WOODS OF YPRES - Official Heart Of Gold Tribute Album Cover Art Unveiled
July 26, 2012, 12 years ago
The organizers of the forthcoming tribute album dedicated to WOODS OF YPRES frontman David Gold, entitled A Heart Of Gold: Tribute To Woods Of Ypres, have issued the following update:
"Songs are rolling in! We are hoping for an end of August or early Septemberrelease, but as said before we will not finalize anything until it is at top quality standards, just like how Dave would want. He was a man who took great pride in what he did and this shall be treated no different!"The artwork for the album, created by Jason Hicks, is available below:
Steph LeDrew, the heartbeat of the project, recently issued the following statement:
"On December 21st the world lost Woods Of Ypres founder/frontman David Gold. Not only was the entire local metal community but the international metal family mourned the loss of such a brilliant soul. As a thank you and farewell to Woods of Ypres, I reached out to those who were influenced by Woods and David, so join me in creating a musical salute to one of the greatest doom metal bands to unleash onto the underground metal scene."Arists and songs featured on the album are as follows:
NOVEMBERS DOOM - 'Wet Leather'
GYPSY CHIEF GOLIATH - 'Suicide Cargoload'
ECLIPSE ETERNAL - 'Crossing The 45th Parallel'
EMPYREAN PLAGUE - 'Shedding The Deadwood'
PANZERFAUST - 'A Meeting Place And Time'
PAGAN RITUAL - 'The Shams Of Optimism'
AMARANTH - 'Allure Of The Earth'
ALBIREON - 'Retrosleep In The Morning Calm'
ANEMIC - 'The Sun Was In My Eyes: Part Doom'
BEGOTTEN - 'The Sea Of Immeasureable Loss'
RELIQUIS - 'Career Suicide'
JOEL VIOLETTE and RAE AMITAY - 'Silver'
CANOPY - 'Falling Apart'
UNBOWED - 'Your Ontario Town Is A Burial Ground'
DEATHMARCH - 'Northern Cold'
KUHRZARTH - 'Finality'
THE GOV' AND FRIENDS - 'Intro: The Looming Of Dust In The Dark'
CATUVOLCUS - 'Thrill Of The Struggle'
THE BEAR HUNTERS - 'Kiss My Ashes Goodbye: Part 2'
SVARTE KRAKE - 'You Were The Light'
JUSTIN BENDER (INTO ETERNITY) - 'Trillium: The 3rd Of Three Winters'
Release details will be available soon. Go to the tribute album's official Facebook page here for updates.
