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\nAn evocative snare-drum seemingly derived from some mysterious place, the tender sound of an orchestra followed by a familiar and seductive oboe melody\u2026 When TARJA\u2019s distinctive voice resounds through the speakers, her warm timbre fills the room. Her melody is full of tender emotion before the song explodes into an epic, heavy chorus:
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\n\u201cHysterical, tragical<\/p>\n
Victim of ritual<\/p>\n
Cynical, critical<\/p>\n
Victim of ritual<\/p>\n
She’s a killer, killer<\/p>\n
She’s a killer, killer\u201d<\/p>\n
– Excerpt of \u201cVictim Of Ritual\u201d by TARJA An evocative snare-drum seemingly derived from some mysterious place, the tender sound of an orchestra…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nInspired by the one-movement orchestral piece \u201cBol\u00e9ro\u201d by Maurice Ravel, the near six-minute-long \u201cVictim Of Ritual\u201d is the first single from TARJA\u2019s forthcoming full-length, Colours In The Dark. The song will be released digitally and as a limited vinyl 7\u201d (1,500 copies worldwide ) on July 16, 2013 via Armoury Records\/earMUSIC with a video for \u201cVictim Of Ritual\u201d to follow.
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\nTARJA\u2019s Colours In The Dark studio offering will be released in North America via Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records on August 27, 2013. The ten-track effort was mixed and mastered by Tim Palmer (Pearl Jam, U2) in Austin, Texas and delivers over an hour of music which includes grandiose orchestra and choir arrangements. Colours In The Dark follows the charting successes of 2007\u2019s My Winterstorm and 2010\u2019s What Lies Beneath.
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\nDespite her light and airy character, the music of Finnish songstress\/former Nightwish soprano, TARJA has always been shrouded \u201cin black\u201d \u2013 the color of heavy rock, mystery and elegance. With her latest studio recording, fans will find that same darkness highlighted by an array of new emotions, multihued landscapes and musical atmospheres.
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\nA first glimpse can be enjoyed with the teaser song\/lyric video for \u201cNever Enough,\u201d viewable at THIS LOCATION<\/a>.
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\nKeep up with TARJA\u2019s personal blog entries at http:\/\/www.tarja-coloursinthedark.com<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"