Italian heavy power metallers BEJELIT have issued the following:
After one year of the latest realize Emerge, the Bejelit are back with lots of news: first of all the change of the line-up: after 10 years, for own personal reasons, Bejelit say goodbye to their historical bass guitar player Giorgio Novarino, wishing him every good affection for his future. The new entry in the band is the young Luca Negro, already bass guitar player of The Ritual and of the deathcore band Hatetyler, who has already shared the stage with Bejelit during several dates of the Emerge Tour 2012.
Furthermore the Bejelit, in the way to celebrate the birthday of Emerge Album and their tour, they are presenting their brand new video, taken from the song “We got the Tragedy”. This video has been directed by Gianni Galli (author of the videos “Bejelit” and “Saint from beyond”). Shots have been taken during the release party by RnR Arena in Romagnano Sesia, during the European tour with the band Rhapsody of fire and at the summer festival Rock Inn Somma.
Not satisfied by all these news, the Bejelit have just finished to record an original acoustic EP which will come out on 25th April 2013, with a limited edition of numerated digi-pack of 200 copies. The band is pleased to announce that the special pre-sale is open already (which includes different packs) and everybody can find it at http://www.bejelit.com and on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/bejelit or simply writing at merch@bejelit.com.
The EP which is entitled “Don’t give up” will contain this following track-list:
Emerge
Don’t know what you need
Saint from beyond
Death trip serenade
We Got the Tragedy
Dancerous
Piano meedley
Here below you can also see the cover of the brand new EP
Italian heavy power metallers BEJELIT have released a new video “We Got The Tragedy”, the track comes out from their fourth album Emerge (2012). Check it out below.
Italian Metallers Bejelit dropped by to talk with Metal Shock Finland about their new album “Emerge” and their work with Poet ‘Nick Xas’.
Welcome to Metal Shock Finland, I’m Dylan Raine, Can you introduce yourselves?
Hi Dylan, thanks for this interview! We’re Bejelit from Italy and we’re playing our music, what else? Seriously the band was born officially in 2001 and we released four full length albums during these years together. We were labelled as power metal but we don’t like labels too much since we’re just writing and performing our own music without any external interference.
Can you tell me about the origins of the music and how it all came together?
When Bejelit were born we were just playing some covers for fun but soon we realised we had some good tunes to work on and that’s was we did! In 2003 we signed our first record deal and then we released our very first album called “Hellgate“. Then in 2006 it was the turn of our second full length album called “Age of Wars“. In 2010 we released the third one “You die and I…” and now we’re speaking the last one “Emerge”. As I was telling you, Bejelit is not a planned band with a big music strategy behind. We just write and play the music we like mostly without a unique label or anything else.
Who plays what in the band?
Sandro Capone at the guitars, who’s also the main man of the crew, Fabio Privitera at the vocals, Giorgio Novarino at the bass guitar, Marco Pastorino at the lead guitars and me, Giulio Capone at the drums and keyboards.
Let’s talk gear. What sort of Equipment do you use? Racks, Effects, On-Board, Pedals, Guitars, Mics, Drums etc…?
We’re not equipment enthusiasts so we’re not the typical band which is always searching for the “new sound” or for some new stuff to bring to the studio or to the stage. We usually concentrate mostly on the composition and on the performing live. Anyway we know that great equipment is really important to have a good sound and to have a good reliability on stage.
We’re endorsers of the following brands: Schecter guitars, Mayones guitar and basses, Ufip Cymbals, Rotosound, Blackstar amplification and Alliction clothing!:)
What or who are your main influences, musically and non musically?
We have many influences since we’re all listeners and we’re quite open minded about what we are listening to. I could tell you we like to listen from Nevermore to Iron Maiden, from Gamma Ray to In Flames and so on! About lyrics themes we were very influenced by a Japanese Manga in the previous two albums. The manga is shown in the well known Berserk series and all our lyrics were based on it. From our third album “You die and I…” we chose to change the lyrical themes and explore something more personal and sometimes obscure. For the very last album “Emerge” we worked with Nick Xas, a writer and poet of our area who wrote the greatest part of the lyrics. We’re really enjoyed his job and I think we’re going to work with him again in the future!
