EPK – Seventh Station – Heal the Unhealed (2022)
Publicist – Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
“In this specific album, I wanted to bring my personal point of view on my roots as a Soviet Union child. Spending my childhood in the Soviet Union, then youth in Israel, and finally having moved to Slovenia, I went through a lot of different circumstances and the processes of adaptation for each – also resulting in anxiety and panic attacks after all these significant paradigm shifts. Heal The Unhealed is a personal reflection on these experiences and the psychological states they brought, voiced through different characters, including the primary actors of the conditions I had back in the Soviet Union.” – Dmitri Alperovich – Guitar
“The album for me is almost like a novel or a movie, we crafted it meticulously so there’s a lot to discover even after the first pass of listening.” – Eren Basbug – Keyboards
For fans of Dream Theater, Symphony X, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, Frank Zappa
Band: Seventh Station
Album Title: Heal the Unhealed
Release Date: November 7th, 2022
Label: Self-Released
Distribution: Self-Distributed
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“The guys definitely show that they are a very up-and-coming, well-thought-out Progressive Metal band”. – MetalUnderground.at
“Between Life and Dreams is not a typical progressive metal album, in its musical structure the listener can find elements of classical music and find intensive, delicate motive work in each song”. – Lady Obscure
“This is a combination of old and new influences, including those from musicians that are classically trained. This results in music that has a lot going on, with so many different styles involved that it would be pointless to try and list them all” – Wonderbox Metal
“Many of their creations are inspired from classical music compositions in which they mix their own virtuoso inputs of modern and progressive metal. Believe me, the album will open your ears fully and lead you into the magical world of fantasy between two worlds, the reality and the dreams.” – Paranoid Webzine
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Band: Seventh Station
Album Title: Heal the Unhealed
Release Date: November 7th, 2022
Label: Self-Released
Distribution: Self-Distributed
Track Listing:
1. Unspoken Thoughts (07:37)
2. Seven Digits (07:36)
3. The Heart of a Nation (Nadia) (12:27)
4. The Ruthless Koba (05:19)
5. All Hail the Moustache (12:04)
6. A Final Bow (13:41)
Album Length: 58:47
Album Recording Credits:
• All songs performed by: Dmitri Alperovich, Eren Basbug, Jure Lopatic, Grega Plamberger, Davidavi Dolev (except 04)
• All songs written by: Dmitri Alperovich
• Produced by: Dmitri Alperovich
• Mixed by: Matej Gobec @ The Cosmosonic Studios
• Mastered by: Matej Gobec @ The Cosmosonic Studios
• Album Artwork by: Tal Asulin
• Album Recording and Live Band Line Up:
– Dmitri Alperovich – Guitar
– Eren Basbug – Keyboards
– Davidavi Dolev – Vocals
– Jure Lopatic – Bass
– Grega Plamberger – Drums and Percussion
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The album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):
– Davidavi Dolev – Vocals – “The album is the sound of a panic attack, and could very much be a progressive assault on the ear, so much is going on at the same time it’s a really demanding listen, not at all for the weak-hearted and very much for the open minded. musically this album is choosing the long path rather than quick gratification but at the same time very satisfying for those who manage to go through this entire orchard.
This is the first time I’m involved in writing the lyrics and the vocal lines for Seventh Station and I wanted to find the right ‘voice’ for the lyrics, trying to voice Dmitri’s musical ideas through surrealism and through the absurd. so, lyrically the point was to magnify even more the panic attacks Dmitri was trying to describe through the light of harsh incomprehensible historical events. I exceptionally relate to the ‘Heart of a Nation’ trilogy from which ‘All Hail the Moustache’ is from as I think it’s the top of our mutual work and I can’t wait until we release the other video clips of this trilogy.”
Dmitri Alperovich – Guitar – “Heal the Unhealed” is inspired by the events of the Second World War and the Soviet Union. The title itself reflects on a panic attack I experienced for the first time during the keyboard recordings in Boston. Soon enough I also realized once this type of experience occurs it becomes something you need to learn how to live with rather than completely healing it.
