ENTERING POLARIS - MYTHS IN MOTION - SONGS OF IVORY AND OBSIDIAN
Belgian progressive metal artist Tom Tee releases his next Entering Polaris double-album. The two records within this release are two very different sides of the same coin – one is electric, energetic, heavy and progressive, while the other is acoustic, haunting and melancholic, with piano, (real) string sections, choirs and classical percussion.
Working as a guitarist, producer and songwriter in a host of bands through the years, such as Ostrogoth, Thorium and others, Tom Tee launched Entering Polaris in 2018 with the debut album ‘Godseed’. The idea behind Entering Polaris is to realise a long overdue dream: creating music that not only unites influences from all the kinds of music Tom has loved since his teenage years, but which also brings together a plethora of stunning vocalists from all across the scene.
Due to the large number of songs that are continuously being written – and born from the aspiration to up the ante and take the bold and ambitious route – the decision was made to write and produce not one, not two or even three, but four full-length albums in one year.
These records are:
- Album 1: Atlantean Shores – six-string guitars; melodic/progressive Metal
- Album 2: And Silently the Age Did Pass – fully acoustic; dark and atmospheric
- Album 3: Myths in Motion – seven-string guitars; modern, heavy and progressive
- Album 4: Songs of Ivory and Obsidian – all piano; delicate and emotional
The first two of these records were released in June 2023, comprising the albums ‘Atlantean Shores’ & ‘And Silently The Age Did Pass’. This year, on September 5th 2024, the next two albums ‘Myths In Motion’ and ‘Songs Of Ivory And Obsidian’ will see the light of day. Again in Yin-Yang fashion, both records contrast between heavy and electric on one hand, and subtle and acoustic on the other.
The full cast of vocalists for the new double-release:
- Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, KK’s Priest,...)
- Damian Wilson (Ayreon, Star One, Threshold, Arena,...)
- Tom Englund (Evergrey)
- Roy Khan (Conception, Kamelot)
- Thomas Vikström (Therion,...)
- Georg Neuhauser (Serenity)
- Henrik Fevre (Anubis Gate)
- Arno Menses (Subsignal, Sieges Even)
- Nick Holleman (Powerized)
- John Yelland (Judicator)
- Sindre Nedland (In Vain)
- Jeffrey Rademakers (Spartan)
- Audrey Dandeville (Irradiance)
- Benny ‘Zors’ Willaert (23 Acez, Thorium)
- Louis Soenens (Aeveris, Fields of Troy)
- Anneleen Olbrechts (Thorium)
- Lynn Louise Pauwels (Kayamandi)
The albums will be available on 2 separate CD's packaged in a 2 panel digisleeve and including a 16 resp 12 page boklet bundled together in an o-card. The vinyl version is a 3 LP black vinyl album packaged in a trifold sleeve incl 2x 60x30cm inlays. Both versions will be officially released on 5 September 2024 and is now available for pre-order!
