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VERTIGO STEPS: 'The Melancholy Hour' Artwork Unveiled

May 4, 2010

The cover artwork for "The Melancholy Hour", the sophomore album from Portuguese metal act VERTIGO STEPS — the ambitious offspring of Bruno A (ARCANE WISDOM, UNDERSTREAM, REDSTAINS) — can be viewed below. The CD cover and other photographic artwork (which will also be revealed soon) were created by the same artist who envisioned the band's notorious debut and is endorsed by the group as "one of the best visual perspectives to simply convey the dense-yet-captivating moods throughout the 12 tracks," according to a press release.

VERTIGO STEPS is currently recording "The Melancholy Hour" at UltraSoundStudios in Portugal with producer/ drummer Daniel Cardoso. All guitars have already been laid down and singer Niko Mankinen flew over from Finland for two weeks to record his vocals.

Video footage from the studio can be viewed below.

"The Melancholy Hour" track listing:

01. The Spider & The Weaving
02. Vacant Stare
03. Desperation Lair
04. Inhale
05. Silentground
06. Under Burning Waters (I Resurrect)
07. Reel World
08. Through Sham Lenses
09. Red Haze
10. Redemption River, Dividing Ocean
11. Sweet, Sweet Rain (bonus)
12. Burial Light

"The Melancholy Hour" will feature guest appearances by Jules Näveri (PROFANE OMEN, INSOMNIUM, ENEMY OF THE SUN),Stein R Sordal (SORDAL, GREEN CARNATION) and Sophie (UNDERSTREAM). The CD will see Näveri (a former bandmate of VERTIGO STEPS lead singer Niko Mankinen in MISERY INC.) contributing his trademark growling and heartfelt singing to two tracks ("Desperation Lair", "Silentground"),while Sordal will appear on one song ("Through Sham Lenses") and Sophie will continue to perform sporadic female expressionisms, between experimental, haunting and operatic.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/vertigosteps.

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