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ETHEREAL is a Portuguese metal band that was formed around 1997 by Hugo Soares.
In late 1998, the line-up was complete, and the band started playing live. They won first place at the 2nd National Modern Music Festival of Mondim de Basto.
The band recorded their first EP entitled Shades of Sadness; by the year 1999 which was then considered one of the emerging Portuguese metal scene revelations.
ETHEREAL attained their first record deal with Recital Records and recorded their first full length album entitled The Dreams of Yearning in 2003. Still with the same record deal, ETHEREAL released their second album in 2006 entitled The Towers of Isolation, and the band then followed the record release by a lengthy and ambitious Iberian live tour.
Around 2008 ETHEREAL ceased activities and the band members split their ways to continue differing musical endeavors.
ETHEREAL returned late 2021 with the original formation after a 13-year hiatus, however, this time with the addition of the long-term friend Pedro Arsénio on the third guitar.
The band composed and recorded the third full length album between 2023 and 2024, mixed and mastered by producer Wilson Silva of WRecords Studios.
DOWNFALL is the third long length released November 2, 2024.
It is a remarkable journey through questions about life and death featuring heavy riffs combined with catchy choruses and hard-hitting melancholic lyrics.
Prog-doomsters metal veterans released first single BETRAYAL on JULY 15 and THE ALLURE OF DARYAH, second single on October 9.
