Hällas - Excerpts From The Future Past (2017)

Release: 13 October 2017

 

Swedish progressive hard rock/metal band band Hällas will release their debut full-length album Excerpts From a Future Past on the 13th of October via The Sign Records. The Swedish quintet has adopted the progressive sound from their EP and taken it a step further, calling their genre “adventure rock”. Excerpts From A Future Past is a concept album that contains seven storytelling tracks about seers, a knight on a quest for answers and the fall of a once great city. 

 

The album was produced and mastered by the band’s organist Nicklas Malmqvist at Treasure Sound Studio. “While we as a band adopt a “more-is-more” approach to the songwriting, the focus of the production was to bring forth the ambiance of the story the album is telling, put into words by the unique vocals” says Nicklas. The essence of the music is captured and illustrated by Nightjar Illustrations as seen on the front cover. 

 

 

 

Track list:

 

1. The Astral Seer

2. Repentance 

3. Nebulon’s Tower

4. The Golden City of Semyra

5. Star Rider

6. Shadow of the Templar

7. Illusion Sky 

 

Hällas are:

 

Tommy Alexandersson: Bass and vocals

Alexander Moraitis: Guitars

Nicklas Malmqvist: Organs and synthesizers

Marcus Petersson: Guitars

Kasper Eriksson: Drums