Tomorrow's
Outlook are set to release their new album "Black Waves" early next
year, on their own record label, Sörvik Rock Music.
The 10-track follow-up to 2018's "A Voice Unheard" is mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth (Avantasia/Masters Of Ceremony) and includes the second single, "Silver Ghost".
The
concept behind the song:
In the year 1905, Hanna was a hard-working northern Norwegian woman whose
husband had tragically just passed away. She took on his duties as lightkeeper
at Steglholmen near Gressholman, the old trade centre in Vågsfjorden south of
Harstad. For more than 20 years she dutifully kept the light shining, guiding
the ships safely past her post and on their way. The light was often exposed to
the harshest of weather, but the job was an important one for more than one
reason – the homestead they had bought when her beloved husband was still alive
must be paid for, so the money was needed.
The work was challenging, both physically and mentally. Crossing
the dark, stormy sea in a small rowboat, that’s one thing. Another was the
ever-present knowledge that once upon a time, this was the place of execution
for three murderers whose remains were mounted on stakes and left there until
time and nature had done away with them. As the black waves beat her boat and
the wind howled at her light, she often glimpsed their horrific spectres
beneath the foamy sea. But Hanna remained a brave and dutiful human, and she
stood ever firm in the face of these trials.
Black Waves is a concept album based
on real events from the coastal region surrounding the Gressholman peninsula,
stretching from 1748 to the early 1900s. We hear the deeply shocking story of a
brutal double murder which shook a small community, and also about a once vital
and important trading post which met its ultimate end in a fire centuries
later. The stories are mostly told through the eyes of the people involved,
whose stories are guided by the superstitions, fears, and beliefs native to the
northern part of Norway.
Tomorrow's
Outlook is based in northern Norway and is one of the most hardworking and
aspiring bands in their region.
The
band uses the term Arctic heavy metal to describe its music, which is heavily
influenced by their homeland both in its somewhat gloomy sound and lyrical
themes.
After
15 years as a studio project, core members and songwriting partners Trond
Nicolaisen, Andreas Stenseth and Øystein Kvile Hanssen decided to take it to
the next level and form an actual band. They completed the lineup with singer
Tony Johannessen (Thunderbolt), drummer Owe Lingvall (Nocturnal Rites) and
guitarist Valentino Francavilla (White Skull).
‘Black
Waves’ track listing:
Eventide
Oceans
of Sadness
Black
Hearts and Roses in Snow
Black
Waves
Silver
Ghost
Wait
for the Sun
Lament
of the Damned
When
Falls the Axe
The
Monument
The
Calm (Aria cover)
The
lyric video for Silver Ghost was created by Stereo 27 Productions. The live
footage was shot at The Gressholman Festival by Aktiv Events. All concepts by
Tomorrow's Outlook.
Additionally, Rado Javor, who created previous works for the band,
including 2018's "A Voice Unheard", provided the record’s magnificent
artwork.
