Sunday, October 31, 2021

FIRST FRAGMENT: STREAMING "GLOIRE ETERNELLE" VIA SPOTIFY


 Quebec, Canada based technical death metal warriors FIRST FRAGMENT, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "GLOIRE ETERNELLE",  unleashed 10/29/2021 via UNIQUE LEADER RECORDS. 

 

 FIRST FRAGMENT unleashed "DASEIN", 5/20/2016 via UNIQUE LEADER RECORDS. 

 

 

 FROM FIRST FRAGMENT:

GLOIRE ÉTERNELLE is out now and can be streamed in full! 14 years of hard work have led to this record. We dedicate this album to you all & to all shred maniacs worldwide. We also dedicate this album to the fallen : Luc Pilon, William John Bill Wells & Gerald Tougas - rest in eternal glory
10 SONGS. 71 MINUTES. 220 RIFFS. 100 SOLOS. 320 IMPERIAL GALLONS OF TEARS FROM THOSE WHO FEAR THE SHRED
First Fragment is :
David AB - Lead & backing vocals (mids, highs, yells)
Phil Tougas - Lead, rhythm & classical guitars, backing vocals (lows, highs, gurgles, yells), keyboards, effects, intros, additional percussions
Nick “Thriller” Miller - Lead & rhythm guitars
Dominic “Forest” Lapointe - Fretless lead bass
Nicholas “Le Fou” Wells - Drums. percussions & additional back vocals (yells)
Additional musicians :
Vincent Savary (Ex-First Fragment) - 2nd bass solo in In’el
David AB, Phil Tougas, Nicholas Wells & Steven Henry - Warchoir
Production & artwork
Phil Tougas - Producer, Recording/Engineering (vocals, guitars), additional editing (drums) at Stygian Studios (Longueuil)
Hugues Deslauriers - Mixing, Re-amping (Guitars, Bass) at Roarrr Sound Studios (Montreal)
Mathieu Marcotte - Mastering at Humanoise Studios (Montreal)
Chris Donaldson - Recording/engineering (drums, bass) at The Grid (Montreal)
Jonathan Mazzeo - Assistant engineering (drums, bass) at The Grid (Europe)
Pierre Tougas - Additional engineering
Andrew Allston - Additional engineering
Marc Roy - Additional engineering
Adam Burke/Nightjar Illustration - Album cover art
Chimère Noire - Layout, additional artwork
Charles Benoit - Logo
All lyrics and concepts by David AB
All songs composed by Phil Tougas except : 6 by Phil Tougas / Gabriel Brault-Pilon, 7-8 by Brault-Pilon / Tougas
All arrangements by Tougas, Forest, Wells, Miller, Brault-Pilon
Gloire Éternelle was composed between 2006-2021 & recorded between February 2020-February 2021
Band crew :
Pierre Tougas - Live Sound
Dug - Live Sound
François Ouellet - Management
Steven Henry - Lights, stage-tech & road crew
Mike Wyszynski - road crew
Ismael Mossadeq - Videography & documentation
Endorsements :
Dominic “Forest” Lapointe proudly endorses : Grind Custom FX, Darkglass Electronics, Aguilar Amplification, Elixir Strings, Nordstrand Pickups
Nick Miller proudly endorses : Empress Effects, Darkglass Electronics
Nicholas Wells proudly endorses : Los Cabos Drumsticks, Attack Drumheads and Percussion Ordnance.

 

  FIRST FRAGMENT:  "GLOIRE ETERNELLE" (VIA SPOTIFY, COURTESY OF  UNIQUE LEADER RECORDS): 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-