The Bleak Picture | Lights of July (Official Lyric Video)

Third single taken from Finnish dark doom death metal duo The Bleak Picture´s debut album "Meaningless", out next March 22nd via Ardua Music.
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The Bleak Picture was founded in 2021 as a side project of Jussi Hänninen (Autumnfall/Fall of the Leafe) and Tero Ruohonen (also vocalist at Autumnfall). Their first promo was written, recorded and digitally released the same year with a follow up CD/Vinyl version in 2022, with the addition of real drums.
They didn’t stop there but begun work on their debut album ”Meaningless” and finally, after what feels like an eternity, the album will be released in March 22nd 2024 by Ardua Music on CD and on all major digital platforms.
Bleak and desolate, without forgetting beautiful melodies, THE BLEAK PICTURE dives deep into murky waters that can also be called melodic death doom metal.
The band’s doomy riffage borders on death metal heaviness, but the music manages to escape from the shallows of repetitiveness continuing in the atmospheric groove traced by the band's acclaimed first EP, with greater emphasis on dark melodies that wrap the songs in a cosmic shroud of stars. The vocal lines frequently alternate registers, offering haunted wailing cleans, catchier verses and dread-filled death calls. The sound is instantly familiar with nods to the ‘90s, but never sounds retro or like mere homage.
For fans of old Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Dolorian, Swallow the Sun, Counting Hours or Killing Joke.
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LYRICS
Reason lost
In immaculate visions
The lights of July shine bright
Around in circles they go
Left untouched but cursed by many
Dialogue of the doomed misunderstood
Far beyond the horizon
Reaching the verdict of innocence
The glow of crimson aura
A sermon held for those in the deep
Buried in the shackles of mortality
The origin of our beliefs
The die was cast one too many times
Fear of the unknown, unlocking failure’s door
Sinking in the gray
Haze overcomes reason
The lights of July dim
Unresolved questions
The lights of July die
Haze overcomes reason
This burning inside
Reached the verdict of innocence
A sermon was held for those in the deep
Good riddance to us
See salvation go up in flames
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*Written, composed and recorded between the years 2021-2022 at BST Audio by J.Hänninen
*Vocals recorded in 2023 at TS-Audio by T.Salovuori.
*Drums played and recorded at The Nawetta by O.Pirkkanen.
*Mixed and mastered by O.Pirkkanen at The Nawetta in 2023.
The Bleak Picture are:
Jussi Hänninen: music, instruments
Tero Ruohonen: lyrics, vocals
Drums by O.Pirkkanen.
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Great track. The Bleak Picture doesn't disappoint.