Do you have any Tours or Gigs planned?
This year we joined the Rhapsody of Fire European Tour and then we had our own Emerge tour both in Italy and Europe. Now we’re relaxing a little bit since we have only some summer festivals we really love to play at. Yes, we have some new ideas ready for a new tour but it’s quite too early to say what is going to happen in the near future!
What would you say is the most defining track on the album and why?
This is a difficult question since every track on Emerge is quite different from the other ones. There’re so many different moods and styles and I could not say what the most defining one is. I could tell you that the song ‘Dancerous’ got a really good impact on stage and now represents what Bejelit are nowadays.
With the song ‘Deep Water‘, what directions or thoughts made you decide on creating this wonderful little track?
This song is something new for us because we never wrote such a long song. The very first idea was to write a “pirate” style song based on the legendary Bartholomew Roberts. Then Nick Xas wrote a new lyrical concept based on a imaginary conqueror who reaches our homeland and finds it as a beautiful place. So there’s not the will to conquer the land to enslave it but to settle there. It’s like a love declaration from us to our land!
Can we have some links to your music, website, or videos?
You can find all our stuff on Youtube but of course I would tell you to buy our albums!
Anyway you can watch our latest video clip at our official website and you can find everything related to Bejelit in our official facebook page! Check them out!
Are there any plans for another album in the making?
Sure! We’re working on the new compositions and we have ready some really good stuff! We cannot wait to enter the studio to work on it!!! But I think the band is not doing that until the next year! Now we’re fully promoting Emerge!
Is there anything you would like to share with the MSF readers that I have not yet asked?
Oh I really don’t know 🙂 You asked everything, your readers need to listen to Bejelit 😀
Well I could say that our new album Emerge is available from March and if you wanna support our band you have just to write to merch@bejelit.com and order it or order our special summer offer!!!:D It’s very important for us, to be able then to record and release the next album!
Thank you very much for your time.
Thanks to YOU and to all the readers! Please visit our official website at www.bejelit.com and our official Facebook page at the address www.facebook.com/bejelit
Artist: Bejelit Album: Emerge Label: Bakerteam Records Release Date: March 26th, 2012
1. The Darkest Hour
2. C4
3. Don’t Know What You Need
4. Emerge
5. We Got The Tragedy
6. To forget And To Forgive
7. Dancerous
8. Triskelion
9. Fairy Gate
10. The Defending Dreams Battle (Aruna’s Gateway)
11. Deep Water
12. DefCon13
13. Boogeyman
Power metallers Bejelit have just released their fourth full length album ‘Emerge’. Bejelit debuted in 2004 with the critically acclaimed album ‘Hellgate’ and since then they’ve built a solid reputation by releasing two more top-notch efforts and hundreds of shows all over Europe, most notably their 2008 and 2011 appearances at Slovenia’s Metal Camp festival. ‘Emerge’ displays 13 heterogeneous and energetic Power Metal songs enriched by deep lyrical themes and epic scenarios. The music is aggressive but non-destructive, willing to drive the listener to emerge from any adverse situation. Instruments such as accordions, classical guitars and violins have been added to the mix (with a special mention for the guest appearance by Laura Brancorsini of Furor Gallico), giving it an unusual flavor which will no doubt attract even the most demanding audience. ‘Emerge’ was mixed by Nino Laurenne (Sonata Arctica, Amorphis, Wintersun, Elvenking) at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland, and mastered by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers Studios (Rammstein, Korpiklaani, Amorphis).
From the very onset of playing the album, you are thrown into high speed riffs and colourful breakdowns between the vocals and choruses before the shredding takes over and the music takes a new direction. With the power riffs and vocals like that of Dragonforce you are taken into a blast of pure power metal, pitch harmonics, wonderful effects, high calibre licks and melodies, and fun choruses to get your rockin’ to the music. ‘Don’t know what you need’ has a very anthem feel to it, taking the music into a new era; Then comes the much anticipated neo-classical solos, before the shredding takes over and the addictive choruses kick in once again.
