BAND: APOSTATE
COUNTRY: Ukraine
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SEEKING: A New Record Label and Booking Agencies for Tours
Veteran Ukrainian doom/death act APOSTATE, who released the critically acclaimed Trapped in a Sleep on Black Art Records are seeking a new record label for their next release. The band is also seeking booking agencies for purposes of worldwide touring.
Having worked with U.S. media relations company ClawHammer PR the last few months, APOSTATE has garnered positive press from multiple heavy metal outlets and radio stations for
Trapped in a Sleep. As a result, the band benefitted from a substantial increase in worldwide name recognition and is well positioned to build upon that success with its next release on a higher profile label. Listeners lucky enough to have experienced Trapped in a Sleep are still thawing out and paying contractors for the repairs to their damaged souls. A collection of dynamically composed songs that combine doom's crushing despair with death's frightening aggression in a way that continually captivates, Trapped in a Sleep is a work that is strangely beautiful, darkly majestic, and impossibly heavy.
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Praise for Trapped in a Sleep
"Ukrainian Doom Metal all-stars. This line-up has created an absolute work of art in Trapped in a Sleep." - WeLoveMetal.com
"Fans of classic doom metal collectives such as Candlemass and My Dying Bride are sure to be inspired by the somber reveries of the mighty Apostate. Based out of the Ukraine, Apostate recently unleashed a magnificent collection of tunes entitled Trapped In A Sleep (Black Art Records) - epic in scope filled with a sonic atmospheres of devastation and despair."
-HighWire Daze
"In long-running Ukrainian quartet Apostate we have mid-tempo, melodic doomdeath somewhere between rowdier Katatonia and less-swaggering Sentenced with occasional swathes of plausibly melodramatic synth. Well-played, well-recorded, and otherwise well-structured"
- Zero Tolerance
"A version of deathdoom very focused on the traditional UK doom of early 90s, yet mostly stripped of the gothic influences which slowly crept into Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride
in their latter years. I am...privileged to write reviews about the bands from Ukraine, if their work is quality, and it is clearly the case with Apostate." - MetalReviews.com
"With tracks of this length many bands would be digging themselves in a hole, but Apostate handles the responsibility of keeping the listener's attention and most of the feelings they want to come across the listener flourish.Could also be an excellent gateway album for individuals looking to get into the death/doom genre." - Foul Feast of the Flesh
"It's not just a retro trip and they incorporate melancholic choral melodies, doom death and gothic keyboards to give themselves a wider appeal. Apostate are ready once again to take on the world" - Battle Helm
"Apostate has always been one of the best representatives of Ukrainian doom metal music. The album is a must-have." - Dmitriy "Tiamat" (Ukrainian gothic/doom band IDOL)
"We've got something really new for Ukraine within doom/death, which sounds modern but at the same time like the older European doom metal of the nineties." - JustDoom Zine
"It's like something new that you can listen together with the records of the nineties and you won't even notice the difference. Stylish and powerful record with high-quality sound that may stay in record libraries for a long time." - Rock Lviv Zine (8/10)
"The sound on Trapped in a Sleep is certainly comparable to the British sound, although less strong gothic influences like My Dying Bride. For fans of old Anathema and Paradise Lost. The music sounds wonderful...deserves to be heard." - Zware Metalen (88/100)
