AMBERIAN DAWN Premiere ‘Looking For You’ Music Video
January 16th, 2020
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Hyvinkää, Finland-based melodic metal band Amberian Dawn have filmed a music video for the title track of their forthcoming album Looking For You. Directed by Artturi Rosten, the clip can be viewed below.
Guitarist Tuomas Seppälä commented: “This is the Crown Jewel of the album. This song is exactly what so-called ABBA-Metal is all about. Haunting and dramatic keyboards, strong melodies and tons of vocal tracks. I worked closely with Finnish synthesizer artist Kebu to achieve this wonderful vintage keyboard sound. I let myself go into world of 80’s synthesizer music and then my band mates helped me to arrange the song into an Amberian Dawn song.”
Amberian Dawn issue ninth full-length studio album Looking For You on January 31st, 2020 through Napalm Records.
For their latest album, Amberian Dawn collaborated with award-winning Finnish synthesizer guru Kebu to help create a more melodic, keyboard driven style that has been influenced by Swedish pop group ABBA. As a nod to that influence, Looking For You features Amberian Dawns’s rendition of ABBA’s ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ (originally recorded for November 1980 album Super Trouper).
Contributing guest vocals on the track ‘Symphony Nr. 1 Part 3 – Awakening’ is Italian singer Fabio Lione (Angra / ex-Rhapsody of Fire / ex-Vision Divine). ‘Symphony Nr. 1 Part 3 – Awakening’ continues a story which began with ‘Symphony Nr. 1. Part 1 – The Witchcraft’, featured on October 2015 effort Innuendo and set prior to the time of ‘Magic Forest’ (from the June 2014 album of the same name). The initial compositions tells the story of a little girl as a healer, and village elders bury her alive in a coffin, while the second instalment, ‘Symphony Nr. 1. Part 2 – Darkness Of Eternity’ (from previous outing Darkness Of Eternity) tells the tale of the girl attempting to escape. This third instalment tells of how she became the evil witch of the Magic Forest.
Included as a bonus track is a re-mastered version of ‘Cherish My Memory’, which was originally featured on the Magic Forest album.
Looking For You was mixed and mastered by Emil Pohjalainen.
Cover artwork was created by Jan Yrlund.
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The track listing is as follows:
01. ‘United’
02. ‘Eternal Fire Burning’
03. ‘Looking For You’
04. ‘Two Blades’
05. ‘Symphony Nr. 1 Part 3 – Awakening’ (feat. Fabio Lione)
06. ‘Go For A Ride’
07. ‘Butterfly’
08. ‘Universe’
09. ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ (ABBA cover)
10. ‘Au Revoir’
11. ‘Cherish My Memory (Re-Mastered)’ (bonus track)
Amberian Dawn’s line-up is as follows:
Päivi “Capri” Selo (vocals)
Tuomas Seppälä (guitar and keyboards)
Emil Pohjalainen (guitar)
Jukka Hoffren (bass)
Joonas Pykälä-aho (drums)
Official lyric videos were created for the song ‘United’ and the band’s cover of ABBA’s ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’. Both clips can also be viewed below.
Eighth studio record Darkness Of Eternity was released in November 2017 via Napalm Records.
Promotional photograph by Karri Harju.
