Beautiful (Demether album)
Beautiful is the second studio album by Serbian gothic metal band Demether. The album was released in 2007 by Serbian record label One Records.
The album consists of 12 songs including two instrumentals.
Background
The recording of the album came two years after the release of the successful debut Withing the Mirror. After the band had established themselves as one of the leaders of the Serbian heavy metal scene and some major gigs such as EXIT Festival, the band entered the studio in the summer of 2006.
MusicAL Style
Beautiful represents a shift in the sound towards cleaner gothic rock/metal genre. Although there were still notable influences of power and symphonic metal, the band moved towards more organic and consistent style.
Recording Process
The recording process began in the summer 2006. In the summer and fall 2006, the band recorded the album in "Chameleon" studios. Vocal and keyboard tracks were recorded at Damjan's RetroMetro studios in the winter 2006. The album was mixed at Chameleon and the mastering was done at Alpha studios in the spring 2007. All songs were composed, arranged and produced by Damjan Deurić. All lyrics were written by Damjan Deurić except 2nd part of Lacrimosa "Došla je sestra Jelena" (Serbian traditional) and latin parts of Requiem 2012 (missae ordinarii). The album was engineered and co-produced by Božidar „Chameleon“ Nikolić. Vocal arrangements were done by Dunja Deurić. Guest appearances on the album include Ana Aleksić-Šajrer (vocals on Requiem 2012), Zoltan Losonc (guitars), Jan Petrovič (guitars), Marija Torbica (cello), Csaba Kenderesi (viola) and Branislav Kolarski (growl vocals).