Bassist Steve Angelo Furgiuele of Northern Ontario's GATES OF WINTER has issued the following update:
"July 11th we set up in our new jam space and had our first rehearsal with Dave Gold [WOODS OF YPRES drummer], which I must say couldn't have gone any more smoothly. We are riding a wave of high spirits as we prepare for our upcoming tour, slated for late August, where we will make our first emergence into Eastern Canada. We are also pleased to say that the writing process for our second album is definitely underway. We are working on about sixteen songs at the moment. Some will make it, some won't — it's an exciting time!"
According to GATES OF WINTER's official bio, the group's latest album, "Lux Aeterna", "personifies [the band's] inspirations and influences into 60 minutes of pure energy, melody and passion. Sonically, GATES OF WINTER is a collection of OPETH, DREAM THEATER and DARK TRANQUILLITY combined into one wave of melodic, symphonic metal."