KILTER, ANDROMEDA ANARCHIA, (FOLTERKAMMER) GROWLERS CHOIR and SEVEN) SUNS’ collaborative opera, La Suspendida have revealed the next single from their upcoming album.
Librettist WILLIAM BERGER comments that “’Arguments at the Gates of Death,’ is in many ways the philosophical core of the work, presenting an impression of the conflict of all dualities (life/death, light/dark, before/after) that appear to us as opposites. This segment preserves the antiphonal ritualism of a courtroom trial, such as one that might be found along any modern border between opposing nations.”
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4daJusSCg
Led by progressive jazz metal trio KILTER’s bassist Laurent David, La Suspendida is a collaboration between musicians and artists, including KILTER’s own Kenny Grohowski (IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT), and Ed Rosenberg III, ANDROMEDA ANARCHIA (soprano), the string quartet SEVEN)SUNS, and the GROWLERS CHOIR (comprised of metal vocalists), as well as the librettist WILL BERGER. The musicality of the opera traverses multiple realms ranging from the atonal melodies of new music to the aggressive rhythms of metal.
Pre-order:
https://silentpendulumrecords.com/collections/kilter
https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-suspendida
https://evilgreed.net/collections/silent-pendulum/products/kilter-la-suspendida-2xlp
In addition, the project has announced they will play an exclusive show presented by ASM at Nublu in New York City on March 12 2024.
Purchase tickets here:
Credits:
Libretto by WILLIAM BERGER
Music by KILTER: Ed Rosenberg III, Laurent David, Kenny Grohowski
Produced by Laurent David
Maria Elena: ANDROMEDA ANARCHIA
The Choir Of The Dead: GROWLERS CHOIR
String Quartet: SEVEN)SUNS
Release Details:
Run time 81 minutes
Available in CD and Gatefold Double Vinyl Record
Track Listing:
1. Overture – Death & Transfiguration
2. Limbo – A Place with No Weather
3. Interlude – Arrival
4. Laudes Mortuorum & Roll Call of the Newly Dead
5. A Decision
6. The Ballad of María Elena
7. Arguments at the Gates of Death part 1 – You can’t drag me through your gate
8. Interlude – Innocence
9. Arguments at the Gates of Death part 2 – You don’t remember what flesh is
10. Song of the Countess
11. Interlude – Moments of Stillness
12. Arguments at the Gates of Death part 3 – The hypocrites of the light (Tutti)
13. My Corpse, Your Dungeon
14. Interlude – Climax
15. Afterglow
16. Double Call – Laudes Mortuarum Reprise and Finale
17. Lullabye