TEN – Gothica (July 7, 2017)

Ten are proud to announce that their new album Gothica, will be released on July 7, 2017, via Frontiers Music srl. The album was produced by Gary Hughes and mixed and mastered by Dennis Ward, with whom the professional association has been ongoing since the mixing sessions of Ten‘s 2011 album, Stormwarning. Additionally, the album features stunning original artwork by Stan W. Decker, depicting a beautiful enchantress reading incantations from a book whilst summoning shadowy characters from its pages. Stan has cleverly illustrated the piece in order to portray the characters emerging from the book’s pages as the actual characters from the songs on the album. The atmospheric sleeve photography is once again provided by the remarkably talented Adrian Ashworth.

Gothica tracklisting:
1. “The Grail”
2. “Jekyll And Hyde”
3. “Travellers”
4. “Man For All Seasons”
5. “In My Dreams”
6. “The Wild King Of Winter”
7. “Paragon”
8. “Welcome To The Freak Show”
9. “La Luna Dra-cu-la”
10. “Into Darkness”

Gothica emerges as their darkest album to date. Embracing history, romance and erotic horror in equal measure as it does, the title proves to be a fitting name. As listeners, we are transported from the darker side of human nature to the nocturnal supernatural, a dramatic realm of nightmares and the forbidden. Gothica is cinematic in every sense of the word. A web of musically elaborate spells, evoking embers that spark the imagination courtesy of the classic songwriting of vocalist Gary Hughes.

Of the album, Gary says, “I am extremely pleased with the collection of songs on Gothica as they feel like they belong together. The band are firing on all cylinders once again and it is a gift to the army of fans everywhere who have relentlessly supported us over the years. It is ironically fitting that our 13th studio album should be a little more sinister, at the same time retaining all the commercial traits usually associated with a Ten album.”

PRE-ORDER: GOTHICA