaningless” and finally, after what feels like an eternity, the album will be released in March 22nd 2024 by Ardua Music on CD and on all major digital platforms. Bleak and desolate, without forgetting beautiful melodies, THE BLEAK PICTURE dives deep into murky waters that can also be called melodic death doom metal. The band’s doomy riffage borders on death metal heaviness, but the music manages to escape from the shallows of repetitiveness continuing in the atmospheric groove traced by the band's acclaimed first EP, with greater emphasis on dark melodies that wrap the songs in a cosmic shroud of stars. The vocal lines frequently alternate registers, offering haunted wailing cleans, catchier verses and dread-filled death calls. The sound is instantly familiar with nods to the ‘90s, but never sounds retro or like mere homage. For fans of old Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Dolorian, Swallow the Sun, Counting Hours or Killing Joke. LYRICS Come forth o child, rise above We offer you ourselves Come forth o weaver awaken from the womb of sleep Come forth o bearer Come forth o healer the alpha and the omega Rise above and stand in the light Bring closer, the void that hangs above us Yesterdays shade is tomorrow’s Promises unfurl before us We are the paintings on the wall All monochromatic like the stains We wait for the end to come Smiling, our arms open wide Come forth serenity Come forth o light We are thy servants The ones marked for eternity Tomorrows shade is yesterday's and the day after is full of light The hearts are sinking so fast All monochromatic but the stains We wait for the end to come Smiling, our arms open wide These liars' hands pointing to the sky Drawing circles Stained These liars' hands pointing to the sky We are done, we sank so deep --------------------- *Written, composed and recorded between the years 2021-2022 at BST Audio by J.Hänninen *Vocals recorded in 2023 at TS-Audio by . *Drums played and recorded at The Nawetta by . *Mixed and mastered by at The Nawetta in 2023. The Bleak Picture are: Jussi Hänninen: music, instruments Tero Ruohonen: lyrics, vocals Drums by . Follow The Bleak Picture: Video by Sacrifire Productions @sacrifiredesigns1978 #doommetal #arduamusic
