Meaningless, by The Bleak Picture

Meaningless

by The Bleak Picture

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1.	Prisoner of Your Own Sins 10:43	buy track
2.	Meaningless Nonsense 05:33	buy track
3.	Misguided (Fortuna´s Hand) 06:49	buy track
4.	Stained 05:46	buy track
5.	Truth Divided 04:51	buy track
6.	Lights of July 05:19	buy track
7.	Broken Balance 04:13	buy track

about

Finnish dark doom death metal duo 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.

credits

released March 22, 2024

*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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