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Wednesday, April 2nd 2008
Into Eternity Reveals The Details Surrounding Their First Conceptual Effort
For proof that from great suffering comes great art, look no further
than INTO ETERNITY founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth.
Much as he drew inspiration from his mother’s passing when writing the
band’s critically acclaimed 2006 release, The Scattering Of Ashes, Roth
again found the strength and resilience to turn negatives into positives
on the “extreme progressive metal” band’s forthcoming release, The
Incurable Tragedy.
INTO ETERNITY’s first concept album, The Incurable Tragedy was inspired
by the deaths of Roth’s two best friends, brothers who succumbed to
cancer within two months of one another. To make matters worse, when the
band began demoing new material shortly after the completion of the
Scattering tour — a star-making year of shows that saw the band perform
alongside such internationally renowned acts as Dream Theater, Lamb of
God, Megadeth, Opeth, Arch Enemy, The Haunted and Dark Tranquillity —
Roth’s father was diagnosed with cancer as well. Showing no mercy, the
disease claimed his life last year, just 10 days before Christmas.
Roth channeled his emotions into a moving and riveting album, due out on
Century Media Records this summer. This spring, however, the band will
take a break from the studio to tour throughout North America with
like-minded progressive metal shredders Symphony X. That trek will be
followed by the band’s first tour of Japan, where they will perform
alongside At The Gates, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mayhem and Pig
Destroyer at the prestigious “Extreme The Dojo” festivals.
To tide fans over until the release of The Incurable Tragedy, the band
has posted on their MySpace (www.myspace.com/officialintoeternity) an
unmastered rough mix of a brand new song, “Diagnosis Terminal,” which
they will perform live at each of their spring concerts (see below for
dates). The track is classic INTO ETERNITY, featuring a heavy groove,
stop-on-a-dime time changes, reflective lyrics, a memorable chorus, a
string-shredding solo, and vocals that range from guttural growls to
soaring harmonies.
“‘Diagnosis Terminal’ is one of the heaviest songs on the new record,”
Roth says. “The song started with a chorus I had written. Justin
(Bender, guitars) then sent me a MP3 demo of a few killer riffs he had,
and the song was born. The key I had my chorus in didn’t match the pitch
of his new riffs, so that’s how we came up with the idea of having the
same chorus, but in two different keys. I think it sounds clever now,
but it was actually just a mistake!
“The whole song has some wacked-out time changes, but we tried to make
it all sound as smooth as we could,” he continues. “It’s tough to make
off-time riffs sound natural, but that is the fun of playing in a
progressive metal band. I really enjoy the interlude in the middle and
the end of the song. On the new record, we have a few riffs in 9/8 and
the main solo in ‘Diagnosis’ is a good example of that.
“After we finished up the music, Stu (Block, vocals) came in and wrote
all the melodies and lyrics, and the song ‘Diagnosis Terminal’ was born.
The whole band was involved in this song, and I’m really happy with the
way it all turned out.”
More information on The Incurable Tragedy will be revealed at
www.myspace.com/officialintoeternity and www.intoeternity.net in the
coming weeks.
INTO ETERNITY
Headlining Shows
04/03 The Penny Arcade – Rochester, NY
w/Symphony X, Epica
04/04 Middle East – Cambridge, MA
04/05 Nokia Theater – New York, NY
04/06 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
04/08 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC
04/09 Medley – Montreal, QC
04/10 Embassy – London, ON
04/11 The Opera House – Toronto, ON
04/12 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
04/13 The Pearl Room – Mokena, IL
04/16 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
04/17 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
04/18 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
04/19 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
04/20 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
04/22 The Coach House – San Juan Capistrano, CA
04/23 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
04/25 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
04/26 Meridian – Houston, TX
04/27 Ridglea Theater – Fort Worth, TX
04/29 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
04/30 The State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL
05/01 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
05/02 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
05/03 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA