[photo by Virginia Sarediv]
Following the recent announcing of Watershed Between Earth And Firmament, the impending debut album from Italian blackened hardcore/metal solo outfit, THE CLEARING PATH, an exclusive stream of the record’s second movement has been released through American Aftermath, with the track “Sacred Mountain.”
Riding between the energetic likes of metallic hardcore/punk inspired by Converge, Tragedy and His Hero Is Gone, and atmospheric/experimental black metal citing the likes of Blut Aus Nord, Enslaved and Deathspell Omega, THE CLEARING PATH was conceived in the ashes of ThySolace by sole creator, Gabriele Gramaglia. “Sacred Mountain” is the second of six conceptual movements which comprise Watershed Between Earth And Firmament, and is an prime example of the album’s crisp, organic production qualities and devastating, hard-hitting content. The track is the first single to be released from the album, which now strikes publicly through the cooperation of American Aftermath, who states that the album, “features six blistering tracks that fans of Celeste and Castevet will be enamored with,” and issues of “Sacred Mountain” specifically, “Thunderous drumming, hellacious riffs and sinister vocals are all present on this auditory kick in the teeth.”
Stream THE CLEARING PATH’s “Sacred Mountain” via American Aftermath at THIS LOCATION.
Watershed Between Earth And Firmament will see independent release on July 11th, at first digitally, with physical versions to follow. Fully written, executed, recorded and mixed by Gabriele Gramaglia,THE CLEARING PATH‘s Watershed Between Earth And Firmament is a concept album about spiritual renaissance inspired by the beauty of mountainous landscapes of the Italian Alps north of his homeland, conceived in reflection about one of the darkest periods in his life. The record stands as a turning point, in the search for the light to find the path back to normalcy, metaphorically describing a trek from the slopes of a majestic mountain to its summit in which, after many efforts and obstacles, some semblance of solace is found. Mastered by Marco Gervasio and fitted with custom artwork painted by Luca Devinu/Blessend, Watershed Between Earth And Firmament is a dense, thirty-minute release sure to catch the attention of fans of Celeste, Castevet, Krallice, Eleven As In Adversaries and the like.
