It is the year 1895 (or 2015 if you prefer). The mysterious gentlemen's club of A FOREST OF STARS publicizes its fourth opus in the current format of a phonograph cylinder: "Beware The Sword You Cannot See", set for North American release on March 3rd via Lupus Lounge (a division of Prophecy Productions).
With this offering, A FOREST OF STARS make good on the promise given on its predecessor, 2012's "A Shadowplay For Yesterdays". The compositions are more adventurous and bold, more eccentric and progressive, yet still melodic and accessible like never before. Conceptually, A FOREST OF STARS likewise hark back to older issues and develop them further.
Whereas "A Shadowplay For Yesterdays" depicted moral decay based on an individual fate, "Beware The Sword You Cannot See" transfers the topics of demise and insanity into metaphysical spheres. Accordingly, the sound alchemists' music becomes more universal. The new album's track listing is as follows:
01. "Drawing Down The Rain"
02. "Hive Mindless"
03. "A Blaze Of Hammers"
04. "Virtus Sola Invicta"
05. "Proboscis Master Versus The Powdered Seraphs"
06. "Part I: Mindslide"
07. "Part II: Have You Got A Light, Boy?"
08. "Part III: Perdurabo"
09. "Part IV: An Automaton Adrift"
10. "Part V: Lowly Worm"
11. "Part VI: Let There Be No Light"
Source: www.Prophecy.De