Funeral Rain Press Corps

Renowned siren, Sarah Jezebel Deva has recently inked a deal with French label Listenable Records. After spending 14 years in Cradle Of Filth as a backing singer, she also spent 6 years in Therion and Mortiis. Sarah has sung on over 35 albums with bands including The Kovenant, The Gathering, Mystic Circle, Trigger The Bloodshed and many others. In 2005, joined forces with Chris Rehn and created Angtoria and received an amazing response in Europe.

Although under her solo name, Sarah Jezebel Deva is a full-fledged touring band and a tight one at that. Her follow up to last year’s A Sign Of Sublime, titled The Corruption Of Mercy, will be released in late June on Listenable Records.

Sarah comments:

“We are extremely proud and excited to announce that we have signed a 3 album deal with the mighty Listenable Records. We have slowly been writing the new album The Corruption Of Mercy over the last 12 months, in between shows and other musical priorities at Escape Route Studio’s in Essex, England. A majority of the album was written by myself and Dan Abela but further down the line, we enlisted the help of Pzy Clone from The Kovenant for his amazing orchestrations and programming. Pzy Clone truly was the icing on the cake for this album. In our eyes, this album should have been the first cd released under the SJD name and we feel its totally on par with Angtoria’s God Has A Plan For Us All. The release date will be June 20th and it couldn’t come sooner for us! “

LINE UP :
Dan Abela – Guitars,
Jamie Abela – Drums,
Jonny Gray – Guitars,
Ablaz – Bass,
Sarah Jezebel Deva – Vocals

More info and new album songs will be posted shortly on SJD’s Official Site.

Genre: Gothic Metal, Pop, Rock, Symphonic Metal
Label: Candlelight Records

Oh Sarah. You look angrier in your promo pictures for this album, but you’re still just as gorgeous sounding as the Angtoria album, and your work with Cradle of Filth. I’m so glad I got to hear this.
Those that don’t know Sarah Jezebel Deva, she’s been the female vocals on all the CoF albums, and has had a successful album with her band Angtoria. And now she’s going (mostly) solo, with friends playing the music but it’s all her pretty much. And man does it show her voice’s range. She goes from sounding like Siouxie Sioux to… well, Sarah Jezebel Deva.
And the album itself is not really a genre specific album, hopping around a little with more rock-influenced songs, and epic sounding stuff too, with some poppy elements, and a cover of Meredith Brook’s “Bitch”, which I really like. I’m definitely a fan. My favorite songs are “The Devil’s Opera”, “Your Wonderful Chair”, and “Bitch”.
I agree with Chase on this album, the songs definitely do stick with you after you’ve listened to them. Very catchy, very good.
8.5 out of 10.

Sarah Jezebel Deva on MySpace.

Genre: Gothic, Blackened, Deathcore
Label: Rising Records

…wait, wasn’t Angtoria Sarah’s “solo” project? Oh well. I really shouldn’t complain.

Apparently not being content with her slew of back up/assisting credits, Sarah Jezebel Deva springs forth from the shadows and hammers us with an onslaught of powerful, but catchy yet, haunting sonnets in, A Sign Of Sublime.

It’s quite a cocktail that makes up this potent intoxicant: the enchantress’s platinum pipes, a deathcore drummer (Max Blunos, ex-Trigger The Bloodshed), a godly, death metal bassist (Dave Pybus of Massacre), a gothic doomster on the board (Martin Powell, ex-My Dying Bride) and an inventive guitarist (Ken Newman). I don’t know about you guys, but I’m sloshed already!

I’m not really sure what people are going to be expecting when they check this album out. But I can tell you this: I wasn’t expecting what I heard at all. Which wasn’t a bad thing at all. I was expecting some gothicly infused, blackened rock ‘n’ metal… you know, what we heard on God has A Plan For Us All. This time however, we get this oddly awesome mixture of ‘core drumming, 80’s rock and pop melodies (Your Wonderful Chair), progressive tones in both the bass and guitar that sometimes dips into blackened territory (They Called Her Lady Tyranny). And, of course, the classically trained voice of Mistress Deva.

My one complaint? The very last track is a cover of Meredith Brooks’s Bitch… it’s a decent cover, I am just so fucking tired of that song! Although… imagining Sarah as a “goddess on her knees” was all too enticing… I MEAN! Umm… yeah. I didn’t dig it.

Overall: An great album from a powder keg of brilliant musicians! Sarah’s voice is amazing as usual and the songs stick with you long after you’re finished listening.

9/10

Sarah Jezebel Deva On MySpace