Out Now! Shores Of Null's Melancholic Doom Continues On Their Fourth Album “The Loss Of Beauty” + EU Tour w/ Swallow The Sun, Draconian, Avatarium
"The Loss of Beauty" is Shores Of Null’s fourth album and follows the acclaimed “Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)”, unanimously considered by fans and critics as one of the Doom Metal gems of recent years. Both albums were recorded between 2019 and early 2020, and although "The Loss of Beauty" was initially conceived as the band’s third album, ‘Beyond The Shores’ took its place as it better reflected the doom and gloom sentiment of the 'annus horribilis' 2020.
Across 11 tracks (plus two bonus tracks), Shores Of Null once again submerges listeners with tempestuous and turbulent riffs. The band continues to hone its sound and take its melancholic dark metal to new heights by mastering an assorted palette of genres with inbred poignancy. The lyrics celebrate beauty in imperfection and transience and are meant to be an invitation to seek beauty in little things, especially those unexpected and ephemeral.
"Those who follow Shores Of Null from the very beginning know that our influences touch many genres, and I think those who loved ‘Quiescence’ and ‘Black Drapes For Tomorrow’ won’t be disappointed. Actually, I consider ‘The Loss Of Beauty’ to be the natural evolution of those records, while ‘Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)’ represents a slight detour from the main road, a quite successful experiment in which we gave vent to our most dark and dramatic side, focusing exclusively on gothic/death/doom metal, almost funereal at times. Those who have known us with ‘Beyond The Shores’ might find ‘The Loss Of Beauty’ a bit different, faster in tempos but still very gloomy and melancholic, so I’m pretty confident the album will be well received by fans in general." adds vocalist Davide Straccione.
Dark and heavy, tinged with feelings of despair, “The Loss Of Beauty” is now out as of March 24th, 2023, and recommended for fans of Swallow The Sun, Borknagar, and Paradise Lost.
Album Stream:
YouTube - https://youtu.be/vWOcwJYjhq8
Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3ZckbMW
Album order (Digital, CD, Vinyl) - https://linktr.ee/thelossofbeauty
Music Videos:
“Nothing Left To Burn” - https://youtu.be/wuP14Dgx4F4
“The Last Flower” - https://youtu.be/W_LV8-Mz8qA
“My Darkest Years” - https://youtu.be/DUgQC52vyOY
“Destination Woe” - https://youtu.be/_Qc7i8Zshu8
Shores Of Null European tour with Swallow The Sun, Draconian and Avatarium in April/May 2023: https://www.shoresofnull.com/tour
02/04/2023 - Parkteatret - Oslo (NO)
04/04/2023 - Pumpehuset - Copenhagen (DK)
05/04/2023 - HeadCrash - Hamburg (DE)
06/04/2023 - Doornroosje - Nijmegen (NL)
07/04/2023 - Het Entrepot - Brugge (BE)
08/04/2023 - Rebellion - Manchester (UK)
09/04/2023 - Slay - Glasgow (UK)
10/04/2023 - Limelight 2 - Belfast (UK)
11/04/2023 - Whelan's - Dublin (IRE)
12/04/2023 - The Underworld - London (UK)
13/04/2023 - Essigfabrik - Köln (DE)
14/04/2023 - Matrix - Bochum (DE)
15/04/2023 - Colos-Saal - Aschaffenburg (DE)
16/04/2023 - Im Wizemann - Stuttgart (DE)
17/04/2023 - Le Grillen - Colmar (FR)
18/04/2023 - Backstage - Paris (FR)
19/04/2023 - Le Ferrailleur - Nantes (FR)
20/04/2023 - Le Rex - Toulouse (FR)
21/04/2023 - Story Live - Madrid (ES)
22/04/2023 - Sala Bóveda - Barcelona (ES)
23/04/2023 - Secret Place - Montpellier (FR)
24/04/2023 - CCO Villeurbanne - Lyon (FR)
25/04/2023 - Legend Club - Milan (IT)
26/04/2023 - Orto Bar - Ljubljana (SLO)
27/04/2023 - Schüür - Luzern (CH)
28/04/2023 - Undertown - Meyrin (CH)
29/04/2023 - Caves du Manoir - Martigny (CH)
30/04/2023 - Backstage - Munich (DE)
01/05/2023 - Barba Negra - Budapest (HU)
02/05/2023 - Viper Room - Vienna (AT)
03/05/2023 - Futurum - Prague (CZ)
04/05/2023 - Hole44 - Berlin (DE)
05/05/2023 - Drizzly Grizzly - Gdansk (PL)
06/05/2023 - Klub Łącznik - Wrocław (PL)
07/05/2023 - UT Connewitz - Leipzig (DE)
Track Listing:
1. Transitory - 1:20
2. Destination Woe - 4:52
3. The Last Flower - 4:59
4. Darkness Won't Take Me - 4:14
5. Nothing Left To Burn - 4:55
6. Old Scars - 4:23
7. The First Son - 2:17
