The debut album of blackened hymns by The Clearing Path, entitled Watershed Between Earth And Firmament, have caught the attention of Avantgarde Music, who will now back the soloist-borne act for a physical version of the record's release.

A dense, thirty-minute release, Watershed Between Earth And Firmament is the recorded maiden voyage for The Clearing Path - the solo project of one Gabriele Gramaglia - conceived following the demise of the artist's former outfit, ThySolace. Comprised of six widely conceptual yet crisply-recorded movements, the album draws energetic production and energetic qualities from the scathing punk/hardcore persuasion of Converge, Tragedy and His Hero Is Gone, yet wholly envelops them into a modernized, blackened delivery fans of Blut Aus Nord, Enslaved and Deathspell Omega alike can attach to.

Mastered by Marco Gervasio and fitted with custom artwork painted by Luca Devinu/Blessend, the record was initially set for an independent digital release, yet upon recent announcements on the incoming record, underground heavyweight Avantgarde Music - responsible for releases from Mayhem, Taake, Abigor, Carpathian Forest, Evoken, Darkspace, Thaw and more - has picked up the album for a fully distributed CD version of the album.

"Holy Waters”, the opening track to this brutalizing opus, is streaming below:

Also hear the album's "Sacred Mountain”, streaming below:

Watershed Between Earth And Firmament will see digital release via the band on July 11th with a CD version to be delivered via Avantgarde Music shortly after.

Fully written, executed, recorded and mixed by Gabriele Gramaglia, The Clearing Path's Watershed Between Earth And Firmament is a concept album about spiritual renaissance inspired by the beauty of mountainous landscapes of the Italian Alps north of his homeland, conceived in reflection about one of the darkest periods in his life. The record stands as a turning point, in the search for the light to find the path back to normalcy, metaphorically describing a trek from the slopes of a majestic mountain to its summit in which, after many efforts and obstacles, some semblance of solace is found.

(Photo - Virginia Sarediy)