The eighth TDW solo album entitled: Bane of the Talebearer OST is out now for the world to hear on triple CD, USB stick and select streaming services.
An album that pushes the envelope for the musical trajectory of TDW (Which has not exactly been standardized to begin with) by containing no fewer than 73(!!!) pieces of music that form the score for the Bane of the Talebearer multimedia project. An album that not just features hallmarks of TDW music like the progmetal heard on earlier albums, but one that branches out by embracing both the big and the small in equal measure in a grand format.
When asked about this record and how it became what it is, Tom (de Wit, the person behind TDW) had the following to say:
“Never in my wildest dreams, could I have thought I would be able to make a musical project as grandiose as this. 73 pieces of music on one album is honestly downright ridiculous haha. But it grew the way it did, because all this music was composed within the confines of the greater story that Bane of the Talebearer is telling. And that’s the story we tell through the show on YouTube, this album, the artbook and the videogame we are slowly already working on.
So if someone expects this to be a progressive metal album like I did before…. It isn’t. But at the same time it is progressive in nature because it is so different and I challenged myself. And judging by the responses so far, I feel that this was a step I needed to take for my career, to really open myself up to new pastures. In terms of songwriting, production and overall experiences making this project happen, I really feel I leveled up and that feels incredible!
Also, I can assure you that the future will bring more metal records and musical journeys outside of the expected norm as well. But right now, I just want to enjoy this buzz a little and be happy to live in this musical fantasy world that hopefully is just as welcoming to all of you as it was to me.”
You can now order the album directly through the websites for both TDW and Bane of the Talebearer as well as directly through Layered Reality Productions and Bandcamp. All proceeds go to the project directly and will be invested in new seasons of the show, future albums and the videogame development.
https://www.talebearer.net/shop
https://www.tdwprog.com/shop
https://www.layered-reality.com/shop
https://tdwprog.bandcamp.com/
And you can follow TDW on the socials here:
https://www.instagram.com/tdwprog
https://www.youtube.com/tdwprog
https://www.tiktok.com/@tdwprog
https://tdwprog.bsky.social/
https://discord.gg/AQzG2t2p
https://www.facebook.com/TomTDWdeWit
