Non-profit band, Savage Lands – founded by Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren, and musician-turned-activist Sylvain Demercastelare – are releasing their debut album next year. Army of the Trees comes out February 15, 2025, through Season of Mist records, with 100% of the royalties supporting the preservation projects that the non-profit is leading in Costa Rica, Africa and France. The album features contributions from Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), John Tardy (Obituary), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura), Lord of the Lost, Maria Franz and Kai Uwe Faust (Heilung), Julien Truchan (Benighted), members of Black Bomb A and others. Keep reading to find out more.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jo Quail – Invocation – Supplication
Invocation / Supplication (By Norse Music), the new offering from experimental cellist Jo Quail, is actually a compendium of two connected three-song cycles. The first, Invocation, features the contributions of Heilung vocalist Maria Franz, plus brass instruments, percussion, bass and a choir assembled from crowdsourced mobile phone recordings of individual syllables. Supplication, on the other hand, is a less embellished affair, with just vocals from Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari and Koen Kaptin’s trombone parts to augment Quail’s cello and sound design.