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    Magma To Release New Album “Zëss” June 28th

    French Music Legends Magma To Release New Album “Zëss” June 28th!

    PRE ORDER NOW - 40 PAGES DELUXE CD BOOK - INCLUDES ALL LYRICS!

    FULGURANCE, APOTHEOSIS AND TRANSFIGURATION

    Much to the excitement of Magma fans worldwide, the legendary French ensemble will be releasing a new album titled “Zëss” on June 28, 2019! The CD is now available for pre-order and features a 40-page deluxe CD book which includes all the lyrics to the album.

    “Zëss”—the name itself is sharp as a blade, slender as a cut, sudden like a darting meteor, fast as it is acute. While the inspiration that permeates “Zëss” comes from time immemorial, a first draft emerged in 1977. After being gradually completed, the piece debuted in concert in the spring of 1979. It became a staple of Magma’s repertoire until it was set aside in 1983.

    The music itself seems born out of the night in order to transfigure it. The first chords ring out in the dim dawn, then rise and cast their great shadows against the day. Already their orb suggests the oval shape of an ancient stadium set in the cosmic darkness. It is an immense celestial arena, an agora where all the voices of the universe resonate. Everyone has assembled for a last celebration, a gathering of the innumerable into a single point where everything comes together for the Day of Oblivion.

    “Zëss” had long been plagued by its incompleteness and its recording was deferred for years. Four decades after its first draft, the work has finally been recorded in an orchestral version that gives it both its true dreamlike dimension and its transcending power. For “Zëss” is above all the visionary reflection of an immemorial dream haunting the most obscure part of our souls.

    “Zëss” treads a line between a vital overflowing and the edges of the unlivable. It is an incandescent and heady oratorio where consciousness questions its other side in a measureless journey. “Zëss” indicates the ultimate reversal out of which bursts a beyond of music that only music can reach. Magma's whole story condensed…

    BEHIND THE SCENE OF THE RECORDING: youtu.be/xCF9-k_LnOg

    PRE ORDER NOW - AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE ON JUNE 28th - AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT SEVENTH RECORDS ON JUNE 14th - 40 PAGES DELUXE CD BOOK - INCLUDES ALL LYRICS

    For more information: https://www.seventhrecords.com/en/ma...zess-1284.html

    Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158 (US), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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    How can I resist it.

    "40 PAGES DELUXE CD BOOK - INCLUDES ALL LYRICS"

    Will there be a karaoke version?

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    On veut le vinyle

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    Ordered.

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    Thanks for posting. We'd never have known.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate View Post
    How can I resist it.

    "40 PAGES DELUXE CD BOOK - INCLUDES ALL LYRICS"

    Will there be a karaoke version?
    Will the lyrics come with a translation in English?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rarebird View Post
    Will the lyrics come with a translation in English?
    It's the end of everything. Who will be left to care?
    Steve F.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve F. View Post
    It's the end of everything. Who will be left to care?
    Indeed. But if I am to die soon in the Day of oblivion, I'd rather understand what the universe has against me and the whole world.

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    Has this been posted on PE?



    I was surprised to see Christian does not play drums on this album, is that a first for Magma?

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    ^ It has been posted here I think, but no worries.

    If I'm not mistaken, historically Christian has never played drums on Zess. But if I'm wrong, anyone, please feel free to correct me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aith01 View Post

    If I'm not mistaken, historically Christian has never played drums on Zess. But if I'm wrong, anyone, please feel free to correct me.
    this is correct. He has always been vocalist only on Zess.
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    “Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin

    Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]

    "Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"

    please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.

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