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WITHERFALL Release Second Studio Album ‘A Prelude To Sorrow’
November 2nd, 2018

Los Angeles, California-based progressive metal band Witherfall issued second full-length studio album A Prelude To Sorrow on November 2nd, 2018 through Century Media Records.

The band commented: “A Prelude To Sorrow is a concept record, though not in the sense that most people have come to know the form. Ours is not a story where each song acts as a chapter. The inspiration lays in the supremely dark reality that was the passing of our drummer and one of our best friends Adam Sagan.

“These songs are raw emotional reflections, composed in the witching hours under the influence of wine and sorrow, while watching and helping our friend fight and ultimately lose his battle with Lymphoma. Nocturnes And Requiems was dedicated to Adam after the fact. A Prelude To Sorrow is written specifically about his and our personal tragedy.

“Like Nocturnes And Requiems, the songs have been arranged to still have the peaks and valleys that any great record should. With Prelude… these peaks just might be a little steeper and the valleys might be a little deeper, alternating between violence and beauty. The titles initials are an acronym for ‘Adam Paul Sagan’. He came up with Nocturnes And Requiems, so we suppose it is kind of fitting that he also inspired this title. Hope he doesn’t come knocking on our door for royalties. We hope that this will be a fitting requiem for our friend and talented musician.”

Formerly of Into Eternity and Circle II Circle, drummer Adam Sagan succumbed to lymphoma on December 7th, 2016 at the age of 36.

A Prelude To Sorrow was tracked by JJ Crews at Boogie Tracks Recording Studio in Panama City, Florida. Mixing and mastering was handled by Chris “Zeuss” Harris.

Cover artwork was once again created by Krisitan Wåhlin.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘A Prelude To Sorrow’
02. ‘We Are Nothing’
03. ‘Moment Of Silence’
04. ‘Communion Of The Wicked’
05. ‘Maridian’s Visitation’
06. ‘Shadows’
07. ‘Ode To Despair’
08. ‘The Call’
09. ‘Vintage’
10. ‘Epilogue’

Witherfall’s line-up was as follows:

Joseph Michael (lead vocals and keyboards, Midnight Reign / ex-White Wizzard)
Jake Dreyer (guitar, Iced Earth / ex-White Wizzard)
Fili Bibiano (guitar)
Anthony Crawford (bass)
Steve Bolognese (drums, Baptized in Blood / Death Dealer / Ross The Boss)

Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Ode To Despair’, ‘Moment Of Silence’ and ‘Epilogue’. In addition, official lyric videos were released for the songs ‘Shadows’, ‘Vintage’, ‘Maridian’s Visitation’, ‘Communion Of The Wicked’ and ‘We Are Nothing’. All eight clips can be viewed below.

Debut studio record Nocturnes And Requiems was independently released in February 2017.