Doom/post-metal band Hope Is a Lie announced the release of their self-titled debut album. The debut full-length will come out on December 13th, via Inverse Records. Prior to the album release the band is dropping three singles: Dance ( release date October 2nd), Suits (feat Amber Shadows)’(release date October 30th) and End of Days (release date November 27th). The band wrote all the music, Markus Alavire mixed it Owe Inborr did the mastering.
Finnish group Hope Is a Lie is slow, unhurried, and extremely bleak doom, post-metal, sludge, industrial and a pinch of grunge. While the music sounds like despair, and conveys bleak stories of a future without human relationships, if you lose all hope, you have nothing more to lose.
Dance is the first single from HIaL’s debut album. It’s a story of loss and longing, and about that last chance to find the connection once lost. Nonchalant and creeping, slow and heavy, mixing various vocal styles, this is the song that started Hope Is a Lie.
Band lineup:
Markus Alavire: Vocals, guitars, bass, programming & keyboards
Lasse Girs: Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
Tuomo Heiti: Drums
Cover art and visuals: Tuomo Heiti
Mixing: Markus Alavire, Saarni Music
Mastering: Owe Inborr, Wolfthrone Studios
Distribution & Promotion: Inverse Records
