We are happy to announce our New Album Auer + Premiere Music Video for First Single!
"Diseased is most likely one of our most venomous designs,“ says the singer Jaakko Mäntymaa about the band’s first single. "It is the deep, dark end of Auer: A story about the poison that is spreading amongst us as we speak. No one is safe."
Watch the New Clip for Diseased:
We’re also pleased to announce our upcoming fourth studio album, entitled Auer, out March 24, 2023 via Napalm Records.
Hailing from the coastal town of Kotka, MARIANAS REST embodies the Finnish melancholy and sadness of a cold, harsh winter landscape with absolute perfection. Formed in 2013, the six-piece with Jaakko Mäntymaa on vocals and Omnium Gatherum's Aapo Koivisto on keys took the heavy music scene by storm with the release of their impressive 2016-debut, Horror Vacui. Now, just in time to celebrate their 10th band anniversary, MARIANAS REST unleashes eight new tracks that couldn’t be more multifaceted.
Pre-Order Auer and new merchandise:
Backstage Rock Shop
Napalm Records
Bandcamp
Songs such as first single 'Diseased' prove that death metal does not always need fast-paced riffage and thunderous blast beats - MARIANAS REST spice up their dark mood with a heavy dose of doom and a significant black metal touch, to deliver a colossal sound and new piece of pure art!
Vocalist Jaakko Mäntymaa comments:
"Today we are proud to present the first details about Auer, the most musically diverse of our albums so far. It is a story about the never ending dance of shadow and light. Humankind repeats its mistakes, but there is beauty amongst chaos."
Bassist Niko Lindman adds:
"We broke traditional song structures and seasoned the atmosphere slightly with clean vocal parts. The very core has still not essentially changed much as the album continues the “there is still light at the end of the tunnel, maybe” atmosphere familiar from the previous albums."
Auer, is epic, heavy, sad and bleak; its overall melancholic yet brutal riffs, mesmerizing auditory colors and immersive vocals will hit you deep in your core. It’s a heavy ride through a disturbing yet beautiful sound landscape that only a Finnish band like MARIANAS REST can create, while always keeping you warm and welcome yet haunted and hopeless.
Again, just like on their previous albums, the melodies are the key for an unique soundtrack for the ongoing struggle against the black clouds that seem to gather around us all every now and then. Even though the music itself may be slow, deep and hard, it has been able to summon also those individuals, that normally aren’t that keen for death and destruction. It might be that x-factor in the Finnish DNA, that embraces melancholy and beauty on such level that makes one’s hair stand every single time.
Auer was recorded and mixed by Teemu Aalto at Teemu Aalto Music Productions, and was mastered by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers West. The band‘s upcoming offering not only features a vocal guest appearance by My Dying Bride vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe - Lead vocalist with My Dying Bride on album track "Sirens", but without question, Auer will establish the name of MARIANAS REST as one of the most enthralling, remarkable and exceptional melodic death/doom metal bands of modern times!
Auer will be available on March 24, 2023 in the following album formats:
- CD Digipak
- 2LP Gatefold SUN YELLOW
- Exclusive Shirt Bundle at Levykauppa Äx
- Exclusive Shirt Bundle at Backstage Rockshop
- Digital Album
Listen Diseased and Pre-Order Auer HERE!
Booking:
Finland: rowan@nem.fi
Rest Of The World: samihauru@gmail.com