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ARDUINI / BALICH “Dawn Of Ages” available on BANDCAMP!

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Feb 24, 2017 is the official release-date for ARDUINI /BALICH debut album “Dawn Of Ages” and, as it usually happens with all our releases, is now available for streaming on BANDCAMP!
You have heard our promotional rants, read praises, criticism… now it’s time to form your opinion  and support the band if you like!

“A well-balanced and significant mixture!” – Rock Hard (GER), 8/10, Soundcheck Pos. 4 / Dynamit!
“Fans of heavy and slightly progressive Doom can’t pass ‘Dawn Of Ages’!” – Powermetal.de (GER), 9/10, Soundcheck Pos. 2
“Enthralling songwriting!” – Deaf Forever (GER), 9/10
“A genre highlight of 2017!” – Legacy (GER), 12/15
“Heavy riffs, powerful voice! This combines classic Heavy Metal with progressive edges and authentic Doom!” – Aardschok (NL)
“Wow! This year starts brilliant!” – Rock Tribune (BE), 9/10
“If you like your Metal with a doom riddled attitude and approach, spiced up with progressive dashes and a healthy dose of good, time-honoured Heavy Metal, then you simply MUST check out Arduini/Balich!” – Ave Noctum (UK), 8/10
“Good epic doom with great vocals!” – Musikansich (GER)
“Monumental!” – Dioses Del Metal (E)
“Fascinating!” – Mega Metal (GER), 8,5/10
“Strong melodies and well composed riffs!” – Scream Magazine (NO), 5/6
“A complex and appealing album!” – Spark Magazine (CZ), 5,5/6
“An excellent hybrid that combines US power, doom and progressive metal! Brilliant and timeless!” – Disagreement.net (LU), 8/10
“This album is a must-have for fans of Progressive Doom!” – Musika (BE), 90/100
“A powerful project! An offspring of While Heaven Wept, Fates Warning and Dio-Black Sabbath might be called ARDUINI/BALICH!” – Strike Magazine (GER), 9/10 

ARDUINI / BALICH: “Dawn Of Ages” pre-orders open!

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AB-fb-advWe are excited to announce that the pre-orders of the ARDUINI/BALICH “Dawn Of Ages” release open today (click on the image)

“Dawn Of Ages” is available in a deluxe 6-panel (glossy) digipak with 12-page booklet and a wonderful Double LP edition on blue/white splatter vinyl with 3 bonus tracks, 4-page insert and download card!

An 8-minute teaser has been released as well, featuring parts of each song on the release (except for the vinyl-only bonus tracks).

httpv://youtu.be/aO_FC1R30Wk

The high-standard quality delivered by the combination of two such strong individuals as Victor Arduini and Brian Balich makes “Dawn Of Ages” one of Cruz Del Sur most ambitious releases, as the two really granted this album all their enthusiasm and skills. We’re glad that such efforts have been acknowledged by the medias that are so far praising the album ravishing words such as the following:

“Heavy riffs, powerful voice! This combines classic Heavy Metal with progressive edges and authentic Doom!” – Aardschok (NL)

“There is an almost a ‘Wall of Sound’ created by textured guitars and vocals. Definitely a dark and doomy vibe throughout.” – Progressive Power

“A powerful project! An offspring of While Heaven Wept, Fates Warning and Dio-Black Sabbath might be called ARDUINI/BALICH!” – Strike Magazine (GER), 9/10 

“This is one of those debuts that unexpectedly catches you by surprise, but above all for the quality that treasures” – Metal Brothers, 9/10

“Firmly at the forefront of the progressive doom subgenre.” 8/10 – Hellbound.ca

“Big-riff, big-melody, big-voice epic doom metal. A wonderful triumph.” – Metal Bulletin Zine

“If I had to describe it in one word: Monumental.” – Tradicion Metalica

“Giants of the progressive heavy metal scene.” – JP’s Music Blog

 

An official video release of the opener “The Fallen” will be unleashed next week.

DAWN OF AGES TRACKLIST:

The Fallen
Forever Fade
Into Exile
The Wraith
Beyond The Barricade
The Gates Of Acheron
Sunrise (URIAH HEEP) – VINYL BONUS TRACK
Wolf Of Velvet Fortune (BEAU BRUMMELS) – VINYL BONUS TRACK
After All (The Dead) (BLACK SABBATH) -VINYL BONUS TRACK

ARDUINI / BALICH: “Dawn Of Ages” to be released Feb 24, 2017

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“DOOM LADEN PROGRESSIVE WALL OF METAL”!

Sounds like the perfect definition of ARDUINI / BALICH’s debut album “Dawn of Ages” which will be released on Cruz Del Sur Music on Feb 24, 2017.

ARDUINI/BALICH is the result of two very powerful figures in their own right of the metal scene. VICTOR ARDUINI needs no introduction being one of the founding members of FATES WARNING, same can be said for BRIAN “BUTCH” BALICH, the mighty voice of ARGUS.

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The story goes back in time to the end of 2013 when Arduini put a final word to his experience with FREEDOMS REIGN. Victor needed more freedom to express his creativity, feeling his ideas weren’t much fitting into the style of FR anymore. “At that time I was at a creative peak. It seemed like I wrote new riffs every day which seemed heavier and darker than anything I’ve done before. They were becoming more intricate and challenging which fueled my passion to see how far I could take them. I was really close to the whole process and soon realized it had to be a project where I could have complete artistic control and produce an album that represented who I am as an artist, guitarist and musician.”(Victor Arduini)

In search of musicians who could get along with this challenge, Victor recruited Freedoms Reign’s drummer Chris Judge and was on the lookout for a singer when his path crossed with Butch who had recently shared stages with him. “I truly feel Brian’s vocals are some of the best he’s ever done. It’s like when Dio went from Rainbow to Sabbath. Same voice but new music around it inspired new melodies and gave a different presentation. While it took longer than both of us expected for many reasons we reached the finish line and are both very proud of the music and our collaboration together. It is truly a joint collaboration and we hope our fans will enjoy what they hear.”(Victor Arduini)

“Dawn Of Ages” is one of the most ambitious records ever released on Cruz Del Sur Music.
A monumental piece of music on the level of WHILE HEAVEN WEPT or ATLANTEAN KODEX’s releases (to name two Cruz Del Sur recording artists). A rollercoaster of emotions, an album that captures the collisions of two worlds, progressive and doom. The final result is a really amazing journey inside human soul. Through six original compositions that last for more than an hour, the audience will be captured and hypnotized by the eclectically familiar Victor’s guitar melodies empowered by Butch’s passionate interpretation.
Indeed “Dawn of Ages” is an album that could have been easily recorded in the mid/late 70s for the total dedication that transpires through each and every note of it. It is not an album that wants to please any old or new trend in metal, rather an intimate expression of two musicians who have always put their passion for heavy music before anything else.
“Dawn Of Ages” will be released in a deluxe 6-panel digipack embellished by a wonderful, original Michael Cowell’s (Alunah) artwork.
The vinyl version will be released in a gatefold colored vinyl double LP with three incredible cover songs as a bonus. URIAH HEEP’s “Sunrise”, BEAU BRUMMELS’ “Wolf Of Velvet Fortune” and BLACK SABBATH’s “After All (The Dead) .