Let’s go a little gentle for a moment with the intro to ‘We Got The Tragedy’ with the beautiful finger picking before the metal starts with a well placed flanger effect and the mix of obscure drum beats to confuse the mix. As we go further through the song the synths come in with the melodies of the guitars bringing the song into its own. Look at this alongside the beautifully placed piano’s of ‘To forget And To Forgive’ and you have two emotionally clever pieces of music, well created, brilliantly written and placed. For me, the solo section of ‘To forget and to Forgive’ with the combo between classic blues and rock joined together to make a brilliant mid section of this song, not too over-the-top, is just perfect.
As you progress through the album it just gets faster and faster, until you come to the intro of ‘Deep Water’ with the ocean effects and gentleness of the pianos taking you into a blissful state of being for a moment. Now, that you’ve had that moment of bliss let’s get those gallops charging. A highly addictive melody takes this track into somewhere totally away from the rest of this album. The verses are cleverly crafted with the intricate lyrics pacing alongside the well engineered music. Introducing the violins to the mix and you have a really good attempt of a ‘viking-esq metal’ track hidden deep within a power metal album. Fantastic! After movement 1, you are given the most beautiful breakdown into pianos and violins taking an ambient stroll along the proverbial beach, before high speed metal riffs come back in and take you back into the song with all the madness. Then, out of nowhere, acoustic finger picking comes in and slows the piece down again. Although this is becoming confusing, I am quite happy to become confused for this piece of music. It has been so well written and thought out! Yet again, we’re thrown back into another mix of heavy metal with very powerful vocals and expressions. Ending with the very beautifully textured pianos and waves effects this song has blown out all expectations for the rest of this album, with 11 minutes 18 seconds worth of shear madness just left you, you are left wondering what could possibly follow this.
Along follows the super-rich effects of ‘DefCon13’ building you up into what you are hoping to be a massive final track and well… it sort of is; but not the way you are expecting. Think Opeth mixed with everything you’ve heard so far from this album and you are nearly there. The acoustic guitars and vocals are so well represented within this song creating layers and textures to gently take you elsewhere until the very rich violins and pianos come in once again and expand this song beyond all limitations.
I had started off this album quite unsure of where it was going and now as I hear the end I understand where it was taking me and I thank it. This is not just “another” album; this is an experience, a journey!
Italian power metallers BEJELIT have issued the following:
Bejelit release the pre-order for the forthcoming Bejelit album “Emerge” out the 26th of March for Bakerteam records.
Exclusive pre-order deal until 26 of march CD € 10 + shipping CD + Emerge t-shirt € 20 + shipping
To order write at merch@bejelit.com
-Heterogeneous and energetic Power Metal enriched by deep lyrical themes and epic scenarios.
-Instruments such as accordions, classical guitars and violins have been added to the musical mix, giving it an unusual flair that will attract the most demanding audiences
-Featuring a very special guest appearance by Laura Brancorsini (Furor Gallico)
-Mixed at Sonic Pump Studios, Finland, by Nino Laurenne (Apocalyptica, Ensiferum, Sonata Arctica, Amorphis)
-Mastered by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers Studios ( Rammstein, Korpiklaani, Amorphis)
-Cover artwork by Seth Siro Anton (Paradise Lost, Exodus, Moonspell, Kamelot)
-European tour with Rhapsody Of Fire already confirmed
Italian BEJELIT has released a new Official video “EMERGE”, directed by Eklipse design, the video can be viewed below. Track is taken from the forthcoming album “Emerge” – Bakerteam records (2012). Mixed at Sonic Pump Studios, Finland, by Nino Laurenne. Mastered at Chartmakers Studios, Finland, by Svante Forsbäck.
Pre-order the new Bejelit album at merch@bejelit.com.
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