Catalan atmospheric metal band Foscor unveil a previously unreleased song »Solitud«!

Barcelona, Spain based atmospheric metal act Foscor has unveiled a previously unreleased song »Solitud« which was originally recorded for the band’s 2019 album »Els Sepulcres Blancs«.

Says the band: “Recorded during the sessions for late 2019’s album »Els Sepulcres Blancs«, we left »Solitud« as a bonus track to be published in the future by Season Of Mist.

The pandemic suddenly cut all our plans for that album, which lived the shortest life cycle we could ever had imagined. Touring Europe as expected was simply impossible, as well as for the entire bands in the world at that 2020 time, and due to personal issues, our vocalist Fiar also had to take a step aside from the band’s duties for almost 2 years. All together put Foscor on hold for too long until last year, when we recorded a couple of personal covers from The Cure and Alice In Chains.”

Courtesy of Season Of Mist:

It’s been four long years since we’ve heard from Foscor. The Catalonians released their last album in the fall of 2019. Despite rave reviews, including a 5-star review from Metal Hammer, touring was cut short before the band could even step foot on the open road after Covid-19 shuttered the world into lockdown.

But Foscor have never stopped growing. While their name still means “darkness”, the band have shifted out from the shroud of second wave black metal that ushered in their first two albums. Today, they’re returning with »Solitud«, an unreleased song that drifts deeper into clean vocals and heavy melancholic riffs.

»Solitud« was originally recorded during the sessions for »Els Sepulcres Blancs«, but the song encapsulates the prevailing loneliness of the pandemic. The chorus crushes you softly with its distorted melody and bottomless bass drones.

“The song itself offers a vital closure,” says Foscor. Still, »Solitud« ends on a hopeful note. Gliding above an acrobatic guitar solo, the vocals – sung in the band’s native tongue – are clean and light as a feather.

“This song is a proper way to close that album cycle before definitely facing and closing the trilogy initiated in 2017 with »Les Irreals Visions«. It reminds us the spark to enlighten the future…the one that we have never walked alone. A brand new chant from the past, looking toward a final chapter, surrounded by tragic darkness. We wish you enjoy it!”

»Els Sepulcres Blancs« was released on September 6th, 2019 via Season Of Mist. Order here: shop.season-of-mist.com

Line-up
Fiar – Lyrics, Vocals
Falke – Guitars, Effects
Albert M. – Guitars, Bass, Piano
Jordi F. – Drums
Esteban P. – Keys

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well