Entering Polaris releases fourth video single called 'Glacier' • GRIMM Gent

Welcome to the official lyric video for the ENTERING POLARIS song “GLACIER”. This is the FOURTH promotional video single for this double-release, and features JOHN YELLAND (JUDICATOR) on vocals.

Tom Tee:

“This is the first video highlighting one of the songs of the acoustic album in the new double-release, and it really showcases the style and atmosphere of this record. Haunting, melancholic and at times surreal, the acoustic album truly is the gentle but poignant Yin to the electric album’s wilder Yang. ‘GLACIER’ especially is one of my favourites — a dreamlike yet epic song about being lost; feeling lost…and heading off on lonesome journeys into icy, arctic environs in search of things lost and never found again. Sit back and relax for this one, and let it take you along for the ride.”

The brand new Progressive Metal double-album, featuring 23 songs and 2 hours of music, is released on 2 CDs and as a luxury 3-LP trifold package, with inlays featuring full artwork, lyrics and photos. The vinyl edition is limited to 250 copies.

Both records are two very different sides of the same coin – one is electric, energetic, heavy and progressive, while the other is fully acoustic, haunting and melancholic, with (real) string sections, choirs and classical percussion.

Both albums are OUT NOW and feature (in order of appearance):

Mike Andersson (Tungsten, Cloudscape,…)
Nick Holleman (Powerized, Methusalem,…)
Sindre Nedland (In Vain)
David Marcelis (Thorium, Lord Volture, Black Knight,…)
Thomas Vikström (Therion,…)
Audrey Dandeville (Irradiance)
Roy Khan (Conception, Kamelot)
Benny Willaert (23 Acez, Thorium)
Henrik Fevre (Anubis Gate)
Arno Menses (Subsignal, Sieges Even)
Fabio Lione (Angra, Rhapsody, Vision Divine,…)
Jeffrey Rademakers (Spartan)
Lance King (Balance of Power, Pyramaze, solo,…)
Louis Soenens (Fields of Troy)
Georg Neuhauser (Serenity)
John Yelland (Judicator, Principium, Disforia, Dire Peril,…)
Anneleen Olbrechts (Thorium)

Mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni
Artwork by Velio Josto
Out Since June 22nd 2023 on Freya Records

Working as a guitar player, producer and songwriter in a host of bands and projects through the years, such as Ostrogoth, Thorium and others, Tom Tee launched Entering Polaris in 2018 with the debut album ‘Godseed’. The idea behind Entering Polaris is to realise a long overdue dream: creating music that not only unites influences from all the kinds of music Tom has loved since his teenage years, but which also brings together a plethora of stunning vocalists from all across the scene.

Due to the large number of songs that are continuously being written – and born from the aspiration to up the ante and take the bold and ambitious route – the decision was made to write and produce not one, not two or even three, but four full-length albums this past year. These are arranged as follows:

Album 1: ‘Atlantean Shores’ — six-string guitars; melodic/progressive Metal
Album 2: ‘And Silently the Age Did Pass’ – fully acoustic; dark and atmospheric
Album 3: ‘Myths in Motion’ — seven-string guitars; modern, heavy and progressive
Album 4: ‘Songs of Ivory and Obsidian’ – all piano; delicate and emotional

These four records will be released as two double-releases – the first of these on JUNE 22^nd 2023 – comprising the albums ‘Atlantean Shores’ & ‘And Silently The Age Did Pass’.