Die Norwegische Progressive Metal Band Rendezvous Point stellt mit Apollo die erste Single aus dem neuen Studioalbum Universal Chaos, samt Video, vor.
In den letzten Jahren konnte sich das Quintett um Leprous Schlagzeuger Baard Kolstad durch Ihre tighten energiegeladenen Performances auf Europatouren mit Haken, Leprous und Long Distance Calling eine treue Fangemeinde erspielen. Mit Universal Chaos erscheint am 24.05. das zweite Studioalbum der Band. Seht hier das Video zu Apollo:
Das neue Album Universal Chaos kann hier vorbestellt werden:
Rendezvous Point über den Videodreh zu Apollo:
„We were very certain from the beginning that we wanted to make Apollo our first single and music video. It had this energy to it that we thought would appeal to the fans, and also represented a fresh direction in our sound. Plus we got a lot of positive feedback from it when we played it live. Originally we were going to shoot the video in Oslo, but Geirmund found a huge abandonded factory just outside of Kristiansand, so we decided to shoot there instead. And it turned out to be the perfect location. A dirty place, with a huge room in it, where it looked like it had been a zombie apocalypse.
Troll Toftenes, who shot and produced the video, took some time to think out a story we could have in the video. We loved the idea he had, so we ended up going for it. Him and Baard went to the largest costume warehouse in Oslo, rented a bunch of post-apocalyptic looking clothes, and we ended up shooting a story that we thought was really cool. However it was really, really cold to be outside in winter Norway two days straight for shooting. Geirmund also managed to gather his students as extras for the videos, and they must have frozen to death, standing still behind us while we were playing and shooting the video. But all in all it was worth it, and the video ended up looking pretty badass.“
Rendezvous Point über Universal Chaos:
„Universal Chaos deals with themes such as battling with your own mind, thoughts and emotions. It shines light on feelings of escape, the digital world, suppressing emotions, losing control over oneself and the battle with inner demons. It also talks about feelings of lust and the fear of the unknown.“
Universal Chaos Tracklisting:
01 Apollo
02 Digital Waste
03 Universal Chaos
04 Pressure
05 The Fall
06 The Takedown
07 Unfaithful
08 Resurrection
09 Undefeated
Nach Ihrem von Kritikern gefeiertem Debutalbum Solar Storm (2015) erscheint mit Universal Chaos nun das lang ersehnte zweite Studioalbum der Band um Leprous Schlagzeuger Baard Kolstad.
Das Material auf Universal Chaos überzeugt mit starkem Songwriting und zeigt eine hochtalentierte Band, die sich in den vergangenen Jahren noch einmal deutlich weiterentwickelt hat. Treibendes Schlagzeug, grollende Bässe, raue Gitarren und große Synthflächen vereinen sich mit kräftigem Gesang um gemeinsam die Grenzen des Progressive Metal Genres auszuloten. Das Ergebnis ist ein verspieltes Klangerlebnis voller versteckter Details.
Rendezvous Point sind Geirmund Hansen am Gesang, Baard Kolstad am Schlagzeug (Leprous), Petter Hallaråker an der Gitarre, Nicolay Tangen Svennæs an den Keyboards (Ihsahn, Bernhoft, Emilie Nicolas) und Gunn-Hilde Erstad am Bass.
Live:
03.10. NL, Baarlo – ProgPower Europe