After a 13-year hiatus, Dubai-based FALLING LEAVES returns with their second full-length, “The Silence That Binds Us”, featuring guest appearances by Paul Kuhr (vocalist – NOVEMBERS DOOM) and renowned session musicians like Fabio Alessandrini (drummer – BONFIRE, ANNIHILATOR), Ariel Perchuk (keyboards – KENZINER, Roger Staffelbach).
Mixed by Alessandro Comerio at Daemon Star Studio in Italy and mastered by the incomparable Dan Swano, the album stands as a mature and emotionally charged testament to the melodic death/doom band’s growth and perseverance.
“The Silence That Binds Us” is scheduled for September 5th, and as the first preview, FALLING LEAVES is now streaming the track “We Are Alone.” “A central thematic pillar of the album, this track captures the existential loneliness we all face, even when surrounded by others,” states the band. “It’s about how dreams fade and how silence grows louder in the absence of connection. The chorus cries out against the coldness of the world, where voices are lost, and hope barely flickers.”
Track Listing:
1. Carvings
2. The Angel on My Shoulder
3. We Are Alone
4. Ashes of My Mind
5. Shattered Hopes
6. The Everlasting Wounds
7. The Visions of the Forsaken
8. Re-Silence (Part III)
Now based in Dubai, UAE, FALLING LEAVES originally emerged from Amman, Jordan to carve out a distinctive niche within the Melodic Death Doom Metal genre. Their sound is a tapestry woven with themes central to doom metal—despair, existential dread, and the passage of time—offering heavy yet melodic soundscapes that transcend genre confines to deliver introspective intensity.
The band got their start in the same year with a self-released demo, introducing a sound that was both ethereal and crushing to an emerging fan base. In 2012, they released their debut full-length, “Mournful Cry of a Dying Sun”, under Endless Winter. Mixed and mastered at Clintworks in Hamburg by Dennis Israel (former assistant to Jens Bogren, famed for work with OPETH and AMON AMARTH), the album was enriched by contributions from Paul Kuhr, Pete Johansen (THE SINS OF THY BELOVED, MORGUL, TRISTANIA), and Olof Gothlin (DRACONIAN), surging with waves of emotional and sonic depth.
Band Lineup:
Bashar Haroun – Vocals
Ala’a Swalha – Guitars
Fadi Stanboulieh – Guitars
Ali M – Bass
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