MOONSHADE have unleashed their sophomore album “As We Set The Skies Ablaze”, premiered via Metal Injection!

Four long years of hard work and devotion begin to peak at this very moment – the shadows of our sophomore album are among us, at last. 

The full album stream can be found here.

As a species, we began by worshipping Nature, in order to ravage it in the next breath, endangering the delicate balance of this beautiful Earth, as well as our existence on it. We then imagined new gods and have slowly started to deny them, as omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience become closer to our collective grasp. On the way, we created autocrats to overthrow them, and increased the odds of world peace via the looming threat of nuclear winter.  

We are the sons of he who brought us the light of fire – heirs of the great titan aspiring to godhood. To be human is to know, to love, to hate, to grow, to create, and to destroy. 

Thus, this great turmoil of the technological and cultural evolution of civilizations created the greatest story ever told – the story of Man.

‘As We Set The Skies Ablaze’ is a phylosophical analysis concerning this great adventure of being human, with all its greatest wonders and horrors, as well as the strongest challenges we must face in this path to become the only Gods that have ever really existed. 

This breathtaking artwork was made by the amazingly talented designers at Credo quia Absurdum.  

The album was mixed and mastered by our household fader overlord, Afonso Aguiar from Titanforged Productions.  

Drums were entirely composed and recorded by Diogo Mota. Artemis and A Treatise Of Human Nature feature lead vocals by Sandra Oliveira (Blame Zeus, Perennial Dawn), who also contributed with back vocals in Valley Of Dying Stars and Everlasting Horizons. The Antagonist features vocals by Sofia Beco (Phase Transition). Thank you all for lending us your incomparable talent!  

Tracklist:

1. Epitaph
2. Valley Of Dying Stars
3. Blood Of The Titans
4. The Shadows Of My Dissent
5. Artemis feat. Sandra Oliveira
6. The Antagonist feat. Sofia Beco
7. As We Set The Skies Ablaze
8. Everlasting Horizons
9. A Treatise Of Human Nature feat. Sandra Oliveira

Valley Of Dying Stars’ is the fifth and final single from MOONSHADE‘s upcoming sophomore album  ‘As We Set the Skies Ablaze’.

Deeply inspired by the Russel-Einstein Manifesto against the weaponization of nuclear technology, it stands as both a protest anthem against the russian ocupation of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin‘s threats of nuclear assault, but is also a grim warning of the dire consequences of all-out war during the nuclear age. One word sums it up to perfection: ‘denuclearize’.

The album ‘As We Set The Skies Ablaze‘ will be out on July 22nd. Pre-orders are available at Moonshade’s official online store at https://www.moonshadeofficial.com/store .

Drums were written and recorded by Diogo Mota (Gaerea). Female back vocals were recorded by Sandra Oliveira (Blame Zeus, Perennial Dawn).

Produced, mixed and mastered by Afonso Aguiar (Titanforged Productions).

Single and album artwork by Credo Quia Absurdum.

OUR MANIFESTO

About three months after this song was recorded, Vladimir Putin reminded the world of the fragility of the nuclear standoff. 

Decades ago, some of the greatest minds in History got together to create the greatest weapon known to Man. The Manhattan Project, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, brought forth the nuclear age with its invention of the atomic bomb.

Since the Cold War, the world saw a bloom in nuclear technology. While many major world powers gained access to these weapons, nuclear stockpiling, upgraded missile technology and the invention of the thermonuclear hydrogen bomb severely upscaled the already barely comprehensible destructive power seen in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

Today, the world lives arguably more peacefully, yet under the threat of a loaded gun. Many world leaders have full autonomy to deploy these weapons, which could easily trigger a nuclear holocaust – the storm to end all storms.

‘Here, then, is the problem which we present to you, stark and dreadful and inescapable: Shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war?’ – Russel-Einstein Manifesto, 1955.

Denuclearize.

After releasing the singles ‘Epitaph‘ and ‘Blood Of The Titans’ and ‘Everlasting Horizons’, ‘Artemis’ is the fourth single from MOONSHADE‘s sophomore album. The song features lyrical singer Sandra Oliveira (Blame Zeus, Perennial Dawn) and is be available on all major streaming platforms.

‘Artemis’ was taken from Moonshade‘s upcoming album ‘As We Set the Skies Ablaze’, out July 22nd. Album pre-orders are already available at this link. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Afonso Aguiar (Titanforged Productions).

Single and album artwork by Credo Quia Absurdum.

After releasing the singles ‘Epitaph’ and ‘Blood Of The Titans’ , ‘Everlasting Horizons’ is the third single from MOONSHADE‘s sophomore album. The song is now available on all major streaming platforms.

This song was taken from Moonshade’s upcoming album ‘As We Set the Skies Ablaze’, out July 22nd. Album pre-orders are available via the band’s official store or Bandcamp page. 

This album was produced, mixed and mastered by Afonso Aguiar (Titanforged Productions). Single and album artwork by Credo Quia Absurdum.

A guitar and bass playthrough for the song has also been released which recently premiered at Metal-Rules and can be found here. The video was recorded and edited by Joël Martins (Aephanemer, Analepsy, Omega Infinity).

Moonshade adds:

Let us tell you a brief history of Tomorrow. 

Deeply inspired by Yuval Noah Harari’s ‘Homo Deus’, our new single speaks about Mankind’s possibly infinite possibilities for cultural, scientific and technological evolution, if we only manage to not find ourselves extinct in the process. 

May we set the skies ablaze, and as the flames subside, gaze in awe at the vastness of the Universe’s Everlasting Horizons- with all its wonders and horrors.

After releasing the singles ‘Epitaph’ and ‘Blood Of The Titans’, MOONSHADE are independently releasing their second album, titled As We Set The Skies Ablaze. The album is to be released in the 22nd of July, 2022. Three more singles are to be expected before release date: Everlasting Horizons ( w/ playthrough video, June 3rd), Artemis (June 24th), and Valley Of Dying Stars (w/ music video, July 14th).

Pre-orders available via the band’s official store or Bandcamp page. 

Session drums were performed by Diogo Mota.  Artemis and A Treatise Of Human Nature feature lead vocals by Sandra Oliveira (Blame Zeus, Perennial Dawn), who also contributed with back vocals in Valley Of Dying Stars and Everlasting Horizons. The Antagonist features lead vocals by Sofia Beco (Phase Transition).  

Mixed and mastered by Afonso Aguiar from Titanforged Productions.

Band statement about the album 

“We are the sons of he who brought us the light of fire – heirs of the great titan aspiring to godhood. To be human is to know, to love, to hate, to grow, to create, and to destroy.

As a species, we began by worshipping Nature, in order to ravage it in the next breath, endangering the delicate balance of this beautiful Earth, as well as our existence on it. We then imagined new gods and have slowly started to deny them, as omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience become closer to our collective grasp. On the way, we created autocrats to overthrow them, and increased the odds of world peace via the looming threat of nuclear winter.

Thus, this great turmoil of the technological and cultural evolution of civilizations created the greatest story ever told – the story of Man.  

As We Set The Skies Ablaze is a phylosophical analysis concerning this great adventure of being human, poetically approaching all its wonders, horrors, and the greatest challenges we must face in order to become the only Gods that ever really existed.   

Join us.  

You are expected.”

Album tracklist

1. Epitaph 
2. Valley Of Dying Stars 
3. Blood Of The Titans 
4. The Shadows Of My Dissent 
5. Artemis 
6. The Antagonist 
7. As We Set The Skies Ablaze 
8. Everlasting Horizons 
9. A Treatise Of Human Nature