Porto-based progressive symphonic metal band LIVING TALES is excited to announce that its new effort, entitled “Hades,” will be released on April 3rd. The album will feature 10 brand-new tracks for over 48 minutes of duration and it will be available as CD and digital. The fans of Periphery, Epica, Dream Theater, Nightwish, Iron Maiden, Jinjer and Septic Flesh will be excited!

A foretaste of what you might expect from the album is now available with the single and video of “Rising”. Watch the video here:

Pre-order “Hades” on Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/4jM8gAM

“Hades” is a concept/storytelling album following the events of the 2022 album “Persephone”. The new record is darker sounding and heavier in order to catch the essence of the story, and create a sounding environment around the themes, which is centered between the main character of the previous album and the new one. The album uses Greek mythology characters to create embodiment to the story, to give a sense of personality and depth to all characters. However by no means is the intention to follow the classical mythological history already written and known, at best it can be seen as some kind of “what if” the story was this way. The pace and tension of the album is meant to be high and fast-breathing almost all the time to follow the story, either instrumental or lyrically. 

LIVING TALES has revealed the definitive tracklist of “Hades”. You can read it as follows:

1. Overture_ Ischyros Genos

2. Rising

3. The Crusade

4. Hades

5. River Styx

6. Interlude_Aidos

7. Labyrinth

8. Persephone

9. Redemption

10. Prologue_Kainos

The music was written and produced by Living Tales. Co-produced, mixed and mastered by Bruno Silva (Studio B). Logo by André Gamelas.

LIVING TALES is:

Ana Isola – Vocals

Luis Oliveira – Guitars

Jọo Carneiro РBass

Ricardo Carvalho – Drums

LIVING TALES Online:

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