Cyprus Heavy Metal band Receiver, in collaboration with Heavy Blog is Heavy, has premiered “Trespasser,” a track from forthcoming debut album, Whispers of Lore.
Receiver is set to release Whispers of Lore, on CD, vinyl, and digital formats via Gates of Hell Records on November 10.
The debut offering from Cyprus pure heavy metal band Receiver, Whispers of Lore is a climatic, melody-dominated adventure for the ages! It is epic metal collides with folk and NWOBHM in an album stocked with fantasy
and allegory!
Formed in 2011 in Nicosia, Cyprus, Receiver has made it its mission to deliver pure heavy, epic metal with a dose of folk influences. The band honors legends such as Iron Maiden, Warlord, Manilla Road, Omen, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven’s Gate, Riot, Savatage and Saracen, but also the traditional music of the island of Cyprus and folk from around the world such as The Dubliners and Sandy Denny. This unique blend has culminated in Receiver’s long-awaited debut album, Whispers of Lore.
Recorded in Athens, Greece, at Entasis Studios with Nick Papakostas (who also mixed and mastered the record), Whispers of Lore features a striking, memorable array of songs, graced with the soaring clean vocals of Nikoletta Kyprianou and backed by sterling guitar melodies. Perhaps the real beauty of Whispers of Lore is Receiver’s uncanny ability to seamlessly underpin progressive rock and the sounds of NWOBHM into a compact, but adventurous nine songs.
Lyric-wise Receiver addresses the ills of humanity: social injustice, imperialism and the vein, nefarious degradation of the human condition that is war. Through fantasy and allegory, Receiver expresses these concerns, sailing on a voyage of battle and lore.
Whispers of Lore’s cover art was created by Nikoletta and is loosely based on the setting of some of the album’s songs, namely “Whispers of Lore” and “Prowess and Decay.” The goal for Nikoletta and her bandmates was to create a cover that provided the aesthetic of each song being a lore, a story for the listener to explore — as if reading a book.
Whispers of Lore is a worldly, bold trip into the hearts and minds of a band who is just scratching the surface of its creative potential. The time is now to immerse yourself in the world of Receiver — a classic metal band unlike
any other!
any other!
