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Art Against Agony - "Shiva Appreciation Society"

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Topic: Art Against Agony - "Shiva Appreciation Society"

Posted By: mangoo
Subject: Art Against Agony - "Shiva Appreciation Society"
Date Posted: August 28 2018 at 14:16

Art Against Agony has announced their new album "Shiva Appreciation Society" on their website and Facebook page (July 23):

http://artagainstagony.de/" rel="nofollow - http://artagainstagony.de/

https://www.facebook.com/artagainstagony" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/artagainstagony

The release of the album is scheduled for later this year, and pre-order is expected to be available soon.

SAS is going to be the third album of the progressive metal/jazz band - the first featuring mridangam drumming by the_maximalist, who already appeared live with the band since last year - and follows last year's release of two EPs ("The forgotten story" and "Russian Tales").

Tha band has also shared pictures and snippets from a forthcoming video for a single lifted from the album.

Bass duties appear to have passed from the_heretic to the_twin.

The Germany-based international art collective has also announced (August 22) the dates for a "Shiva Appreciation European Tour 2018" that will visit countries including Germany, France and Austria.

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Posted By: mangoo
Date Posted: September 09 2018 at 13:12

Album tracklist:

01 introduction

02 nothing to declare!

03 nandi

04 katz

05 pumpkin thief

06 emissary

07 feste

08 voerman interlude

09 write a word: thc

10 write a sentence: the headbanger's confusion

11 lemon tree

12 hulullululu pt. 2

13 house built on sand

14 queen's lullaby

(bonus 1) coffee for the queen - extended edition

(bonus 2) above the clouds (feat. the_sorcerer)

Personnel:

the_band:

the_sorcerer / lead_guitar, piano

the_machinist / rhythm_guitar

the_twin / bass

the_malkavian / drums

the_maximalist / mridangam, kanjira

the_surgeon / piano_live

the_crew:

the_heretic / consulting

the_architect / photography

the_glasses / japan_supervision

the_harlequin / merch, conundrums

the_void / design, videography

the_switch / live_visuals

the_sidekick / roadie, marketing

Posted By: mangoo
Date Posted: September 12 2018 at 03:03

AAA just released a video for SAS' song "Nandi":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=razSQkKYnAc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=razSQkKYnAc

According to AAA's statement on their Facebook page:
"Within the video, we narrate our version of Plato's allegory of the cave: What you see in the materialistic world is merely an image - bodies, faces and names, that appear for a short time in flesh, yet with death and destruction very soon dissolve and disappear again. [...]"

The full version of the song (contained in the album) features a guest solo by HAKEN's Richard Henshall.

Posted By: mangoo
Date Posted: October 08 2018 at 04:42

Shiva Appreciation Society was released on October 5th, 2018.

Here is the statement from the band [05.10.2018]:

http://artagainstagony.de/the_news/" rel="nofollow - http://artagainstagony.de/the_news/

together with some early reviews of the album [02.10.2018].

AAA have also started their European tour in support of the new album on September 28th with a show in Stuttgart (DE).