EPK – Sol Negate – On the Verge of Dreaming Again (2023)

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EPK – Sol Negate – On the Verge of Dreaming Again (2023)

Publicist Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com

“I hope that at first listen itâs exciting and intriguing, and entices them to take the time to listen to it again (and again) and find something of themselves in it. The album is musically a concept album of sorts, and itâs made to be experienced from front to back, late in the evening, with some headphones. I hope it can provide a personal experience that grows with each listen.” – Edoardo Curatolo – Sol Negate

For fans of Fleshgod Apocalypse, Dream Theater, Obscura, Opeth, Septicflesh

Band: Sol Negate
Album Title: âOn the Verge of Dreaming Againâ
Label: Self-Release
Release Date: September 26, 2023

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Band: Sol Negate
Album Title: âOn the Verge of Dreaming Againâ
Label: Self-Release
Release Date: September 26, 2023

Track Listing:
1. Prologue (3:01)
2. … and All Creation Was A Dream (5:01)
3. A Mind That Bleeds (4:07)
4. Waves Into The Darkness (4:25)
5. Dusk Has Come; Stars Are Forming (5:15)
6. Come and Embrace Me (3:58)
7. Dissipate Into (5:31)
Album Length: 31:18

Album Credits:
All songs performed by:
– Guitars, orchestration, keyboards: Edoardo Curatolo
– Drums: Sebastian Lanser
– Vocals: Riley McShane
Produced by: Edoardo Curatolo
Mixed/Mastered by: Stefano Morabito @ 16th Cellar Studio
Album artwork by Voidgazer (IG: v01dgazer)
Album Band Line Up:
– Guitars, orchestration, keyboards: Edoardo Curatolo
– Drums: Sebastian Lanser
– Vocals: Riley McShane

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About The Album Artwork:
The figure is the personification of the ânegator of light and soulsâ, the play on words of one of the interpretations of what Sol Negate is. The figure both emitting and retrieving itself from the space around him.

Â About the album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

âA concept album about death and dreamsâ.

The concept of the album is the journey your mind takes as you die, reliving moments of the life you had flashing through your mind’s eye, and how you experience that fall into death.

Each track moves through the passage of time, how innocuous experiences can mark and combine, how your perception of events can haunt you, and how one may reflect upon that at the moment of death.

Track By Track – (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY)

Track 1: Prologue. The start of the self, from nothingness coming forth.

Track 2: And All Creation Was a Dream – First signs of life of the self coming together, and how early experiences can mark you.

Track 3: A Mind that bleeds – Itâs about the struggle to understand what is the meaning behind what youâve become.

Track 4: Waves Into The Darkness – The agony of a pensive mind overthinking

Track 5: Dusk Has Come; Stars Are Forming – The moment you decided that death was the path for you.

Track 6: Come and Embrace Me – Death embraces you.

Track 7: Dissipate Into Each Other – An epilogue to the album: post-death realizations.

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Fun Facts – Story Angles

1. Mental health is an overarching theme in the background of the album both in its concept and in its creation. Composing the music was part of Edoâs process of dealing with mental health struggles through the years.

2. Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studio was always the first choice in mixing/mastering. Edo had been following Stefanoâs work through the years with countless amazing bands and it was a dream to be able to work with him, and
– even in a small part – be part of that story. A lot of inspiration came from listening to Stefanoâs work!

3. The song â… and All Creation Was a Dreamâ was one of the oldest songs Edo wrote, and was really the proof of concept for what Sol Negate and the album would be.

4. Edo originally played classical piano for years before switching to guitar, but he never lost the love for the piano or classical music. That world is still one of the biggest inspirations in his writing.

5. Pink Floyd is one of the biggest influences that are maybe not apparent at first glance. This comes out in everything from composition, song structure, how to chain together musical narrative moments and so many other bits.