The world of heavy music was choked into submission on April 14th, 2010, when headlines everywhere revealed that legendary goth icon Peter Steele had passed away.
#True autumn eyes full#
Thankfully it finally was able to see the light of day, and the dark of night, where fans both old and new were able to share their appreciation for the long awaited full length album.Īll For None, None For All: A Tribute to Peter Steele Fraught with an exhausting amount of personal injury related surgeries, the release of this album was constantly in peril. Please Deceive Me was without question the most difficult album for Autumns Eyes to complete, due to these dire circumstances. Many artists go through a period of trials and tribulations which test their limits, a time when all of their most aggressive inner demons begin their ultimate torment. After over a decade of honing studio skills, the Halloween inspired songs are finally given a proper home so as to ensure longevity and strength within the world of heavy music. When these songs were first conceived, the technology and skills to deliver a quality recording were drowned by limitation. Halloween and the death of Fall is a perfect time to be reminded that sometimes life ends far too slowly.Ī testament to progression over the years, Broken Leaves and Haunted Streets is a collection of instrumental songs originally written and recorded back during the bands inception in 1999. It just reminded me that life can either go by too fast, or it can end too slowly.”ĭue out on October 31st, Ending Life Slowly serves as the first full length album from Autumns Eyes since the 2012 release of Please Deceive Me. I always look at music as sonic therapy, but this was the one time where music couldn’t offer any kind of solace.
To sit and truly contemplate what it means for all things to come to an end was a sobering experience to say the least. It’s a cliche topic to write about in heavy metal music, but my approach here was focused more on the immense weight death can hold over ones shoulders. This atmosphere is what fueled the writing process for Ending Life Slowly, with death and decay surrounding every element of each track. They’re cold, stiff, bare, and knock together like bones breaking in the sky. You’re surrounded by death, and the trees no longer sway and breathe with the air. While a walk through the woods here in October can be a relaxing activity, doing the same in November carries an overwhelming sense of dread.
A time when Fall is still thriving, but where color has faded and the trees are bare as skeletons. That’s why I reached into the month of November for inspiration. Unfortunately, these themes can only be revisited every so often before it becomes repetitive. “Living in New England has always made it easy to draw from the month of October for creative inspiration with life breathing its flaming colors into all the surrounding trees. Mitchell had this to say regarding the new album… After many seasons of seclusion and intermittently hitting the studio, the recording process has finally wrapped up for the new album titled Ending Life Slowly. At the crossroad between a hallowed holiday and the cusp of a dead cold winter is where you’ll find Autumns Eyes mastermind Daniel Mitchell.