Following the much acclaimed release of their latest, fifth studio album “Illusions” ( October 2022, AFM Records), Ontario-based melodic metal band BOREALIS has premiered a brand new music video for “Burning Tears”, feat. Lynsey Ward on guest vocals!

With their impressive debut in 2008, BOREALIS took the heavy music scene by storm, and seen them opening for several metal greats such as Epica, Sonata Artica, Saxon or Kamelot to name just a few. Now, four years since 2018’s “The Offering”, their new output Illusions arguably marks the bands most complete album to date while adding more orchestral elements and darker themes. The album not only introduced composer and multi-instrumentalist Vikram Shankar (Silent Skies, Redemption, Lux Terminus), who was brought in to compose all of the orchestra and synth elements, but the record is also a continuation of the story from “The Offering”, taking place years later through the eyes of the children and how the traumatic events they experienced has shaped their lives.

Check out the band’s new video for the haunting track “Burning Tears” right here:

“Illusions” was produced by BOREALIS, engineered and mixed by the band‘s drummer, Sean Dowell, and was mastered by Thomas “Plec “ Johansson. To purchase your album copy, visit the AFM Records store at THIS LOCATION!

“Illusions” track listing:

1. Illusions feat. Christine Hals
2. Ashes Turn To Rain
3. My Fortress
4. Pray For Water
5. Burning Tears feat. Lynsey Ward
6. Believer
7. Light Of The Sun
8. Face Of Reality
9. Bury Me Alive
10. Abandon All Hope
11. The Phantom Silence

BOREALIS is:
Matt Marinelli (Vocals & Guitars)
Ken Fobert (Guitars)
Aiden Watkinson (Bass)
Sean Dowell (Drums)

October 7, 2022 will see Canadian melodic metal act, BOREALIS, return with their fifth studio album, entitled “Illusions”, on AFM Records. With their critically acclaimed debut in 2008, BOREALIS took the heavy music scene by storm, and seen them opening for several metal greats such as Epica, Sonata Artica, Saxon or Kamelot to name just a few.

Now, four years since 2018’s “The Offering”, Illusions arguably marks the bands most complete album to date while adding more orchestral elements and darker themes. The album not only introduces composer and multi-instrumentalist Vikram Shankar (Silent Skies, Redemption, Lux Terminus), who was brought in to compose all of the orchestra and synth elements, but the record is also a continuation of the story from “The Offering”, taking place years later through the eyes of the children and how the traumatic events they experienced has shaped their lives.

Following the previously-released, first single, “Pray For Water”, BOREALIS have just shared a second album sneak peak, with a colossal music video for new track “Ashes Turn To Rain”!

“It’s only taken us 15 years, but we’re finally releasing our first official music video for our next single off of ‘Illusions’ called Ashes Turn To Rain,” says guitarist Ken Fobert. “Being our first video, we wanted to do something a little special for it. It’s not only a band-performance video for Ashes Turn To Rain, with the help of our director, Jeremy Tredenick (JReelVisuals), we also incorporated a storyline and visuals to accompany the self-titled opening track for the album. The video features Scandinavian film composer and vocalist, Christine Hals, who not only contributed her unique primal scream vocals but a stunning mountaintop performance as well. Ya! It’s pretty epic and we can’t wait for everyone to see it!”

“We are so excited to release this new record, considering how long it’s been and what the world has been through over the last 2 years!“ Marinelli said recently. “With the extra time we had with this one, we feel like these are some of the best songs we’ve ever written. Some of the songs were written way back in 2019 so we’ve had time to really perfect them.”

“Illusions” was produced by BOREALIS, engineered and mixed by the band‘s drummer, Sean Dowell, and was mastered by Thomas “Plec “ Johansson. Slated for a release on October 7th, the album pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!

“Illusions” track listing:

1. Illusions feat. Christine Hals
2. Ashes Turn To Rain
3. My Fortress
4. Pray For Water
5. Burning Tears feat. Lynsey Ward
6. Believer
7. Light Of The Sun
8. Face Of Reality
9. Bury Me Alive
10. Abandon All Hope
11. The Phantom Silence

BOREALIS is:
Matt Marinelli (Vocals & Guitars)
Ken Fobert (Guitars)
Aiden Watkinson (Bass)
Sean Dowell (Drums)

Canadian melodic metallers BOREALIS have announced the release of their fifth studio album, entitled “Illusions”, which will be out on October 7, 2022 via AFM Records!

With their critically acclaimed debut in 2008, BOREALIS took the heavy music scene by storm, and seen them opening for several metal greats such as Epica, Sonata Artica, Saxon or Kamelot to name just a few. Four years since 2018’s “The Offering”, BOREALIS returns with their brand new magnum opus, arguably marking the bands most complete album to date while adding more orchestral elements and darker themes. The album not only introduces composer and multi-instrumentalist Vikram Shankar (Silent Skies, Redemption, Lux Terminus), who was brought in to compose all of the orchestra and synth elements, but “Illusions” is also a continuation of the story from “The Offering”, taking place years later through the eyes of the children and how the traumatic events they experienced has shaped their lives.

“We are so excited to release this new record, considering how long it’s been and what the world has been through over the last 2 years!“ Singer and guitarist Matt Marinelli comments. “With the extra time we had with this one, we feel like these are some of the best songs we’ve ever written. Some of the songs were written way back in 2019 so we’ve had time to really perfect them.”

Today, BOREALIS shared a lyric video for first album single “Pray For Water”! “We wanted a textbook Borealis song on the album, something where, as soon as you hear it you know it’s us,” Matt says. “Using the continuation from The Offering (2018), this album is about the surviving children and how they’re coping years later. This song in particular is about one of them praying for the sacrifice to be stopped.“

About the band’s sound development and their cooperation with Vikram, guitarist Ken Fobert explains: “We had been fans of Vik’s music and content for years and with this album, we really wanted to bring it to another level. We didn’t want to do the same old thing this time around with just adding strings and orchestra. We did do that, but we also wanted to incorporate more synth elements and weird futuristic sounds to give these songs a bit of a different vibe and character than what you would typically expect from us. I think with the phenomenal composing that Vik did for these songs, we were able to achieve that.”

“Illusions” was produced by BOREALIS, engineered and mixed by the band‘s drummer, Sean Dowell, and was mastered by Thomas “Plec “ Johansson. Slated for a release on October 7th, the album pre-sale is now available at THIS LOCATION!

“Illusions” track listing:

1. Illusions feat. Christine Hals
2. Ashes Turn To Rain
3. My Fortress
4. Pray For Water
5. Burning Tears feat. Lynsey Ward
6. Believer
7. Light Of The Sun
8. Face Of Reality
9. Bury Me Alive
10. Abandon All Hope
11. The Phantom Silence

BOREALIS is:
Matt Marinelli (Vocals & Guitars)
Ken Fobert (Guitars)
Aiden Watkinson (Bass)
Sean Dowell (Drums)