UK PREMIERE – WITHERING SURFACE – Alone
After 15 years of silence, the Melodic Death Metal band, Withering Surface, are back! This will be a fan pleaser! We certainly love it at Stoakes Media
Produced by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Amaranthe), Michael H. Andersen discusses; “Alone is about cleaning up and down scaling. Looking at yourself having lived half of your life. What are your values? What do you appreciate? Who are your friends? Taking hard and brutal decisions mean you will be left out in the cold all alone before entering the other side. Feeling solitude and being able to actually spend time alone in your own company is something a lot of people fear. I don’t. And in these lyrics I am even privileged by the company of the Wilson sisters, who I have loved and adored since I was a kid. And in some way I am looking back at our “The Nude Ballet” album, which was released in a time when I was heartbroken, and the company of Kate Bush helped me find the way”.
Producer Jacob Hansen states “Once in a while you’re surprised with how some of the classic bands resurface and set a new standard. Withering Surface is such band!” and artist Niklas Sundin was also not indifferent. “Withering Surface was one of those bands from the mid-’90’s scene that never got the recognition they deserved”, he says. “Things were
very different back then, and there were a lot of excellent artists that remained in relative obscurity due to bad distribution/promotion, lack of tour support or similar reasons causing their music to be unheard by a lot of people that would enjoy it. I therefore got positively surprised when learning that the band was back after a long hiatus and even more excited upon listening to their new material and realizing that they have come with something truly great. The influences from the various sub-styles of what’s broadly called “melodic death metal” are there, but the songs display a strong sense on individuality and great skill both in songwriting and execution. Well done!”.
