Swedish death metallers White Stones, led by Opeth bassist Martín Méndez, announce the release of their second full length instalment Dancing Into Oblivion. The latter was recorded at Farm Of Sounds Studios (Barcelona), and mixed/mastered at Orgone Studios (UK) by Jaime Gómez Arellano. The new music will be released on August 27th. Alongside details revealed, the first single "Chain Of Command" is also available for listening.

Martin Méndez comments: "It's a mix of feelings during the lockdown, feelings that go from fear to uncertainty as well as going through the confusion when you don't know about the future and you feel almost as if time has stopped. Musicians might be the last who will be back to work and we don't have any signs of a sooner return, which makes for a huge uncertainty. I have a family and I have to take care of them. This situation creates a feeling of discomfort which you can feel on the album", he confesses, also adding that "otherwise it's been nice having so much time at home with the family and those small and peaceful moments are also in the music. I've chosen to include some interludes between the songs so there is a higher contrast and it makes it easier to appreciate the different feelings throughout."

Describing the type of music, Martín says: "it's difficult to define the style of this album. I don't like to tag the music. This is metal for me. It has elements of my interpretation of death metal but it has other, conscious influences from other genres too. It shows me as musician and displays my music taste within the restlessness of trying to do something different". Whilst explaining this, Méndez recalls the writing process for this record: "The first one I wrote was "Chain Of Command", where I had the idea of writing more daring songs than on the previous record where I restricted myself and didn't want to play anything too technical, I just wanted to create something that was easier on the ear. In this one I wanted to do something slightly more elaborate and technical, musically, to add some colour."

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	White Stones