CIRCUS MAXIMUS will release their highly anticipated fourth album, “Havoc” on March 18th, 2016 via Frontiers Music SRL. The band recently completed work on a video for the song “Remember”. The video is available for streaming below.
Check out the first song to be released from “Havoc” “The Weight” HERE. The second song released, which is the title track, can be heard HERE. "Pages" the third track from “Havoc” can be streamed HERE.
“Havoc” is available for pre-order in both physical and digital formats via Amazon and iTunes. There is both a standard and a deluxe edition. The deluxe features a bonus studio track as well as live recording of a performance from Japan in 2012. All digital pre-orders receive of the album receive an instant download of “The Weight”, “Havoc”, “Pages” and “Remember”.
“Havoc” will most certainly make a huge impact on the Progressive Metal scene. The band’s musical formula is not easy to pull off: jaw-dropping musicianship, singer Michael Eriksen with a voice from the heavens put together with hooks, anthemic melodies, and enough groove and heavy riffing to satisfy any Prog Metal fan, and you've got the CIRCUS MAXIMUS sound.
Musically the band offers the usual mixture of very heavy moments intertwined with extremely accessible melodies. Songs like “Pages”, the opener “The Weight”, “After The Fire” and “Remember” show the full range of the CIRCUS MAXIMUS sound. The album has very heavy songs (“Havoc”) and slow and melodic moments (“Loved Ones”) too.
The re-defining sound, the songwriting and the clever production, highlights the band as one of the leading, original Progressive-Metal bands around. It's early yet, but “Havoc” is an absolute contender for Top Albums of 2016, transcending the boundaries and subgenres of Hard, Progressive and Metal music. It is just that good.
“Havoc” tracklist (deluxe edition):
Disc 1:
01. “The Weight”
02. “Highest Bitter”
03. “Havoc”
04. “Pages”
05. “Flames”
06. “Loved Ones”
07. “After The Fire”
08. “Remember”
09. “Chivalry”
10. “Loath” (bonus track)
Disc 2 (Live 2012 Japan):
01. “Forging”
02. “Namaste”
03. “The One”
04. “Arrival Of Love”
05. “Abyss”
06. “Alive”
07. “Game Of Life”
08. “Last Goodbye”
“Havoc” tracklist (standard edition):
01. “The Weight”
02. “Highest Bitter”
03. “Havoc”
04. “Pages”
05. “Flames”
06. “Loved Ones”
07. “After The Fire”
08. “Remember”
09. “Chivalry”
CIRCUS MAXIMUS live dates:
March
15 - Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2 - Spain
16 - Madrid - Caracol - Spain
September
08 - Atlanta - ProgPowerFestival - USA
Source: www.FreemanPromotions.Com