Pori-based Atlases, mixing moody atmospheres with heavy sonic waves, returns to the release roster. Originally released in 2017 via Romanian Pest Records, Atlases’s debut EP “Penumbra” has been given a new treatment and anointing. The re-recorded, mixed and mastered EP is titled Penumbra: Recast, and is the first release from the band Atlases, which has undergone a crew change, and the debut of Jesse Simola, who has previously produced samples, synthesizer and backing vocals, as the band’s front vocalist.
The idea for a new treatment of the Penumbra EP arose when the band discovered that the original output had disappeared from digital music platforms.
At the same time, the band underwent a crew change, with original vocalist Jamppa Lamminpää stepping aside. Rather than immediately start working on a new and upcoming album, the band felt that bringing in a new vocalist to front the band, making the old one updated, would be pleasing to all parties involved and concerned, says Atlases. The band is currently working on a follow-up to their 2023 album “Between The Day & I”, which is in pre-production phase.
Penumbra: Recast EP´s drums was recorded by Jesse Simola. Other recording and production, mixing, mastering and cover art was done by bassist and singer Jerkka Perälä.
The digital release of Penumbra: Recast will be produced by Meara Music, an agency, record label and event producer based in Ulvila, Finland.
Atlases, from Pori, Finland, is a strong forward-looking five-piece band, whose brushes have been stuck with plenty of experimental attitude in addition to the metallic starting point. Atlases have taken an unprejudiced leap towards increasingly original expression. The band’s atmospheric metal combines the use of two vocalists, crushing riffs and experimental soundscapes with a sense of danger and serenity.
Discography:
Penumbra EP (Pest Records 2017)
Atlases/Besra – split 8″ (Self-released 2018)
Haar (Rain Without End Records 2019)
Woe Portrait (Lifeforce Records 2020)
Epsilon (Lifeforce Records 2021)
Between The Day & I (Lifeforce Rercords 2023)
Glacial & Violent Cold (Lifeforce Records 2024)
Penumbra: Recast EP (Meara Music 2025)
Line-up:
Rasmus Forssell – Guitar
Ville-Veikko Laaksonen – Guitar
Arttu Leppänen – Drums
Jerkka Perälä – Bass, Vocals
Jesse Simola – Vocals, Synth, Samples
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