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Remember Corelia? Formerly Corellia, but changed due to legal reasons?

I remember us being pretty impressed, and then I listened to their new track “Treetops,” and I remembered why!

Treetops by Corelia

It’s been a while since I read anything about or heard anything from them about their debut album Nostalgia, but it seems they have indeed been busy. In a recent update on the Sevenstring.org forums, guitarist Chris Dower revealed they’ve been taking their time to make sure everything is ready before announcing a release date.

The astute djentlemen amongst you may have noticed what commenter NotGoingViral clearly has – Spencer Sotelo of Periphery. Apparently he used to be their singer, and whether or not this will make the final cut I don’t know, but I would assume so – it’s an awesome cameo (if you like him, which Jimmy and I certainly do).

Dower also mentioned a tentative tracklisting, which has changed in recent months, so this order is speculative, but:

01. Treetops
02. Aviation
03. The Sound of Glaciers Moving
04. Red Sky Harbor
05. Glass Faces
06. Mute Swan
07. Blood Petals

Keep up to date with happenings on their Facebook page, which includes a link to a number of tabs. Sweet!

- CG

So apparently Chris Baretto quit Haunted Shores, making the project an instrumental duo featuring Mark Holcomb and Misha Mansoor with a revolving door of guest vocalists to appear on the upcoming album. The list so far includes quite a few people that are to be obviously expected. Here’s the list so far:

Casey Sabol (Ex-Periphery)

Spencer Sotelo (Periphery)

Jesse Leach (ex-Killswitch Engage, Empire Shall Fall)

Daniel Tompkins (Tesseract)

Elliot Coleman (Sky Eats Airplane)

Greg Pope (Monuments)

Scott Quigley (This Time It’s War)

Patrick Purves (Life on Repeat)

Ryan Devlin (Corellia)

Javi Perera

There are a couple of more to be announced. Some vocalists are expected to do a couple of songs, with some songs featuring multiple vocalists.

This weekend, Haunted Shores gave a preview of the new material complete with vocals in the way of “Passenger,” featuring Spencer Sotelo. The song is simply awesome and shows Spencer’s growth as a vocalist since Periphery‘s debut dropped. The difference is noticeable! This will be a great release for sure.

Check out “Passenger” via MySpace. I’m excited!

- JR

I, Omega

Formerly know as The Syncope Threshold, this group from Upland, CA changed their name to I, Omega back in January of this past year. They play a progressive and technical brand of metal in the same vein as I Am Abomination, Protest The Hero, and Corellia, although they can sometimes have more of a punky feel to their music. They released one album under their old name last year, titled Tale Of The Complex Circuit and I think it’s a pretty nice piece of work. I’ll go ahead and say that some people will probably hate this band because of the vocals; they may take some getting used to but I’ve grown to enjoy the vocals of front man Joseph Garcia. Anyways, if you enjoy listening to any of the bands I mentioned above then be sure to check I, Omega out on myspace. Also, here is one of my favorite tracks from Tale Of The Complex Circuit:

(The quality of this video is kind of crappy but it’s better on the actual album)

-PM

How am I just now hearing about Corellia? This is right up my alley!

So who are Corellia exactly? Think intensely melodic progressive metal on par with the likes of Haunted Shores, Periphery, and Protest The Hero. If you’re into catchy vocal hooks with your metal, then this is where you should turn your attention to for the time being.

The band just posted a new song called “Glass Faces,” which comes off of their upcoming EP. The vocals might take some getting used to, as I know is the case with Periphery for a lot of you guys, but the 80′s metal sounding melody and delivery in the song’s chorus is too catchy to hate. Unless you’re a bad person, of course.

Their similarities with Periphery don’t end in the music however, as Matt Murphy is producing their EP. This is the same Matt Murphy that produced the vocals for Periphery’s debut. Small world! I’m keeping my eye on this band for sure.

Enjoy this picture of epic prog I’m painting? Check out Corellia on MySpace.

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