Firstly, we want to thank everyone who came to our show at the historic Melody Inn this past month. We seldom do shows and it is a treat getting on stage.
On to the big news. Our second album, Unimaginable Dreams of Fate will be released digitally on Friday, May 24th, 2024 with a cassette and CD release following in the months after. We are working with Metal Devastation to assist in promotion of this album.
Writing and recording Unimaginable Dreams of Fate (or UDOF as called by us) was full of learning new skills and sonic growth. It has a much evolved sound while still retaining Catharia’s spirit first established on Midnight Sun. We used the same engineer, Jackson Ward, on both albums. Working with Jackson again allowed us to maintain a consistent soundscape, keep the best elements from the first album, while simultaneously being able to really highlight how much we’ve gone forward with the songwriting on the second album.
The title has actually been floating around with us since before the first album even released. That helped us to always have a point in mind to reference through the whole project and that was: making UDOF into an album that actually exists. There was always a finish line to think of.
We started off the recording process at a recording studio in Indianapolis before later moving things to the home of band member Dylan Thompson. This allowed us unlimited time to work with the songs and produce them how we saw fit while reducing the stress of racking up a studio time bill. We’ve already started dabbling in writing new music for our third album and it will most likely be recorded in a similar fashion. We have interesting ideas in the tube, including the possibility of making our first concept album…
Until then, check out Unimaginable Dreams of Fate on May 24th! We are very proud to bring it to you and less than two years since Midnight Sun at that.
Lyric video for track Devouring Firmament: