Finnish band Scars of Solitude have released the final single from their forthcoming album Under Disheartening Skies, set to be released on October 11th. The slightly progressive title track features catchy melodies, tasteful drumming, and even a jazzy guitar solo. The lyrics address the current state of the world and the loss of hope for a better tomorrow.

The band’s vocalist and guitarist Tuomo Laulainen shares some thoughts on the single and the upcoming album:

“How are we supposed to dream and have hope when the news outlets, social media, and even our dreams are filled with nightmares? We wrote the Under Disheartening Skies album during 2021-2023. We all know the horrors the world has witnessed during this time, and it doesn’t really seem to be getting much better, does it? Well, I won’t need to use much imagination to come up with depressive topics when writing lyrics for the next album—if we ever get to release one.”

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal etc.): https://push.fm/fl/scarsofsolitude-uds-single

• Composed by Niki Kuivakangas, Tuomo Laulainen, Lassi Pollari & Jasper Ranta-Nilkku
• Lyrics by Tuomo Laulainen

Under Disheartening Skies will be released as a limited edition 12” vinyl (200 copies) and a limited edition digipak CD (300 copies). The vinyl edition is made in Finland and will be pressed by the Finnish vinyl pressing company Helsingin Levypuristamo. The album will also be available on all major digital platforms upon its release.

Tracklist:
1 Stone
2 The Arsonist
3 FOMO
4 Luna
5 Under Disheartening Skies
6 Game of Thrones
7 Doors
8 Phantom Pain
9 Even Angels Will Fall
10 Void of Hope

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Finnish melodic metal quartet SCARS OF SOLITUDE will release their new EP ‘If These Walls Could Talk’ on November 26th in cooperation with Inverse Records. The release will be available digitally and on CD on the release day and on limited to 200 pcs 12” vinyl next year. This is the first extended release of the bands current line-up.

‘If These Walls Could Talk’ clocks at almost 22 minutes and consists of versatile Finnish melodic metal. Songs vary from energetic and fast paced to melancholic and doomish. Genre borders are crossed to many directions and the EP has elements of melodic djent, doom, death metal and pop-punk. Album artwork was made by Janne Saarinen.

‘Left on Read’ is a dynamic and melancholic song that brings balance to otherwise pretty fast paced record.

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3CkmfaT
Youtube: https://youtu.be/cNDUa1N46v0
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3mm1iHf
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3beomBf
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/258475242
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/197473811

The bands singer/guitarist Tuomo Laulainen says the group is thrilled to be back with a new release.

We are really excited to finally be back with an extended and physical release after a long while. This is the first time our songs will also be available on vinyl. Both the CD and the vinyl will be neat packages. The good buzz is not limited to the upcoming release. We’re also really excited to see the live gigs making a real comeback and we’re beyond ready to hit the stage with this release. We’ve also been very productive and written a bunch of killer new tunes already so we should be starting the planning of our next release soon!

Tracklist:

1. Dark Matter
2. Left on Read
3. No Riddance
4. If These Walls Could Talk
5. Lullaby of the Ill-Fated
6. Burden

Finnish melodic metal quartet SCARS OF SOLITUDE have released a new single. No Riddance is the second single taken from the group’s upcoming EP called If These Walls Could Talk to be released later this year. Watch the music video below.

Listen to the single:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3uMj2N8
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2Q2nvfN
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mMnnNm
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/218072432
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/178609899

According to the band’s singer/guitarist Tuomo Laulainen “No Riddance is a explosively energetic and vitally melodic metal anthem with a catchy chorus of which’s energy and straightforwardness is borrowed from pop-punk. The song used to go with the working title ’Paramore’ for a long time. The song’s lyrics were written during the sleepless nights accompanied by arrythmia and anxiety as if it were the exact opposite of the song’s musical side.”

The music video for No Riddance was filmed during the “busy gigging year” of 2020 and it is filled with the band’s hearty spirit and its live energy. Luckily the band could go and play most of their planned shows safely even during the weird year and only had to cancel two of them.

The EP still has no release date but it should see the light of day during the second half of the year. More details will follow once the release date has been set.