8. A Nature In Disguise - 6:26
9. My Darkest Years - 4:56
10. Fading As One - 5:19
11. A New Death Is Born - 4:54
Album Length: 48:40
Bonus Tracks (CD and digital only)
12. Underwater Oddity - 4:18
13. Blazing Sunlight - 1:57
Shores Of Null is:
Davide Straccione - Vocals
Gabriele Giaccari - Guitars
Raffaele Colace - Guitars
Matteo Capozucca - Bass
Emiliano Cantiano - Drums
For more info: Spikerot.com | Shoresofnull.com | Facebook.com/shoresofnull | Instagram.com/shoresofnull | Twitter.com/shoresofnull
About: Shores of Null stand out from their contemporaries with their ability to blend seemingly disparate elements into their sound, overwhelmingly heavy and soothing at the same time: blackened aggression stands alongside gothic-doom sections without either sounding out of place. Their music can be both melancholic yet majestic, made of chorale-like guitar textures across the instrument’s entire range, sustained by a powerful rhythmic section and punctuated by a refined mixture of clean and growled vocals, along with extensive use of pleasing vocal harmonies which have become the band’s trademark through the years.
The Rome-based metal band has been an unwavering presence within the metal underground since their musical outset in 2013, churning out three impressive records: the melodic and somber “Quiescence” (Candlelight, 2014), the darker and more complex “Black Drapes For Tomorrow” (Candlelight/Spinefarm, 2017), and finally their most ambitious work to date “Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)” (Spikerot Records, 2020), a 38-minute long opus which continues to prove the band’s willingness to go off the beaten path while creating their ultimate doom manifesto.
The band’s fourth album "The Loss Of Beauty", recorded during the same sessions of “Beyond The Shores”, is expected to be released in March of 2023.
"Once again, Shores of Null continue to impress with yet another slab of high-quality doom/death that seems the quintet on an upwards trajectory. Their “Alice in Chains gone doom” recipe needs no repairing, thank you kindly, and while they’ve been around for nearly a decade, it’s still exciting to see where they go from here, because it still feels like The Loss of Beauty is hinting at even greater things to come. Add this to your overcast morning breakfast coffee moments, or your sunny afternoon chillout sessions." - Angry Metal Guy
"With The Loss of Beauty, Shores of Null have released a hot contender for my album of the year, which I can warmly recommend to every fan of melancholic metal with doom, gothic, melodic death and black metal influences! I give this masterpiece the highest grade!" - Soundmagnet Magazin
"I highly recommend spending a quiet hour listening to the record with headphones." - Powermetal.de
"It is a highly entertaining set of songs that comes together well nonetheless and leads to an emotional impact upon the listener. Fans of melancholic doom metal will find a lot to like here." - Metal Bite
"with this new work, the Shores Of Null have shown all their majestic talent: The Loss Of Beauty is an album that mixes evil and joy, clarity and impurity, melodies and distortions with extreme dexterity. An album that will attract you thanks to its enchanting idyllic and romantic scores but which will make you unleash as soon as the rough and atrocious parts come into play: a record capable of transporting the interlocutor into a mystical and fairy environment but simultaneously unhealthy and distressing. Nothing to add: listen to them and I'm sure you will have yourselves confirmed everything I said!" - Metal Wave
""The Loss Of Beauty" has not lost its beautiful melodies And it is exactly this mix that SHORES OF NULL keep to the end of the album... “The Loss Of Beauty” convinces by far Stretches through its refreshing heterogeneity. Straccione's very strong vocal performance does the rest." - Metal.de
"The Loss Of Beauty offers melancholic dark metal with a wide range of influences, from gothic metal to doom metal to melodic black/death metal. With frequent use of clean vocals and deep growls. A must for fans of Paradise Lost, Amorphis and Enslaved." - Metalogy
