Eclipse (Veil of Maya album)
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| Studio album by Veil of Maya | ||||
| Released | February 28, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Deathcore | |||
| Length | 28:21 | |||
| Label | Sumerian | |||
| Producer | Misha Mansoor | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Metal Injection | 7.5/10 |
Eclipse is the fourth album by deathcore band Veil of Maya. It was released on February 28, 2012 and is the band's shortest album to date, clocking in at only 28 minutes. Eclipse was co-written and produced by Misha "Bulb" Mansoor, who is the guitarist of the Maryland-based metal band Periphery. It is the first record by the band to feature bassist Danny Hauser and the last with vocalist Brandon Butler.
The song title "Winter Is Coming Soon" is a reference to the television series Game of Thrones.
The track "Punisher" has gained notoriety on the Internet due to a sample which was placed within the song at 2:03, of which is an excerpt of audio taken from a YouTube video called "Periphery Sucks" where appears a young man criticizing djent and the band Periphery, in which album producer Misha Mansoor plays guitar.
A paragraph inside the physical version of the album talks about the inspiration of Eclipse. According to it, the band met a woman while touring in Italy who was blind throughout half of her life, and had her vision restored by staring directly into a solar eclipse. The paragraph goes on to say that "there is much more to the magnitude and magnificence of a solar eclipse than meets the eye." Guitarist Marc Okubo has also talked in a Guitar Messenger interview about this story as the underlying theme of the album.
All tracks written by Butler, Mansoor and Veil of Maya.
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