Italian pop metal’rs Temperance release new single Paint The World off forthcoming EP Melodies Of Green And Blue. Out February 19 via Napalm Records, Melodies Of Green And Blue contains six acoustic renditions of tracks from their acclaimed Viridian album.
If you have a ‘pop metal with 3 singers’ sized hole in your heart that cannot be filled by Amaranthe alone, then Temperance are the band for you. Sans death growls in this instance. Viridian is a very good album, full of more hooks than an anglers convention. Plus a Christmas track if you can’t wait another 10 months to hear festive jingles once again.
Temperance have spent years on the road touring with Nightwish, Luca Turilli’s RHAPSODY and TARJA. Plenty of bands have been releasing acoustic versions of their own tracks during lockdown. I for one am a fan of this, bands showcasing a new side to previous tracks. Symphonic pop power metal transcends perfectly into the acoustic domain.
Singer Michele Guaitol commented about Paint The World:
Together with the emotion of going acoustic, we also had the chance to write some brand new tracks for this acoustic EP, moving away from the original style of the band. Even though we released tracks like Gaia or Scent of Dye before, Paint The World is a semi-acoustic ballad that would have been hard to include in any other Temperance’s record as it too much in between the acoustic world and the electric world. Like many other times in Temperance’s history, we immediately took advantage of this possibility that Napalm gave us, to experiment with something different and new. I believe in this song as you can clearly feel the influences of our youth, the alternative rock of the early 2000s, and the beginning of our musical dreams: the dreams of a bunch of kids who wanted to paint their own picture of this world.“
Michele Guaitoli also commented on the Melodies Of Green And Blue EP:
“We’ve been talking about recording some acoustic versions of our tracks for a long time, as we all love the intimate and emotional feeling that this particular style can offer to any tracks. If you think of it, this is how most of our songs are composed: it’s Marco on his guitar or me on the piano. Everything for us begins in acoustic before going metal. This EP is a little dream come true, as we can finally show the heart of our music in its purest version.”
Melodies Of Green And Blue is out February 19th via Napalm Records.
Melodies Of Green And Blue track listing:
1. Paint the World
2. Evelyn
3. Let It Beat
4. I Am the Fire
5. Nanook
6. Start Another Round
7. My Demons Can’t Sleep
8. Gaia
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