– The album was composed after our debut release Between Life and Dreams in 2016 and recorded throughout 2020 in three different countries. The keyboard recordings took place between Boston and Turkey, while the rest of the band recorded in Slovenia, through three different studios.
– We have six tracks in the album, where three of the tracks we call the Stalin trilogy. These tracks are the main theme of the album and deal between Stalin’s inner ego struggle and his tough personal relationships in the context of the Soviet Union. We offer a view of these events from our perspective based on historical knowledge. Although the other half of the tracks are loosely connected with this theme, they stand more as individual songs.”
Track by track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):
Track Descriptions can be found HERE.
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STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS ABOUT THE BAND
1. Dmitri: The name of the band is actually a math calculation of numbers that were hunting me in the past (you can find out about it in Between Life and Dreams). The short story is: when I was checking the time I always encountered at the hour 13:48 (1:48pm), and I jokingly made up a conspiracy theory about these numbers. In the days we were forming the band, we liked the idea that it would be ‘something Station’. One day, I decided to keep adding the numbers from the clock- 1, 3, 4, 8, and eventually, the calculation resulted in 7. That’s the story behind how we picked the name Seventh Station. Even today, lots of things regarding the band are circling around this number.
2. Dmitri: In one of our shows I had to play Mirage at Yourself from our debut album (one of the hardest songs in our catalog) blindfolded because I lost a bet with our bassist Jure.
3. Heal the Unhealed is an international effort being rehearsed and recorded through five different studios on three continents ranging from the United States, Slovenia and Turkey.
4. The Ruthless Koba, the fourth track from Heal the Unhealed is a portrait of Stalin by Shostakovich, the second movement of his 10th Symphony. At the end of the track, we put an excerpt from a Soviet propaganda movie praising Stalin where Shostakovich was forced to compose the soundtrack for it – as an interesting contradictory contrast.
5. The entire vocals for the record were recorded during the first week of the global pandemic outbreak. Our vocalist Vidi flew to Ljubljana to record his parts, only to get stuck due to the global lockdowns and travel restrictions. He ended up recording the vocals by himself with our engineer Matej Gobec, although they had not met before the sessions.
About:
Seventh Station is a progressive metal band based in Slovenia, led by Israeli Guitarist Dmitri Alperovich and Turkish Keyboardist Eren Başbuğ. Constructing their sound by fusing progressive metal with contemporary classical music, the band’s new album Healed the Unhealed is their second full-length record, released independently. Featuring an international lineup, Davidavi “Vidi” Dolev (Vocals), Jure Lopatic (Bass), and Grega Plamberger (Drums). On their new record, Seventh Station adds to their “on the edge” performances and compositions more blood, more sweat, and more tears.
Formed between the Academy of Music & Dance in Jerusalem and Berklee College of Music in Boston, Seventh Station released its debut album Between Life and Dreams in 2016. After relocating to Europe and a few line-up changes, Alperovich and Başbuğ knew no borders in the search for uncompromising compositions and musical executors, progressive and challenging. After several tours between the Middle East and post-Yugoslavia, the band gathered together on recording ‘Heal the Unhealed’. Inspired by the Second World War and the Soviet Union, the album is an hour-long reflection in the eyes of Alperovich, who was born in Minsk, Belarus, moved to Israel and eventually found his way to Slovenia. Featuring surrealistic epos, harnessing the band’s skillful abilities in order to express Kafkaesque situations, Heal the Unhealed examines resemblances between dictatorships and the personality disorders of an artist.
Seventh Station is now gearing up for their upcoming record Heal the Unhealed released on November 7th, 2022, along with a supporting tour through Europe and the Middle East, to be announced later this Fall.
Album Recording and Live Band Line Up:
– Dmitri Alperovich – Guitar
– Eren Basbug – Keyboards
– Davidavi Dolev – Vocals
– Jure Lopatic – Bass
– Grega Plamberger – Drums and Percussion
Discography:
2022 – Heal the Unhealed
2016 – Between Life and Dreams
Tours and Festivals:
2013 – Israel Tour
2017 – Slovenia Tour
2019 – Slovenia Tour
2020 – Deri Po Bresicah Metal Festival – Slovenia
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