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“I am here to tell you a story; a story that will torture your thoughts by day and poison your dreams by night,” the crude, ghostly voice states as violins screech amongst it, from the first track,  ”Curse Of The Virgin Canvas”, of 6-peice metal core outfit Alesana‘s latest album, The Emptiness. The 13-track comeback album from the group is a must hear album for any screamo fan, as it highlights what the group is capable of.

It’s difficult to imagine that it’s been over 2 years since Alesana’s last album, Where Myth Fades To Legend, and they’ve come back with the full power of a harsh screaming and a symphony of madness. But instead of coming up with an entirely new repertoire to feed in to our ears, the band has simply emphasized what they’re made of; high pitched scream-driven cries of love and death.

In comparison with their previous music, The Emptiness is edgier, with, at times, recordings of what sounds merely like the cries of someone dying in a empty room, but also more powerful, in that there is a lot of percussion-driven parts and a faded strings section in the background to tie it all up. I’m left, at various parts of the record, feeling like I’m at the final scene of a thriller movie, with the orchestra playing and a spine-chilling prose filling my head.

One  must digress, however, to the fact that the record seems to have a lot of mechanics behind it, a lot of studio edited cuts; which brings the questions as to what some of these songs might sound like live. As part of releasing a good, full-bodied record, I believe it’s necessary to have the ability to perform the exact same song that’s found of the album—and with all the added harmonic sounds and the spoken word, who’s to say that Alesana will be able to keep the same dynamics as they’ve laid out in this album, while performing them on stage?

Nevertheless, The Emptiness certainly delivers with the same style of crunchy metal core that they defined for themselves in their previous releases. My track of choice from this album is “Heavy Hangs the Albatross”; it’s one of the slower tracks on the album, and sort of offers a little bit of a breather for me before rushing in to “The Lover”.

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Grab “The Emptiness” on iTunes today!

Hey boys and girls!

Go grab the latest release from Alesana, The Emptiness, today! The Fearless Records group released the album today, the 26th, both digitally and in stores (Grab it at Target for $7.99 until the 30th)!

“The Emptiness is an almost perfect distillation of everything that’s hot in hard rock right now… a densely layered masterpiece.”
- OUTBURN 10/10

“A measured dose of melody and maelstrom… The Emptiness is a full, multi-media experience that will assault all of your senses.”
- AOL NOISECREEP

So, what are you waiting for?

Grab the album on iTunes

Just want a taste?

Stream the album on their MySpace!

Alesana‘s new album, The Emptiness, is set to drop this coming January 26th in the new year. A few days ago, however, they released their first Studio update video, with some awesome stuff. Watch the video to see song previews, a full 30 second clip of “Hymn For The Shamelessness”, some neato pre-production footage, and some other cool things.

You can get Alesana’s first single off of the new album, “To Be Scared By An Owl”, on iTunes today!