Epta Astera

The second wave of previews is here for SALIGIA – the first and last songs on the album: Superbia (pride), and Avaritia (greed). Two more songs to go, but even with only five songs completed, SALIGIA already beats Ero Cras’ playing time by a good minute, with an average song length of 7:09 so far. It promises to be a much more comprehensive album in just about every respect, and is on track for an early summer release.

Superbia

Avaritia

And since there are only two previews to speak of this time, I shall reveal the album artwork as well.

As promised, here are brief previews of three of the songs from the upcoming album SALIGIA – Acedia, Luxuria, and Gula (Sloth, Lust, and Gluttony, respectively).

Acedia

Luxuria

Gula

Hello all,
A small update about the new album: recording and mixing are going quite well, and SALIGIA is so far turning out to be miles ahead of Ero Cras. The plan is to be finished by early summer 2009, and to release the album shortly thereafter.

So far in the various songs, there have been texts from a wide variety of sources: Hildegard Von Bingen, Federico García Lorca, and John Milton have all been drawn from, as well as a good bit of self-composed text. The first audio samples will be posted soon, as well as the album cover, so stay tuned!

Epta Astera has begun recording for their second album, titled Saligia. The initial plans for the album are as follows:
-It will recombine and build upon various musical themes found in Ero Cras, while at the same time taking the band in a completely different musical direction.
-The songs will be longer, darker, heavier, more orchestral, and not as vocal-centric.
-Thematically it will focus on the Seven Deadly Sins.
Stay tuned for more news, updates, and maybe even samples as things come together.

Ero Cras is now available in FLAC Lossless format, meaning you can listen to it in full uncompressed CD quality. Head over to the Music page to download it (MP3 is still available as well).