'Secrets of Angels' is the eagerly anticipated new album from UK rock ensemble Karnataka. Featuring eight brand new tracks and showcasing a more dynamic and symphonic direction, the new album propels the band to powerful and majestic new highs. Recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios and Quadra Studios in London the new album explores themes from despair, anguish and the futility of war to love across cultural divides and culminates in the 21-minute opus and epic title track, "Secrets of Angels". The music was written over a period of two years following on from the band's last tours in 2012. The new tracks showcase a more dynamic and symphonic direction.
The album embraces several interlinked themes - temptation, lust, secrets, darkness, division and betrayal but with a constant underlying message of searching for an inner strength, to battle through when hope is lost or emotions are at their weakest, 'to step free from shadows cast'.... a sense of defiance that always wins through. Says bassist Ian Jones, "There are threads running through the album. The title track 'Secrets of Angels' has a theme of war through the ages - the futility of war - told through the eyes of two people. The despair and anguish experienced. 'Secrets of Angels' refers to the secrets a person takes to the grave... 'Road To Cairo' is a love letter to Egypt as a country but it also has a personal theme about love across religious and cultural divides. 'Forbidden Dreams' is about temptation and passion. 'Poison Ivy' is about betrayal, anger, danger...
In closing Ian has this to impart, "We hope you enjoy listening to the new album as much as we enjoyed making it. Every Karnataka album is a labour of love and 'Secrets Of Angels' is no exception. We're very proud of our new creation - time to let it loose! We've explored some darker themes in the new album... temptation, lust, secrets, darkness, division and borders and betrayal but also war... we're all living in a time of constant war... many experience the loss and anguish first hand... for others it has become a white noise constantly in the background of our lives. Writing about war is a sensitive and difficult issue - the temptation is not to try... but we didn't feel we could ignore it. The title track 'Secrets of Angels' is about the futility of war - the anguish and despair - war through the centuries seen through the eyes of two people. A repeating theme is division and borders... both personal and cultural - another theme that is touching many today."
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