Description

Double album on gold vinyls with gatefold cover. Limited 300 copies

Evergrey celebrate 30 years of metal mastery with the anniversary album From Dark Discoveries To Heartless Portraits. The album packs music spanning the band’s career, from their early material to today. Specifically, it features live renditions of recent songs, Call Out The Dark and Where August Mourns as well as classic cuts, A Touch Of Blessing and King Of Errors. The second part of the record features piano and vocal versions of four of Evergrey’s most recent songs. The vocal renditions with piano accompaniment are of particular interest. Metal has always translated well into the classical world, and that’s certainly the case here. Standouts include Midwinter Calls and Call Out The Dark, both of which offer dramatic piano arrangements and some of the most emotive and warm vocals we’ve ever heard from Englund. With swirling piano lines that back off to compliment Englund’s strong vocals, these songs take on a new life as piano ballads and are simply enchanting. The album also features a handful of rough mixes and a demo of A Silent Arc. These songs don’t sound very rough, but they do allow us to hear the band’s songwriting process, specifically the simplicity of the demo versions of A Silent Arc and the rough mix of Midwinter Calls. So overall its a unique mix of live cuts, rough mixes and piano ballads that will add something different and refreshing to most any Evergrey fan’s collection.

Track list:
1. Call Out The Dark-live in Budapest
2. Where August Mourns-live in Nuremberg
3. My Allied Ocean-live in Aschaffenburg
4. A Touch Of Blessing-live in Nuremberg
5. Recreation Day-live in Lyon
6. King Of Errors-live in Vosselaar
7. Save Us-piano version
8. Call Out The Dark-piano version
9. Blindfolded-piano version
10. Midwinter Calls-piano version
11. A Silent Arc-demo version
12. Save Us-rough mix
13. Midwinter Calls-rough mix
14. Call Out The Dark-rough mix
15. Blindfolded-rough mix