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Virgin Black in April


01/23/07
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(PR) THE END RECORDS has set a release date of April 3rd, 2007 for the new album from Australia�s gothic/classical/doom band VIRGIN BLACK, titled �Requiem - Mezzo Forte.� The album, part of the �Requiem� trilogy, will be the first installment (the 2nd of the trilogy) released and will be followed later on this year by �Requiem � Pianissimo� and �Requiem � Fortissimo.�

About the �Requiem� trilogy, singer/songwriter Rowan London comments, �Well, I feel like I�ve become a completely non-functioning part of society over the past two years. Requiem has been the most agonizingly difficult experience I have ever faced. On one side are the logistics of three albums, two and a half hours of music, and financing it all (orchestra included). The other side is the emotional toll; the far too many times I fell in a heap feeling that it would be impossible to succeed and coming oh so close to completely giving up the project. I take many a scar from this process and may never experience this kind of beautiful pain again.

�The albums haunt me with their poignancy and the lines I was literally recording when I received a call to say that my father had died in the most tragic of circumstances will forever shut out the world when played back. I find it surreal and befitting that I subsequently carried his body out of the funeral service held in the grand old church where we happened to record. As overdramatic as it sounds, I seriously sometimes felt like joining him. However, we persevered, and I listen to these vast creations and still can�t believe what we�ve managed here. We will proudly present them. Scarred and almost defeated, it will be such a joy to have a directly human experience on our most in-depth touring schedule ever, covering most of Europe and much of the U.S. I feel privileged to be able to begin in Australia with shows as guests for some one-off appearances by Arcturus, and look forward to announcing all the cities/countries that we will visit.�

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