[Cover photo credit to Jeremy Saffer]

North Sea Echoes, the project featuring Progressive Metal pioneers Ray Alder (vocals) and Jim Matheos (guitar) of Fates Warning, have released a new video for “I’ll Leave A Light On.” The track appears on the band’s latest studio album, How To Cast A Shadow, out now via Metal Blade Records.

Comments Alder:

‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ is much heavier than anything on [2024’s] Really Good Terrible Things, the first NORTH SEA ECHOES album. It has a darker melancholic feel that fits well on this record. I loosely based the lyrics on a character from my favorite sci-fi series. I won’t say which, but they do use the quote ‘out there in the black.’

Matheos explains of How To Cast a Shadow:

This record is a bit heavier, with several more songs featuring real drums, played by Dennis Leeflang. It wasn’t necessarily intentional or planned, just the way things shaped up and how they emerged this time.