Almost a year after Viper Solfa have settled in
Kristiansand,
Norway, the band signed a contract with
Massacre Records in 2014, after composing and rehearsing several songs. The recording sessions took place between May and July 2014 in Transient Lab (mostly), the Strand Studio in Oslo, Norway and several vocal tracks were recorded in the Spacemachine Studio. The recording and mixing were completed in Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France with producer Terje Refsnes, who previously worked with groups of similar genres such as
Trail of Tears,
Tristania,
Sirenia and
Carpathian Forest among many.
Carving an Icon was finally released on 20 February 2015. Former
Tristania singer
Vibeke Stene is one of the main songwriters for the song called
Whispers and Storms. The cover art was created by renowned Brazilian graphic designer Marcelo Vasco, creator of the covers of bands such as
Machine Head,
Dimmu Borgir and
Borknagar. ==Track listing==