The basque band Hopelessness will release their new album Mukuru in November, through the Basque Metal Country label. Their style is melodic death/doom metal, and the five new songs are in that vein.
They have switched from singing in english to basque and latin. Moreover, the vocals have been recorded by former singer Igor. In fact, the band is currently made up of four musicians: Patxi (guitar and vocals), Ion (guitar), Aitor (bass) and Txemi (drums).
In total, the new EP contains five songs. The recording was made by the band, and it has been mixed and mastered by Aimar Ibarzabal (Ilun Produkzioak). Instead, the cover has been carried out by the illustrator Ramón Sánchez.
As a preview, you can listen the song Lur Atsekabetua.
01. Errituala
02. Punitiu Perpetum
03. Plenum Vacuum
04. Lur Atsekabetua
05. Bidegurutzean
Biography
Hopelessness is a melodic death/doom metal band founded in 2001 in Zumarraga/Urretxu (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) by Patxi on guitar (Ihes Indar), Igor on vocals (Unholy Pain) and Txemi on drums (Ihes Indar). A year later, Ion joins the bass (Unholy Pain), thus, definitively forming the band’s first line-up.
After some concerts, they record the demo Paradise of Sin in November 2003. Coinciding with the release of the demo in 2004, Borja (Unholy Pain) enters on bass and Ion switches to guitar. With this formation they begin to play more and more concerts throughout the state and, in 2005, they record the album Broken Tears in Solitude at the SoundSource studios, under Arkaitz Kako’s guidance. After the release of the album and some more concerts, the band ends up dissolving in 2007.
In 2010 Hopelessness gathers to play live again, with Raff (The Nekrobabies) as the new bassist. After a few concerts with this new formation, the band breaks up again in 2012.
In 2017 Hopelessness gets back together for more live playing, giving a concert at the end of the year. In 2018, both Raff and Igor leave the band and shortly afterwards, the new bassist Aitor (S.F.O.) joins the band. Since then, the band has been preparing a new album, as well as looking for a singer to continue performing live.
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