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Stormcrow is the second studio album by Finnish power metal supergroup Cain's Offering, released on 19 May 2015. It is their first album with keyboardist Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen) and bassist Jonas Kuhlberg. The first song to be made available was the title-track, streamed from 22 April on.[1] Eight days later, the band streamed "The Best of Times".[2]

Stormcrow
Studio album by Cain's Offering
Released	May 19, 2015
Genre	Symphonic power metal
Length	57:34
Label	Frontiers
Cain's Offering chronology
Gather the Faithful (2009) Stormcrow (2015)

Guitarist and main songwriter Jani Liimatainen said he was approached a few years before about the possibility of a second Cain's Offering album, but at that time he was unavailable. When the subject came into consideration again in 2014, he decided to give it a try since he had more time. Comparing it to the previous album, Gather the Faithful, he said:[2]

I think musically the new album is a bit more focused and coherent. 'Gather The Faithful' was the first album where I wrote all the music and lyrics by myself, and in retrospect maybe I was a bit too ambitious, trying to prove that I can actually write really good, complex songs. It's been six years since the first one and I think that I have matured as a writer, not trying to prove anything anymore, just trying to write the best possible material. It's still very much vocal- and melody-orientated writing, since, to me, the melody is always the king, but I did try to keep things a bit more simple this time.

Drummer Jani Hurula described it as "majestic and humongous"[3] and also said the album songs "are more concentrated and have more meat around them, ... Just the way we like them. The production was also exactly what each of us wanted it to be this time around." The title of the album, according to him, fits the band "perfectly. ... The underdogs are back with a vengeance!".[3] Hurula also said the band is going to shoot a video for the album and they are also willing to tour, but he gave no further details.[3] Liimatainen also expressed his wish to tour and shoot a video, but he depends on his bandmates schedules.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Jani Liimatainen except when noted

Credits

Cain's Offering

• Timo Kotipelto – lead vocals
• Jani Liimatainen – lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Jens Johansson – keyboards, piano
• Jonas Kuhlberg – bass
• Jani Hurula – drums

Additional musicians

• Petri Aho - backing vocals
• Antti Railio - backing vocals
• Perttu Vänskä - orchestral arrangements (on track 1, 5, 7 & 9)

References

На других языках

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- [en] Stormcrow (album)

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[es] Stormcrow

Stormcrow es el segundo disco de estudio de la banda de Finlandia, Cain's Offering. El disco está compuesto por 11 canciones y (12 en la edición japonesa del disco). El álbum entró en le puesto número 12 en Finlandia y se mantuvo en esa posición por una semana. En este disco ya no cuentan con los integrantes Mikko Harkin y Jukka Koskinen en su lugar se les une Jens Johansson de Stratovarius en los teclados y Jonas Kuhlberg en el bajo. El disco salió a la venta el 15 de mayo de 2015 en Europa por el sello discográfico Frontiers Records. El 15 de abril se publicó el primer sencillo por Frontiers Records, "I Will Build You A Rome" seguido por el tema homónimo del disco publicado el 22 de abril "Stormcrow". El 26 de febrero de 2016 nuevamente se lanzó el disco con tres canciones más para celebrar el primer tour de la banda en Japón interpretadas por Jani Liimatainen.

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