German musical virtuoso Hannes Grossmann (Alkaloid, Blotted Science, Hate Eternal, ex-Obscura, ex-Necrophagist) has released his second solo album entitled The Crypts of Sleep. After successfully crowdsourcing the funds to independently release his critically acclaimed debut album The Radial Covenant in 2014, Grossmann has decided to follow the same approach for his much anticipated follow-up.
The album was entirely written, arranged, self-recorded and self-produced by Grossmann between September 2015 and June 2016 at his own Mordor Sounds studio in Veitsbronn,Germany. Grossmann plays drums on the entire album and enlisted the the help of numerous all-stars in the extreme music scene including Danny Tunker (Alkaloid, Abhorrent, ex-Aborted) – Rhythm and Lead Guitars, Linus Klausenitzer (Obscura, Alkaloid, Noneuclid) – Bass, Morean (Alkaloid, Dark Fortress, Noneuclid) – Vocals, Christian Muenzner (Spawn of Possession, ex-Obscura, ex-Necrophagist) – Lead Guitars, Fountainhead (ex-Obscura, Despotic) – Lead Guitars, Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry) – Lead Guitars, and Erik Rutan (ex-Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal) – Lead Guitars.
Additionally he added the following:
“I can’t express how excited I am about my new solo album. This time I came up with very compact arrangements, which make the material sound way more cohesive as a whole. The songs on the album are very melodic, but at the same time I think it’s my heaviest output so far.
Besides six brand-new compositions, there are also three songs on the album which I had written for the next Obscura album before I quit the band. I love those songs, so I decided to keep them for my second solo release – and here we are…
Besides six brand-new compositions, there are also three songs on the album which I had written for the next Obscura album before I quit the band. I love those songs, so I decided to keep them for my second solo release – and here we are…
I guess you could call this album one of the heaviest melodic death metal albums ever – if you’re a friend of superlatives. You could also call it ‘Iron Maiden Death Metal” – and you probably wouldn’t be that far off the truth. However, I would call ‘The Crypts Of Sleep’ a worthy sequel of what was started on Obscura’s ‘Cosmogenesis’, and what I developed on ‘Omnivium’ and my last solo output ‘The Radial Covenant’.”
Complete details and packages can be found via Indiegogo here. The album will see it’s official release later this year and features incredible artwork from Swiss artist Milan Hofstetter.
Check out the lineup for the album, and then check out the album below!
Morean - Vocals (Dark Fortress, Alkaloid)
Danny Tunker - Rhythm and lead guitars (Abhorrent, Alkaloid, ex-Aborted)
Linus Klausenitzer - Bass (Obscura, Alkaloid)
Hannes Grossmann - Drums (Alkaloid, Blotted Science, ex-Obscura, ex-Necrophagist)
Fountainhead - Solo Guitar on "To Sow The Seeds Of Earth" (ex-Obscura)
Per Nilsson - Solo Guitar on "The Crypts Of Sleep" (Scar Symmetry)
Erik Rutan - Solo Guitar on "Beyond The Boundaries Of Death" (Hate Eternal, ex-Morbid Angel)
Christian Muenzner - Solo Guitar "To Sow The Seeds Of Earth","In The Eye Of The Storm", "Oceanborn", "Gravity Waves" and "Beyond The Boundaries Of Death" (Spawn of Possession, ex-Obscura,ex-Necrophagist, Alkaloid, Eternity's End)
The Crypts Of Sleep (Full-Length Album - 2016)
Released released September 2, 2016
Credits
All music and lyrics written and arranged by Hannes Grossmann
Recorded, mixed and mastered between October 2015 and May 2016 by Hannes Grossmann at Mordor Sounds Studio in Veitsbronn, Germany.
Rhythm and lead guitars recorded by Danny Tunker at Greyskull Studio, Einhoven, The Netherlands.
Guitars re-amped by Hannes Grossmann at Mordor Sounds Studio.
Artwork & Design by Milan Hofstetter and Dario Hofstetter.
Produced by Hannes Grossmann
Buy The Album:
Physical + Bundle Package: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hannes-grossmann-ii-the-crypts-of-sleep--3#/
