Their identities remain hidden, but this year, Gaerea are out to prove that they’re no longer strictly a black metal band. With their upcoming new album, the Portuguese masked sensations are surfacing to the top of extreme metal. While the pensive, post-rock passages only heighten its crushing blows, the latest single off Coma is the first song in the band’s mantle-worthy discography to feature clean singing.
Today, Gaerea are announcing yet another milestone with their first U.S. cover story. Read about the inspirations and songwriting process behind Coma in the latest issue of Outburn.
“We are proud to be featured on the cover of Outburn“, Gaerea says. “Our thanks goes out to Jeremy and his staff for this honor“.
“Gaerea have been a musically and visually intriguing band since they were first introduced to the metal scene“, says Outburn‘s Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Saffer. “Gaerea’s mystique, coupled with some of the best metal to be released in the past few years, certainly solidifies the validity of them as a band that has earned and deserves to be on magazine covers. We are elated to be the first U.S. magazine to put them on a cover and can’t wait for fans to go behind the masks and take a look into the world of Gaerea with Issue #109. Here’s to many more!”
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More praise for Gaerea
“As someone who’s already heard Coma in full, you’re getting a glimpse at one of the best metal records of 2024” – Metal Injection
“One of extreme music’s most commanding, compelling forces” – Knotfest
“…separates itself from the pack thanks to hearty doses of dark melody, top notch production and skilled songwriting” – Decibel
“…builds upon itself until the sound and fury can’t be contained any longer, spilling over itself with raging vocals and pounding blast beats”. – Metal Sucks
“Terrifying at times, but beautiful, almost like life” – New Noise
“Gaerea really aren’t like the other black metal bands…If you have any care for music as heartrending as it is heavy, this is a must-listen” – Angry Metal Guy
“…increasingly wizard-like and meteorically rising” – No Clean Singing
To usher in this new era, Gaerea are touring behind Coma well into 2025.
First, the masked sensations will return to North America this November with Zeal & Ardor and ZETRA. Next year, they’ll embark on their first headlining tour of Europe with 10+ dates across Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Gaerea North American Tour 2024 with Zeal & Ardor and ZETRA
November 23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer [TICKETS]
November 24 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge [TICKETS]
November 25 – Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 27 – Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD [TICKETS]
November 28 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House [TICKETS]
November 29 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic [TICKETS]
November 30 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre [TICKETS]
December 2 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue [TICKETS]
December 3 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall [TICKETS]
December 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre [TICKETS]
December 6 – Engelwood, CO @ Gothic Theatre [TICKETS]
December 7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge [TICKETS]
December 9 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox [TICKETS]
December 10 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre [TICKETS]
December 11 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom [TICKETS]
December 13 – Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre [TICKETS]
December 14 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory [TICKETS]
December 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom [TICKETS]
December 17 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk [TICKETS]
December 18 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory [TICKETS]
Gaerea European Headlining Tour 2025
16 Apr: Osnabrück, DE @ Bastard Club
17 Apr: Aalborg, DK @ 1000Fryd
18 Apr: Oslo, NO @ Inferno Festival
19 Apr: Stockholm, SE @ Kollektivet Livet
20 Apr: Copenhagen, DK @ BETA
22 Apr: Hamburg, DE @ Headcrash
23 Apr: Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
24 Apr: Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia
25 Apr: Munich, DE @ Kranhalle
26 Apr: Karlsruhe, DE @ Die Stadmitte
27 Apr: Frankfurt, DE @ Das Bett
Get tickets at https://www.gaerea.com/
Gaerea North American Tour 2024 with Zeal & Ardor and ZETRA
November 23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer [TICKETS]
November 24 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge [TICKETS]
November 25 – Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 27 – Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD [TICKETS]
November 28 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House [TICKETS]
November 29 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic [TICKETS]
November 30 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre [TICKETS]
December 2 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue [TICKETS]
December 3 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall [TICKETS]
December 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre [TICKETS]
December 6 – Engelwood, CO @ Gothic Theatre [TICKETS]
December 7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge [TICKETS]
December 9 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox [TICKETS]
December 10 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre [TICKETS]
December 11 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom [TICKETS]
December 13 – Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre [TICKETS]
December 14 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory [TICKETS]
December 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom [TICKETS]
December 17 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk [TICKETS]
December 18 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory [TICKETS]
Behind black shrouds of obscurity and desolation, the performers of GAEREA deliver their odes in cascading maelstroms of aggression and beauty. Emerging from the age of pandemic to whatever awaits humanity next, the dark horde remains on the frontlines of the next generation of extreme metal. With an EP and three albums to their name, Gaerea has rapidly distinguished themselves from the thousands of bands toiling away in the underground. Brewing their cauldron of sound from a recipe of pounding black-metal blast mixed with a touch of harrowed, reflective longing, many devotees of the darkened arts have flocked to their banner. With the emergence of third full-length album Mirage, those numbers certainly grew.
Gaerea met a challenge when releasing their second album during the pandemic, the aptly titled Limbo, to excellent world reception. In the meantime, they found the total suspension of interactive life as it was previously known to be the perfect breeding ground for further creation and making.
Sizzling with ambition from day one, Gaerea may present one unique face to their audience, masked and enshrouded, but the truth is they have not remained changeless.
As their previous album name Mirage suggests, the inability to trust what our senses are telling us could be construed as one of the album’s central themes. Rather than constrict their art to mythological references or anti-religious tropes, Gaerea instead plumb the depths of the human experiences of isolation and suffering.
Just two years since Mirage was released, Gaerea is here, erupting with intensity, casting forth black ashes over the world yet again.
Their latest release, Coma, has finally surfaced, marking a pivotal shift. From this point forward, everything changes. It’s time for Gaerea to bridge the gap between underground metal and the elevated realm they’ve attained. With Coma, Gaerea emerges from the underground scene, ascending towards a permanently lasting position at the head of the table.
An emotional gateway to a dark black metal scene, a guide to salvation, pain, despair and letting go. Moving up, into the blackness that is above. Gaerea is the answer, the only answer.
Within ‘Coma’s’ ten tracks lies an individual narrative, each with its own tale to unveil. Collectively, they blend nuances of aggression, tranquility, solitude, and fervor.
Boasting a superior production that threads the needle between caustic and clarity, Gaerea yet again admit their loyalty to producer Miguel Tereso of Demigod Recordings for the production of Coma. Together they created the birth of ‘Coma’, the new era for metal mankind. Distinguishing themselves ever more so, the Vortex handpicked their artist Nathan Lorenzana with a clear assignment to create their mesmerizing cover artwork. Months of hand drawing the image with a ballpen lead to this masterpiece which dipped his name into ‘Coma’.
The beauty of Gaerea lies in the directness and simplicity found within their florid tapestry of extremity and aggression. Whether it is in the less-polished aural dynamite of Mirage, or in the lustrous textures of Coma, Gaerea is building a mighty edifice of metal. With talons dipped in the inky blood of black metal and scraped across the flesh of human suffering, Gaerea is leading a charge into the future of darkness, and all those who find beauty and power in the dark side of existence would do well to take heed.
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