News : Orpheus post massive studio update

Melbourne’s ORPHEUS have released details of their upcoming debut album, Bleed The Way. Guitarist and vocalist, Chris Themelco shares the details…

It’s time to finally let the cat out of the bag on the debut Orpheus album. After many, many months of hard work, blood, sweat and possibly tears, we can finally let you all in on the details we’ve been holding onto so dearly.

In mid February, 2011, we will be releasing our debut album to Australia and the world through our new label Rockstar Records. The album will be titled, Bleed The Way, and will be the culmination of 2 years writing, gigging, growing as a band and effectively pinning down our own unique sound. We’ve put absolutely everything into this 10 track debut, and that literally means putting in 110% to give all of you the best debut release that we possibly can.

The album will be available for pre-order early next year, but these details won’t be finalized until later this year, so stay tuned. The album will be available at all good Metal retailers, Metal Massacre Online, and of course, the all important and all accessable, JB-HiFi. So no excuses for not having a copy on release day. Up until February, there will be a long stream of promotion and releases in preparation for the album. So keep up to date and keep checking in, because we will be releasing a bunch of cool shit including the album artwork + track listing in a few weeks, and a video clip early next year.

Unfortunately, with the good news, there is some not so good news. Our keyboardist and good friend Sasha has decided to take an indefinite hiatus from the band in order to concentrate on personal matters until she feels she is fit to join the band again if and when the time comes. We wish Sasha all the best with her time away from the band and support her in everything she undertakes in that time. Sasha will still be included in all promotion and recordings related to the release of Bleed The Way but will not be a part of any live shows from now on.

Luckily, our good friend Keswick will be taking up the position of keyboardist for the forseeable future and has been an absolute key part in making our album release possible. He will be welcomed as a full member of the band whose input will be integral to further forming our sound in the future.

To check Keswick  out behind the keys, come check out Orpheus in our last 2 gigs of the 2010.

3rd Dec 2010
Arbrynth @ Central Club, Richmond
w/ Meltgsnow, House of Thumbs and Orpheus
Tickets at the door 8pm, $12.

18th Dec 2010
Orpheus @ Central Club, Richmond
Details to be announced!

A special thanks to EVERYONE  who has supported the band thus far, we hope each and every one of you will help support us further with our album release and help us achieve the goals we have set. Without you NONE of this is possible, and without ALL OF YOU we wouldn’t be driving ourselves as hard as we possibly can.

Cheers to you all, \m/
Chris and Orpheus

Check out the band’s Myspace for further updates and samples. www.myspace.com/orpheusmetaloz