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Vultos IV – Nunca é muito tempo, sempre é pouco tempo

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Os Vultos
Vultos IV – Nunca é smuito tempo, sempre é pouco tempo

Spectral Works proudly announces the release of the fourth album of Os Vultos, entitled Vultos IV – Nunca é muito tempo, sempre é pouco tempo, set for June 10. Vultos IV will available on all major digital platforms and on bandcamp.

https://os-vultos.bandcamp.com/album/vultos-iv-nunca-muito-tempo-sempre-pouco-tempo

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53 490 000 Anos Luz

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Buraco Negro
53 490 000 Anos Luz
SW004CD

“53 490 000 Anos Luz” is a work driven by profound identity, character, and soul, simultaneously reflecting on the past and contemplating an unpredictable, uncertain, and ominous future.

Musically, “53 490 000 Anos Luz” fuses influences from heavy metal, doom metal, avant-garde, and progressive jazz, constructing dense, experimental, and emotionally charged soundscapes. The sonic and aesthetic concept departs from conventional formulas, prioritizing profound atmospheres, non-linear structures, and an artistic approach that champions expression, restlessness, and creative freedom.

The album operates as a conceptual piece, utilizing the galaxy, time, and space as central metaphors for an existential journey. The narrative explores the human condition—minuscule and anonymous—suddenly cast into a cosmic vortex as if thrown into a time capsule. This trajectory navigates extreme emotions, adventures, and misadventures shaped by fear, hope, anguish, and resilience.

Throughout this sonic odyssey, the listener is guided through hallucinatory, terrifying, and sinister vistas, yet the underlying pursuit of better days and the utopia of a perfect paradise remains resolute. Amid internal and external battles, symbolic warfare, and existential conflicts, the work acknowledges the inevitability of the abyss: a dizzying, endless descent into a black hole where everything dissolves.

Ultimately, the album establishes itself as a conscious return to the roots of purpose-driven, identity-focused music, while courageously confronting the future despite its inherent uncertainty. It delivers an intense, reflective, and visceral sonic experience—a journey with no guarantee of return, yet deeply saturated with meaning.

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Ensemble

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Hourswill
Ensemble
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2026 marks the return to record releases by HOURSWILL, a prog metal/rock band from Lisbon. Ensemble is their 4th original work to be released through Ethereal Sound Works. It was recorded at Pentagon Audio Manufacturers and produced by Fernando Matias and the band itself. It contains 8 tracks, one of which is a cover version from a song by one of the most respected composers of Portuguese music, Fausto Bordalo Dias, and features the special guest appearance of multi-instrumentalist Luís Simões from Saturnia. 

The band currently consists of vocalist Leonel Silva, guitarists Tainan Reis and José Bonito, bassist Pedro Burt Costa and drummer Nuno Peixoto. 

Founded back in 2009, their discography includes, in addition to their 2009 debut single and a demo in 2011, the albums “Inevitable” from 2014, “Harm Full Embrace” from 2017, “Dawn Of The Same Flesh” from 2019, and the EP “AfterHours” from 2020.