Edmonton’s power-influenced Progressive Melodic Death Metal band VALYRIA released new EP “Into The Dying of Time”

Influenced by Wintersun, The Faceless, Dragonforce, Blind Guardian and Omnium Gatherum, VALYRIA describes their sound as “dramatic, complex, uplifting, emotional, technical” something their fans will be able to hear on their new EP “Into The Dying of Time”, which features such soon-to-be-classics as “Steel Inquisition”, “Tome of The Shattered Vessels”, “Of Sky and Sea”, “The Crossing” and “Floating World”.

The band comments:

“We have spent the better part of a year arranging and recording the music and it has been a very long but rewarding process. All four of us combined our influences and styles into something that we are truly proud of. For those about to hear ‘Steel Inquisition’, it is a fast technical melodic death metal track with a strong power metal chorus and an epic conclusion designed to get the crowd moving and start things off with a bang. It is also an updated recording of its 2016 demo version. It features entirely new vocal tracks, slight differences in composition, and a new mix and master. The song is a retelling of Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy novel ‘Mistborn’, with a particular focus on the character Kelsier and his actions in creating a legend to lead a revolution through sacrifice.”

Album Title: Into The Dying of Time
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Label: Self-Release

Track Listing:
1. The Final Empire (Intro) (0:52)
2. Steel Inquisition (6:17)
3. Tome of Shattered Vessels (5:58)
4. Of Sky and Sea (6:35)
5. The Crossing (5:38)
6. Floating World (4:26)
7. Into the Dying of Time (Outro) (2:02)
EP Length: 31:51

EP Credits:
– All songs written and performed by Valyria
– Mixed by: Diego Fernandez ( Oracle Studios)
– Mastered by: Mika Jussila ( FinnVox Studios)
– Album Artwork by: Ipoet Poetra – Five Miligrams Designs
– Photograph: Graham Charles
– Album Layout- Dan Wilberg

Album Band Line Up:
Cam Dakus: Bass, Lead Vocals
Jeremy Puffer- Guitar, Vocals, Guitar and Bass Recording
Andrew Traynor- Guitar, Vocals
Mitchell Stykalo- Drums, Vocals
Diego Fernandez- Vocal Recording, Vocal Production, Mixing; Guest Vocals on “Tome of Shattered Vessels”.
Mika Jussila- Mastering
Mike Burton- Orchestral Production
Terry Paholek- Drum Recording and Drum Production (Physics Lab Studios)

Live Band Line Up:
Jeremy Puffer- Guitar and Vocals
Cam Dakus- Bass and Lead Vocals
Andrew Traynor- Guitar and Vocals
Mitchell Stykalo- Drums

Discography:
– 2018 – Into The Dying Of Time (EP)
– 2016 – Steel Inquisition (Single)
– 2014 – Collatus (EP)

Shared Stage with:
Insomnium, Nekrogoblikon, Archspire, Unleash the Archers, Mongol, Villainizer, Omnium Gatherum, Death Toll Rising, Act of Defiance, Plague Bringer, Protosequence, Accostal

Tour and Festivals:
2018 – Hyperspace Metal Festival- Vancouver
2017 – Oh Fuck Yeah, Bud Tour w/ Accostal (Journeyman Productions)
2017 – Shredmonton- Edmonton
2015 – Farmageddon Open Air – Ryley, AB

With the world becoming a darker place by the day, we need more metal bands that deal in Realistic Escapism; that is escapism that draws from events in the real world (see Joseph Campbell’s seminal ‘Hero With A Thousand Faces’ for more) and helps the listeners cope heroically with their own daily battles. The aural equivalent of the work of George R.R. Martin!

Indeed, Alberta power-influenced progressive death metal band Valyria take their name from the works of the aforementioned Martin.

As the band explain. “Valyria is a ruined city in the world of Essos, the world in which George R.R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Fire and Ice’ takes place. Valyria is a city of wonderment, magic and untold power. The aesthetic Martin creates within his novels is a similar atmosphere to that we as a band try to conjure with our music.”

Influenced by Wintersun, The Faceless, Dragonforce, Blind Guardian and Omnium Gatherum, Valyria describes their sound as “dramatic, complex, uplifting, emotional, technical” something their fans will be able to hear on their new EP ‘Into the Dying of Time’, which features such soon-to-be-classics as ‘Steel Inquisition, ‘Tome of the Shattered Vessels’, ‘Of Sky and Sea’, ‘The Crossing’ and ‘Floating World’.

Valyria are stoked for their fans to hear their new album. “We have spent the better part of a year arranging and recording the music and it has been a very long but rewarding process. All four of us combined our influences and styles into something that we are truly proud of.”

Live, Valyria intend to transport their fans to another dimension. “We have an epic atmosphere that we hope will immerse the audience into the worlds that influence our lyrics…We hope our fans can escape from the chaos of everyday life and lose themselves within these musical stories and the feelings they represent.”

Valyria’s forthcoming EP “Into The Dying The Time” will be released on May 18, 2018. and available for pre-order on Bandcamp here.

Valyria is:

Jeremy Puffer- Guitar and Vocals

Cam Dakus- Bass and Lead Vocals

Andrew Traynor- Guitar and Vocals

Mitchell Stykalo- Drums

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