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LORNA SHORE
releases new album
PAIN REMAINS
out now

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Photo Credit: Mike Elliot

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“They are kings of that blackened deathcore sound” – The Break Down With Nath & Johnny

“… it delivers above expectations and will be an album you remember for a very long time” – Wall Of Sound, 8/10

“This is what elite extreme music sounds like in 2022, and this now becomes the level they must aspire to match and exceed on their next release…Pain Remains is one of the absolute best albums of 2022, no question” – Sense Music Media, 9.5/10

“Quiet, unassuming front man Will Ramos has some of the most powerful vocals getting around, mixed with musical brutality and blast beats peppered with cinematic symphonic points of difference. They make it difficult not to enjoy them, no matter your favourite flavour of extreme metal” – Loud Online, 85/100

“Pain Remains is a testament that Lorna Shore can still hold their own and not crumble under the weight of their own escalated stardom, by being a collection of aggression, evil, anguish, and depth in a way that fans will truly find dear to their hearts” – Metal Wani, 9/10

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Today, the blistering and beautiful new chapter for Lorna Shore arrives via the release of the group’s new album, Pain Remains, out now via Century Media Records / Sony Music Australia.

Pain Remains is the product of the same struggle and deluge of personal and creative hells that’s marked Lorna Shore’s entire career. “This was the hardest record in our career that we’ve ever had to write,” says guitarist Adam De Micco. “We were no longer in the underdog position. Because of the EP and ‘…Hellfire’, we knew we had to top ourselves. It was a different kind of pressure. For me. the mental struggle was being seen in a new light – we had to make sure that we weren’t going to be seen as some flickering flame.”

When the band decamped to Michigan’s Random Awesome Studios with producer Josh Schroeder in 2021, Lorna Shore was on a creative and personal high that carried them through five weeks of hard work and intense creativity. “The biggest challenge for me was me being my own adversary,” Adam admits. “Overcoming my own self-doubt and feelings of self-worth.”

Pain Remains is the sound of a band that has honed their sound and identity. From the opening choral chants and orchestration (composed by guitarist Andrew O’Connor) of Welcome Back, O’ Sleeping Dreamer straight into labyrinth of musical twists, turns, technicalities and raw emotion at the core of tracks like Sun//Eater or Soulless Existence, Lorna Shore has woven together a sprawling document of ambition, soul and ability that few can match. It also is the sound of Lorna Shore breaking out of any sort of categorization and stepping into their own as a great extreme metal band. With Pain Remains, LornaShore has truly arrived. “That’s been the idea and the vision for the band for years,” states Adam. “We’ve never wanted to be limited or meet someone’s expectations of what we’re supposed to be.”

PAIN REMAINS – OUT NOW

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About LORNA SHORE:

For Lorna Shore, 2020 was nothing short of a reckoning – in a career built on challenges, changes and a single-minded vision. For the New Jersey quintet, 2020 signaled the pandemic and cancelled tours. The following year presented the band with a staggering creative challenge in the form of the song, To the Hellfire (currently at 11M+ views on YouTube, 22M+ streams on Spotify), from their hugely well-regarded EP …And I Return to Nothingness. Yet, through it all, they upped their sonic ante with their upcoming album, Pain Remains, that not only aligns with everything Lorna Shore has hinted at, but it also exceeds that – brutally and magnificently. “I’m a firm believer in the butterfly effect,” says guitarist Adam De Micco. “While you can try and boil it down to one song or one moment in a song, that’s just one moment in a career with a lot leading up to that.”  

“Hellfire was a big, viral moment for the band, but we are way more than just a viral 30-second breakdown band,” adds drummer Austin Archey.

Clocking in at just over an hour, Pain Remains is as far-reaching in scope as any modern extreme metal album. It thinks big, pushing beyond preconception or musical boundaries.

Catch the Pain Remains trilogy closing out the new album, with the three-part opus offering everything from a deathcore ballad, to symphonic aggression and a nine-minute powerhouse ending proceedings on Part III. Watch Pain Remains I: Dancing Like Flames here, and check out Pain Remains II: After All I’ve Done, I’ll Disappear here.

LORNA SHORE are:

Michael Yager – Bass
Adam De Micco – Guitar
Will Ramos – Vocals
Austin Archey – Drums
Andrew O’Connor – Guitar

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PAIN REMAINS
Track Listing:

01. Welcome Back, O’ Sleeping Dreamer
02. Into The Earth
03. Sun/Eater
04. Cursed To Die
05. Soulless Existence
06. Apotheosis
07. Wrath
08. Pain Remains I: Dancing Like Flames
09. Pain Remains II: After All I’ve Done, I’ll Disappear
10. Pain Remains III: In A Sea Of Fire

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