AUTUMN stream "Truth Be Told (Exhale)"

'Cold Comfort' available worldwide now!

Today, online music destination mxdwn.com will be hosting the premiere of Truth Be Told (Exhale) from AUTUMN's new album,Cold Comfort. The song is the 8th track on the record and contains some of the albums most poignant and moving melodies. The track can be heard now HERE.

Terrorizer Magazine describes Cold Comfort as "Haunting, lush gothic metal the Netherlands that drips with melody." This is one that fans of Katatonia, The Gathering, etc. will not want to miss!

The title track, as well as the video for The Scarecrow, can be seen now at www.metalblade.com/autumn.

Cold Comfort is the band's fifth full-length effort and their third for Metal Blade Records. It offers a collection of striking songs blended into a diverse and yet surprisingly compact album, one that AUTUMN considers to be their most personal and meaningful to date.

AUTUMN needed not look far for a man to put at the helm with the right pioneering philosophy for the band to begin taking leaps: Erik-Jan Dodd, AUTUMN's live sound engineer since the My New Time era, envisioned a more vintage approach forCold Comfort. An experiment the band was all too eager to embrace, explains guitarist Mats van der Valk. "If there's anyone who knows what we're all about and more importantly: what we could potentially be all about, it's E-J."

AUTUMN guitarist Mats van der Valk comments on the band's upcoming shows in Germany: "We're well pleased that we'll be setting foot on German soil again this February, bringing Cold Comfort to Berlin, Köln and Hamburg. We've grown fond of these cities during previous tours, have always been welcomed with heartfelt smiles by awesome audiences. We're very much looking forward to meeting up with fans and friends, old and new, as we hit the stage for the first German shows of the Cold Comfort campaign!"

AUTUMN
European Tour Dates
01/27 Groningen, NL Vera
02/07 Berlin, DE K17
02/08 Koln, DE Luxor
02/09 Hamburg, DE Headcrash
02/10 Tilburg, NL 013
03/03 Aalten, NL Rock of Ages Festival
05/12 Emmen, NL Emmen Metal Festival
06/16 Oss, NL Groene Engel

http://www.autumn-band.com
http://www.myspace.com/autumnband
http://www.facebook.com/AutumnBand 

Painted Black's Cold Comfort

When Painted Black's debut full-length album was released in Portugal last year, it received a tremendous critical acclaim, but not the wider recognition its stellar musicianship and song-craft really deserved. Now with a digital release, it’s time for “Cold Comfort” to reach a greater audience, and fans of Swallow The Sun’s gloomy and solemn melodies and Moonspell’s dreadful and dark atmosphere will surely find these eight compositions rather magical and captivating.
 
The beauty of their sound lies in its impressive convergence of poignant and gloomy atmospheres, often verging on ambient goth, with some heavy and hard-hitting rhythms as “Cold Comfort” ebb and flow like classic My Dying Bride and Swallow the Sun, graciously moving through various emotions and textures.
 
On every level, Painted Black have assembled a consistent release that exudes professionalism, passion, depth and talent, so don’t miss the opportunity to listen to this promising and surprising release.

Painted Black`s Cold Comfort track list:
Via DolorosaShadowboundThe End Of TidesAbsent HeartCold ComfortWinterThe Rain In JuneInevitability

THE BAND:
Daniel Lucas - Vocals
Luís Fazendeiro - Guitar
Miguel Matos - Guitar
Rui Matos - Drums
Bruno Aleixo - Keyboards
António Durães - Bass
 
CONTACT AND LINKS:
http://www.etherealsoundworks.com
http://www.painted-black.org
http://www.myspace.com/blacktapestry
 
"Cold Comfort" is available at: 
iTunes
Amazon (UK)
Amazon (GER)
Amazon (USA)