WHILE HEAVEN WEPT - Suspended At Aphelion (Limited Edition) (CD)

Limited Edition Digipak Of This New Album Celebrating 25 Years!


Over the past 25 years, While Heaven Wept has shared the stage with everyone from legends such as Saint Vitus, Trouble, Pentagram, Forbidden, and Sanctuary to equally legendary contemporaries like Primordial, Solstice (UK), Moruning Beloveth, Penance, and Revelation onto new hopes like Orodruin, Argus, The Gates Of Slumber, Alcest, Cormorant, and Vektor.., not to mention sharing festival stages with the likes of the "larger than life" Arch Enemy, Sabaton, Amon Amarth, Cradle Of Filth, etc.


2014 marks a quarter of a century of While Heaven Wept and the band is commemorating this with the release of 'Suspended At Aphelion' - a single 40 minute epic, that is easily the pinnacle of their recorded output so far, Combining the sweeping melodies, dense orchestration, glorious bombast, and heartfelt sincerity they've always been known for in their most "complete" expression to date. 'Suspended At Aphelion' sees the band continuing to redefine themselves defying musical labels and boundaries with their most ambitious, truly progressive release to date.


Apart from the panoramic scope of the material, the involvement of prestigious guests including Fates Warning co-founder Victor Arduini, Fates Warning alumnus and Warlord drummer Mark Zonder, esteemed classical guitarist Christopher Ladd, and cellist Mark Shuping further pushes the album unto another level altogether.


25 years on, we find While Heaven Wept at the very peak of their creativity and profoundly emotional expression, not content to revel in past glories or rest upon laurels, it seems that this is only the beginning.