RPWL set details for their new studio album Wanted.
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German Art Prog band RPWL is ready to release their new studio album Wanted (2014) in March.
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The follow up of Beyond Man And Time (2014) tells a story of a hero of two worlds, Giuseppe Garibaldi who, being a tremendous admirer of the Greek antiquity became aware of a scroll of Plato’s in which he analyzes the work of Hippocrates. It can be read in Garibaldi’s diaries that Hippocrates had in fact found the formula for a medicine that leads the spirit into a real and absolute world, free of all illusion and invisible ghost worlds. The question, however, that inevitable arises at that point is the following: is the human race ready for what Plato called the “gift of absolute freedom?”
RPWL then transfered that complex question to the world of today: is modern man, being the evolutionary creature that he is, ready for absolute freedom? To explore that, these Bavarians have established a back story full of fantasy. In it RPWL and their friends aim at granting the world access to the product of the secret formula – disguised as a homeopathic drug against mental fatigue that goes by the name of “Veritas Forte.” Considering the true intention of the operation the fact that the wrath of the churches of the world religions is unleashed at the band rather sooner than later is understood. And so, consequently, they are forced to go underground. That, however, is where RPWL continues to organize ultimate liberation from all oppression through the machineries of illusion run by religions and sects.
The action of Wanted (2014) starts several days before the great day: Plato’s Day. The enemy’s fear is ever-growing, as, after all nobody knows at what point the mirages and illusions are eradicated from people’s minds once and for all. In the course of the record RPWL shift through ten varied songs full of breathtaking soundscapes and tell a compelling story of courage, doubt, bravery, the unconditional desire to never give in and, ultimately, the belief in what is right.
By making a philosophy that is new and to a degree unique the subject of the concept of Wanted (2014), RPWL bring the principle of the concept album to a new level. That is how this gigantic piece of art evolves into a true explosion of creativity. Furthermore the intellectual firepower of the content is in every way matched by the artistic and emotional depth of the music. More than ever a sharp artistic edge and the hunger for discovery is what drives this record forward. Despite more than fifteen years in the scene, Yogi Lang (vocals, keyboard), Kalle Wallner (guitar), Marc Turiaux (drums), Markus Jehle (keyboard, piano) and Werner Taus (bass) brilliantly avoid playing it safe.
Wanted (2014) will also be released as double vinyl as well as a limited edition in additional 5.1-surround-sound.
The release date is set to 14th of March 2014 on Europe and 1st of April 2014 in the USA via E1.
Tracklist:
1. Revelation
2. Swords And Guns
3. A Short Cut Line
4. Wanted
5. Hide And Seek
6. Disbelief
7. Misguided Thought
8. Perfect Day
9. The Attack
10. A New Dawn
The band will go on tour to support the album, this are the dates confirmed so far:
04 Apr NL-Zoetermeer
05 Apr D-Oberhausen
06 Apr B-Verviers
07 Apr D-Bremen
09 Apr D-Hamburg
10 Apr D-Berlin
11 Apr D-Soest
12 Apr D-Hannover-Isernhagen
13 Apr NL-Leeuwarden
15 Apr D-Stuttgart
16 Apr AUT-Landeck
17 Apr CH-Pratteln
18 Apr F-Nancy
19 Apr D-Aschaffenburg
20 Apr D-Reichenbach
21 Apr D-Freising
23 Apr AUT-Vienna
24 Apr PL-Piekary Slaskie
25 Apr PL-Warschau
26 Apr PL-Poznan
27 Apr PL-Bydgoscz
More info on how to buy it and songs to be listened... soon!
Source: Press release
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