There's no doubt that for me, by far the most exciting upcoming album of 2017 is this:
Vuur - In This Moment We Are Free – Cities
It's a new band formed by Anneke Van Giersbergen formerly of The Gathering. I wasn't ever a fan of her old band, but this new material is stunning. I've heard several live performances of songs from the upcoming album and I'm loving it.
They play a sort of modern sounding alternative rock/metal hybrid that's really quite hard to pin down. I love the way their album is mixed, with deep, fat bass, full sounding drums and a very evocative sound on the lead guitars. Anneke's vocals are astounding. I never even knew she was
this good.
So far, they've got just one official music video out, and I've watched it countless times already.
The album is out on the 20th of October.
VUUR - "My Champion - Berlin"