Nowy PAGAN ALTAR w kwietniu

 

On April 25th internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release Pagan Altar’s highly anticipated fifth album, Never Quite Dead, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. And today, Deaf Forever magazine's website premieres the new track "The Dead's Last March." Hear Pagan Altar’s "The Dead's Last March" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Miraculously, The Room of Shadows proved not to be the band’s epitaph, as Pagan Altar defy time and return with Never Quite Dead – a “new” record in theory, but one bearing the imprint of the past, particularly with Terry Jones’ unmistakable touch. On vocals here is Brendan Radigan, who true metallers will know from Magic Circle, Sumerlands, Savage Oath, and tons more. His somber, ever-so-poignant tones pay reverence to the prevailing Pagan Altar sound whilst putting a distinctive touch upon Never Quite Dead. As Alan Jones details within the album’s liner notes, nearly all the songs on the album – barring the closer “Kismet,” which came as a precursor to Alan’s band Malac’s Cross in the early ‘90s – originated while Terry was still alive, and thus does Never Quite Dead remain an authentically Pagan Altar album. From the Rainbow-rocking opener “Saints and Sinners” on to trad-doom juggernauts like “Liston Church” and “The Dead’s Last March” to the emotional climax of the aforementioned “Kismet,” pretty much every aspect of Pagan Altar is covered in incredibly compelling fashion…even the folk instrumental “Westbury Express,” keeping the mythical & magical alive. Never Quite Dead? You better believe it!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "The Dead's Last March" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever, Germany's defenders of the true. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Pagan Altar's Never Quite Dead

1. Saints And Sinners

2. Liston Church

3. Madame M'Rachel

4. Madame M'Rachel's Grave

5. Well Of Despair

6. The Dead's Last March

7. Westbury Express

8. Kismet