🔥NEW UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT!🔥
🤘New release from: VISIONS OF ATLANTIS – Pirates II – Armada (July 5, 2024)🤘
Ship’s log:
July 5, 2024; High Seas
“A new day of sailing begins, the wind on our side, and the sea speaks of recent battles. The air feels
fresh – Hypocrisy, greed, envy – hearts of the old world finally disclose their deluded truth. Old leaders
are losing ground, their lies are getting worse, and darkness creeps in. Each sunny day hides a coming
storm, nature testing our strength for the last battle.
We’ve become pirates as their counterparts, free-spirited and true at heart. Navigating storms that try
to make us doubt, we see the light in the darkness. The old truth is fading, making room for a new story.
Our destiny is in our hands, in our hearts, in every step we take. Reconnecting with ourselves, we touch
the essence of life we share with all creatures. Together, unstoppable, connected to the truth, guided
by the sun and storms.
We’ll rule the oceans, the mainland, every street, every house, spreading hope. Our pirate cries will last
for centuries, with ancestors humming our tunes, our words sung in the new world we create. Our glory
will live on forever. United as one force, one army, under a final ARMADA.”
The pirate armada of VISIONS OF ATLANTIS is ready to start a new battle on July 5, 2024, via Napalm
Records. With their new opus, PIRATES II – ARMADA a new symphonic, cinematic, dramatic, and
heavier-than-ever adventure is about to begin. Emotions, depth, richness of sound – not only a record,
but a true hurricane of feelings is what VISIONS OF ATLANTIS is delivering with the second chapter of
the Pirates-saga, finally proving that the band is mature and ready to claim the crown of Symphonic
Metal. The magnificent chants of the pirate Queen Clèmentine Delauney and of the brave captain
Michele Guaitoli tell tales of strength, of resistance, and resilience. All-time highest charting in
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, USA, Canada, and various other charting positions in Europe, their
previous album Pirates set the bar as high as where the Jolly Roger waves on the masthead. After
having sailed across the European seas in numerous successful tours over the past 2 years – they
crossed the ocean and reached the shores of North and South America both as headliners and allied
with Delain. But not only that: the major European festivals were conquered too, with the live
performance at Wacken even being immortalized with the spin-off release Pirates Over Wacken.
Furthermore, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS conquered the 70,000 Tons of Metal, the Sabaton Cruise,
Progpower USA, Bloodstock Festival UK and several other festivals over the 2 years with the first
chapter of Pirates. But now the time has arrived for their next adventure: PIRATES II – ARMADA takes
everything that was achieved with the first chapter and exponentially pushes it further.
The first single and title track “Armada” immediately states how driving, rich, and banging the hymn
of a pirate army could be. Never before VISIONS OF ATLANTIS pushed their metal attitude that far. In
a journey where the listeners can’t resist joining the “Armada” and facing their own battles, VISIONS
OF ATLANTIS will put you in front of the “Monsters” inside of you, with catchy melodies destined to
endlessly stick in your mind, to be sung forever. The uplifting “Tonight I’m Alive” surprises and
captivates the party rhythm of a pirate party of the last night before combat with the electrifying
rumble of the hurricane, a unique and new facette of VISIONS OF ATLANTIS showcasing their talent.
The burning flames of “Hellfire” enchant you; the sweetness of delicate melodies accompany you
“Underwater”. The cinematic adventure of the over 7-minute masterpiece “The Dead of the Sea”
makes you smell the salt of the sea, and makes you feel – in every melodic twist and cinematic
orchestral hit – the cannons firing and the battle raging. With your hand on your heart, a tear will shed
while mourning under the melody of “Ashes to the Sea”.
Produced by Felix Heldt, mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen, orchestrated by Lukas Knoebl and
Simon Edward, with the stunning cover artwork of Blake Armstrong, who also took care of bringing the
fantastic photos of Robert Eikelpoth into the universe of VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, PIRATES II – ARMADA
will reach the stages this summer to find its ultimate level in the headline tour, or better the headline
‘cinematic live experience’ this fall in Europe. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS is back, and your only choice is to
join their ARMADA!
TRACKLISTING:
1. To Those Who Choose to Fight (2:14)
2. The Land of the Free (4:33)
3. Monsters (3:35)
4. Tonight I’m Alive (4:08)
5. Armada (4:03)
6. The Dead of the Sea (7:15)
7. Ashes to the Sea (3:37)
8. Hellfire (4:43)
9. Collide (3:16)
10. Magic of the Night (4:08)
11. Underwater (4:17)
12. Where the Sky and Ocean Blend (7:15)
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