Band: Barren Earth
Song: “Withdrawal”
Album: A Complex Of Cages
Release Date: March 30th, 2018
Label: Century Media Records
Vocalist Jón Aldará comments:
“‘Withdrawal’ moves Barren Earth into previously unexplored territory, making it an unorthodox album closer, but one that makes complete sense to us. It is the song that inspired the album title, and it’s theme of social anxiety is the glue which binds the songs together, lyrically.”
Drummer Marko Tarvonen adds:
“Barren Earth was always heavily categorised as death metal or prog for mixing those two influences. With ‘Withdrawal’ we wanted to do something that is neither. Instead this song is a slowly growing rock ballad where the instrumentation has been kept minimal giving most room for Jón’s voice. It’s the ballad that Scorpions or King Crimson never did!”
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