And so we turn to the darker side of metal for our roster additions today. We introduce 3 dark melodic atmospheric bands ready for album releases later in the year. Welcome to Sliptrick:

Xaon (CH) Melodic Dark Metal
Distant Landscape (IT) Post Rock/Metal | Atmospheric Rock
Dionisyan (IT) Atmospheric Doom Metal | Symphonic Baroque Metal

Xaon
Swiss group Xaon were formed in their home town Sion and their mythology reflects the surrounding mountainous region. The bands core of Rob, Vinc & Flo create a symbiotic Melodic Dark Metal sound influenced by bands such as Soilwork, Paradise Lost & Type O Negative. For their live shows they are augmented by extra musicians to faithfully re-produce the bands style and substance. In 2016, the band recorded the album The Drift, ready for release on Sliptrick Records in May and we’ll have more news on that very soon.

The Drift | Released worldwide via Sliptrick Records on May 15th

Band links: Official Website | Facebook | Youtube

Distant Landscape
The Distant Landscape project was created as the brainchild of Marco Spiridigliozzi, to express with total honesty, his (and our) inner most hidden feelings. The band play a type of post-rock metal that is always evolving and is often characterized by radical atmosphere changes present within the same song. The members hail from Rome, Italy and have been busy finishing their debut album Insights. The finished sound is the result of many years of stylistic and musical research. Insights will be released soon via Sliptrick Records.

Band links: Facebook | Youtube

Dionisyan
In the Spring of 2010, Tregor Russo decided to give life to a new musical project, with the intent to create music and lyrics from the deep feelings, pathos, melancholic emotions and immerse them in complex gloomy arrangements. After the first ep Land of Dreams and the first concept album The Mystery of Faith Tregor as Multi Instrumentalist, Composer, Arranger and Lyricist. with his Dionisyan proposed Atmospheric Doom and Melodic Progressive Death Metal, mixed with other sub genres such as Classical Music and Traditional Middle Eastern Music. Now Tregor for the second concept album deliver Atmospheric Doom / Symphonic Baroque Metal, structured in his polyrhythmic contrapuntal polyphony style. They are currently signed for their second full length album to be released on Sliptrick Records.

Band links: Facebook | Youtube