Borealis

Canadian melodic metallers BOREALIS are returning with their fifth studio album, “Illusions”. Arguably the bands most complete album to date, the band states “We are so excited to release this new record, considering how long it’s been and what the world has been through over the last 2 years! With the extra time we had with this one, we feel like these are some of the best songs we’ve ever written”. After more than 4 years, ”Illusions” marks the anticipated return. As singer Matt Marinelli explains, “Illusions” is a continuation of the story from The Offering, but takes place years later through the eyes of the children and how the traumatic events they experienced has shaped their lives. With “Illusions” we are also introduced to a new element: Composer and multi-instrumentalist Vikram Shankar (Silent Skies, Redemption, Lux Terminus) was brought in to compose all of the orchestra and synth elements for the album. “We had been fans of Vik’s music and content for years and with this album, we really wanted to bring it to another level” explains guitarist Ken Fobert. “We didn’t want to do the same old thing this time around with just adding strings and orchestra. We did do that, but we also wanted to incorporate more synth elements and weird futuristic sounds to give these songs a bit of a different vibe and character than what you would typically expect from us. I think with the phenomenal composing that Vik did for these songs, we were able to achieve that.”