“The Jaguar Priest”, the debut album from the international progressive metallers Universal Mind Project (UMP) will be released on April 29th, 2016 in Europe and North America through Inner Wound Recordings.
Apart from Elina Laivera (ex-Seduce The Heaven) and Henrik Bath (Darkwater), the album also includes vocal performances by Nils K Rue (Pagan's Mind), Mark Jansen (Epica, Mayan), Charlie Dominici (ex-Dream Theater) and Diego Valdez (Helker) - forming an incredibly powerful team of vocalists, each of whom add their own distinctive style to the songs.
The guest musicians that appear on the album are: Alessandro Bissa (Vision Divine), Mike LePond (Symphony X), Emanuele Casali (DGM) and Johan Reinholz (Andromeda).
In a mix of perfectly executed modern progressive/power metal combined with the unique diversity of male and female vocals that stylistically spread from lyrical and fragile to soothing and powerful, as well as the use of growl vocals at parts of the record, the debut album “The Jaguar Priest” encloses a most impressive league of artistic creation.
The artwork was created by Jan Yrlund (Apocalyptica, Korpiklaaini, Leah).
“The Jaguar Priest” was mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni (Ancient Bards, DGM, Vision Divine).
Tracklist:
01. Anthem for Freedom
02. Truth
03. The Bargain of Lost Souls
04. Dreamstate
05. Awakened by the Light (Universal Mind)
06. A World That Burns
07. Seven
08. The Jaguar Priest
09. The Force of Our Creation
10. Xibalba
Line-up:
Elina Laivera - Vocals
Henrik Bath (Darkwater) - Vocals
Michael Alexander - Guitars, Growls
Alex Landenburg (Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody) - Drums
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/universalmindproject
www.facebook.com/ElinaLaiveraOfficial
Apart from Elina Laivera (ex-Seduce The Heaven) and Henrik Bath (Darkwater), the album also includes vocal performances by Nils K Rue (Pagan's Mind), Mark Jansen (Epica, Mayan), Charlie Dominici (ex-Dream Theater) and Diego Valdez (Helker) - forming an incredibly powerful team of vocalists, each of whom add their own distinctive style to the songs.
The guest musicians that appear on the album are: Alessandro Bissa (Vision Divine), Mike LePond (Symphony X), Emanuele Casali (DGM) and Johan Reinholz (Andromeda).
In a mix of perfectly executed modern progressive/power metal combined with the unique diversity of male and female vocals that stylistically spread from lyrical and fragile to soothing and powerful, as well as the use of growl vocals at parts of the record, the debut album “The Jaguar Priest” encloses a most impressive league of artistic creation.
The artwork was created by Jan Yrlund (Apocalyptica, Korpiklaaini, Leah).
“The Jaguar Priest” was mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni (Ancient Bards, DGM, Vision Divine).
Tracklist:
01. Anthem for Freedom
02. Truth
03. The Bargain of Lost Souls
04. Dreamstate
05. Awakened by the Light (Universal Mind)
06. A World That Burns
07. Seven
08. The Jaguar Priest
09. The Force of Our Creation
10. Xibalba
Line-up:
Elina Laivera - Vocals
Henrik Bath (Darkwater) - Vocals
Michael Alexander - Guitars, Growls
Alex Landenburg (Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody) - Drums
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/universalmindproject
www.facebook.com/ElinaLaiveraOfficial