Press > AMAROK IS SIGNED TO PROGROCK RECORDS AND RELEASES THE ALBUM "Sol de Medianoche"

31 Jul 2011

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 14 March 2007 – Sol de Medianoche (Midnight sun) is the seventh Amarok’ album. In it the band continues advancing and maturing in its blending of progressive rock with the Mediterranean music and a few touches of Celtic music. The songs are sung principally in Spanish, but there are some songs in Catalan and even in English, for the first time in the history of the group. The variety of instruments used on this release exceeds anything attempted before by the band, however the arrangements are very precise so there is no sense of overkill. The lyrics speak about the Kábala (Sephiroth), the hermits (Hermits), the book of 1001 nights (Ishak the fisherman), the creatures of the myth of Chulthu (Wendigo) and, in the song that gives name to the disc, about the history of an imprisoned poet through the fault of his ideas. As a treat, an ethnic version of ELP's theme Abaddon's Bolero. The band had this to say; "Amarok has been experimenting for many years with a lot of styles, and working with diverse record companies in many countries around the world. Nevertheless, we feel that to sign with ProgRock Records is an important and maybe definitive step in our career. Among other things, we value deeply the fact that they decided to sign a band as eclectic as ours, stylistically we are from the standards of progressive rock. It speaks about an open and innovative mentality, for which I hope will mean great things for both of us.". "A mutual friend introduced Robert and I when I had expressed my interest in really finding something unique to put out, I’d known of the band for years but didn’t think they’d be interested in us. I have to say that I’m very pleased that we met and are now able to put out this amazing album.", Shawn Gordon, President of ProgRock Records said. "Sol de Medianoche" is the first release from Amarok on ProgRock Records and can be found at http://www.therecordlabel.net/progressive-rock/amarok/ . The album is available for immediate order and will ship in early April and be available at your favorite brick and mortar retailer on June 5, 2007. Presales are discounted $2 on the ProgRock Records site until the album starts shipping.