The Foreshadowing - New Wave Order (2024)

After eight years of waiting, Italian outfit The Foreshadowing is finally back with their gloomy and moody Gothic/Doom Metal with “New Wave Order”. Featuring nine powerful tracks, this release continues the band’s exploration of the darkest depths of the soul and masterfully delivers their signature moody and dark music. For fans of My Dying Bride, Moonspell, Swallow the Sun, and End of Green, this release is a can’t miss for any fan of the genre.

Opening with the mysterious “Vox Populi”, we instantly get masterfully crafted guitars, perfectly paired with Marco Benevento’s singular clean vocals. The song is quite crafty and nicely explores different rhythms and tempos, but always keeping the band’s characteristic somberness. The more dynamic “Judas Had A Friend” leads with some dramatic weeping guitar leads, melodic catchiness, and expertly delves into more melancholic and atmospheric territories thanks to Francesco Sosto’s keyboards.

With the band perfectly crafting the tempo and mood changes in this release, “Lobbies” and “Our Nightmares Call”, both unleash moodiness and a certain level of playful catchiness that only old-school Gothic Metal releases are able to capture. The band has been refining their sound over the years, but only needed slight updates to keep songs like “Heracitus”, “Bound for Ruin” and “Vox Dei” sounding timeless and yet fresh and engaging. We are huge of the melancholic nature of the band’s sound and how this permeates all tracks in this release.

As a whole, “New Wave Order” is one hell of a comeback release from The Foreshadowing. Showing that the band is timeless and that their sound is as good as ever, this release instantly makes up for their absence and starts an exciting new chapter in the band’s life. Filled with melancholy, melody and darkness, this is certainly one of our favorite Gothic/Doom Metal releases of the last few years.

Label: LifeForce Records

Release: November 15th, 2024

Genre: Gothic/Doom Metal

Country: Italy