Finnish melodic death metal band Defiled Serenity, fronted by Paavo Laapotti, released the second single and music video from their forthcoming debut album! Thus, the long-awaited debut album Within the Slumber of the Mind will come out on February 21st 2025 via Inverse Records. The second single Exiled to Infinity came with a music video produced by Tuomas Saukkonen (Before The Dawn, Wolfheart, Dawn Of Solace).
Vocalist Paavo Laapotti comments:
”The song’s lyrics are about distressing and constant fear of death inside an individual’s head. He’s lost in his own mind and doesn’t know what is real and what is fake. He only has a strong feeling that he’s being chased and he’s forced to escape into the unknown.” ”This is one of the oldest songs written for this album and it has been waiting for the right moment to come out. Well, the day is finally here and I’m very glad that we got the right feel into the song that it needed.”
BIOGRAPHY:
Defiled Serenity is a melodic death metal band from Loimaa, Finland. The vocalist and Before The Dawn‘s frontman Paavo Laapotti founded the band in 2021. The band’s sound relies heavily on the 90’s melodeath sound, but with modern twists. The songs are filled with low growls, chunky guitars, beautiful melodies and tight rhythm sections. They released their first stand-alone single Voices from the Void in 2022 and it has reached over 25,000 streams on Spotify alone. Since then, the band has been writing new material and now it’s time to unleash their long-awaited debut album!
Within the Slumber of the Mind (album 2025)-Tracklist:
1. Alkutaival (feat. Juha Tapio)
2. Voices from the Void
3. Exiled to Infinity
4. Death
5. Mortal
6. Within the Slumber of the Mind
7. Through the Chaos
8. Your Worst Enemy
9. Tears of Black
10. Unfaithful (Rihanna cover) (feat. Karisma)
Recorded & mixed by Lauri Seppälä
Mastered by Juho Räihä / SoundSpiral Audio
Album cover by Nikos Stavridakis / VisionBlack
Lineup:
Paavo Laapotti – Vocals
Jarkko Mäkelä – Lead guitar
Lauri Seppälä – Rhythm Guitar
Mikko Sormunen – Bass
Arttu Airo – Drums
