Swedish progressive death metallers SKYFIRE have spent over 5 years writing new materials since its last release. Unleashed a few months before the band’s full length magnum opus titled Esoteric, the digital-only Fractal release represents the band’s best material written between 2004 and 2009. A short four song EP, Fractal serves to thank long time fans who have patiently waited for new material with songs that would have otherwise never seen the light of day. Among its four songs is a preview track from Esoteric aptly titled “Esoteric” as a taste of the full length onslaught to follow suit. The songs on Fractal utilize the same epic bombast as Esoteric while simultaneously maintaining the melancholic attitude heard on 2004’s Spectral. The tracks were recorded, mixed and mastered at the band's Powernest Studios with new members Joakim Karlsson (vocals; MARK:BLACK) and Johan Reinholdz (guitars; ANDROMEDA, NONEXIST) with the exception of “Esoteric” which was mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, ZONARIA, THE ABSENCE). Fractal not only provides diehard fans with some exceptional songs that would have otherwise never been released, it is also the first taste of new SKYFIRE material which will be continued on the band’s Esoteric full length out in September 2009. Joakim Jonsson: DrumsMartin Hanner: Bass, keys and orchestral arrangementsJohan Reinholdz: Lead guitarAndreas Edlund: Guitar, keys and orchestral arrangementsJoakim Karlsson: VocalsAll music written by Martin Hanner and Andreas Edlund.All lyrics written by Joakim KarlssonAll arrangements by Skyfire.Recorded in Powernest Studios 2008-2009. Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Skyfire except “Esoteric” Mixed and Mastered by Jonas Kjellgren in Abyss Studios. Cover art by Elise BeaudryLand of the WolvesThe experimental lustShould have been the warning itselfInstead it quenched the thirstAnd the life of the ignorantUnrestrained is the painWhat can’t be seen can still be feltAnd erase everythingNo one is safe...No one is safe...Sent to a certain deathWithout knowing at allJust do as you are told nowAnd let us handle the aftermathRely on usDevastationThe ruins are standing cold and darkHere in the land of the wolvesAs mankind suffers the punishmentThey will outlast us allAnother number for the statisticsAnother soul burnt to ashesWhatever you say cannot pursuade usThe facts are well hidden and deniedThey will never see daylight againLocked in and the key is thrown awayBuried in the groundSo poisonedDenialBoundaries bound to be brokenPromises, a failure of man spokenA once so flourishing society laid to wasteUnleash the plague and see them scatterSee them suffer and dieA disastrous decisionAt the cost of everything The source is shut downThe bleeding has stoppedBut you´ll never knowTransparentThe ruins are standing cold and darkHere in the land of the wolvesAs mankind suffers the punishmentThey will outlast us allThe ruins are standing cold and darkThey will outlast us all Mankind suffers the punishmentThe lesson is ours to learnBereaved in DenialWalking the streets of nowhereA stroll in the dark aloneUnwilling to be seenUnlikely to be knownIf making the problem visibleThen urging for a sollutionWhat’s dwelled in the darkMight not be meant to seeThose eyes - Watching, DisturbingDemise - Of one’s free willDisguised - Crawling, Searching Whats not seen, can´t existBereaved in denialA chosen path of existenceIs it, or is it not?A grudging admissionA reminiscence so distantIf making the problem visibleThen urging for a solutionWhats dwelled in the darkMight not be meant to seeThose eyes - Watching, DisturbingDemise - Of one’s free willDisguised - Crawling, Searching Whats not seen, can´t existBereaved in denialSlating the needs of manCraving for so much lessInner peace and the sweet relief Is laying close at handIf making the problem visibleThen urging for a solutionWhat’s dwelled in the darkMight not be meant to seeThose eyes - Watching, DisturbingDemise - Of one’s free willDisguised - Crawling, Searching Whats not seen, can´t existBereaved in denialThe Transgressor WithinWhatever happened to youBoth body and mindCarried away by ignoranceA soul going colder day by dayThere is nothing leftBut agony and deceitAnd bitterness so sweetDeceiving your dreamsIt’s a predictable endGoing out of controlAct alone The transgressor withinIs now your guide You drift awayReigning in silent wordsSpeaking words not meant to hearBuilding fences high and strongCreating a world of your ownThere is nothing leftBut agony and deceitAnd bitterness so sweetDeceiving your dreamsIt’s an unavoidable endGoing out of controlAct alone The transgressor withinIs now your guide You drift awaySeeking no answers at allThe decision is already madeFollow just followThe transgressor withinFollow, just followA need to give is growing strongerTaking over even more, day by daySoon there will be no more regretsFeeding itself from the coreInfesting and mouldingTo be the only option availableNo more second chancesAct aloneSenses fluctuating againTelling you things that you can´t handleLashing out, tearing downIt´s useless to resist anymoreThere is nothing leftBut agony and deceitAnd bitterness so sweetDeceiving your dreamsIt’s a predictable endGoing out of controlAct alone The transgressor withinIs now your guide You drift awayEsotericA glimpse over this field of sorrowIt´s more than meets the eyeBut in the eye of the beholderIt´s telling secrets and a lieThere is no room for mistakesTresspassing to the point of no returnVoices from withinAre my only witnesses to this madnessThe truth is hard to see hereAs I am twisting your mindsIf I fallI´m taking it with me downEsoteric remainsAll eyes on meThe logic beats the wordAwaiting to seeEndurance beats the restlessI’ll never give inIt would mean an impossible endingThe breakdown of meMust never occurMust never occurA vague premonitionThat is all there isEscalating to a nightmareBut here’s nothing to see... A vague premonitionThat is all there isEscalating into a nightmareBut here’s still nothing to seeI’m giving you nothing instead of somethingOr was there anything I forgot?Hesitation is never an optionThen in a second it’s all over...The truth is hard to see hereAs I am twisting your mindsWhen I fallI´m taking it with me downEsoteric remains