Allegaeon have introduced their seventh album, The Ossuary Lens — their first to function unique vocalist Ezra Haynes since 2014.
The Denver-based band additionally provided the one “Driftwood” forward of the album’s April 4th launch date.
Haynes’ presence has a direct impact, his extra gravelly vocal including additional extremity to Allegaeon’s hyper-technical type of dying metallic. Maximal drums and winding guitar traces are woven into an prog-like association that geese into ambient passages, melodic sections, and grinding riff-laden brutality.
“This track holds a particular place in Allegaeon historical past, actually,” recalled guitarist Greg Burgess in a press launch. “This piece was written for Apoptosis by our then-brand new bassist Booboo. In its unique type, it was so tech dying, I don’t suppose we knew methods to incorporate it into the Allegaeon sound when he submitted it. Quick ahead six years and, as we had been kicking round concepts for this album, I remembered the piece, and requested Booboo if he wouldn’t thoughts if I took a crack at probably rearranging its format just a little smoother into the Allegaeon sound.”
He added, “I simply wished there to be just a little bit extra repetition of some elements. The track turned out wonderful. At all times goes to indicate — by no means throw out something as you by no means know when it’ll come again.”
The Ossuary Lens was recorded with producer Dave Otero at Flatline Audio studio in Denver, marking the sixth Allegaeon LP produced by Otero and the primary with Haynes since his departure from the group in 2015. Burgess described the brand new report because the end result of the band’s sonic journey to this point.
“I feel at first we had been just a little extra stripped down, very guitar-forward, targeted melodeath,” Burgess stated. “Over time, I feel extra technical, symphonic, and progressive parts creeped in. Lastly, the place we’re at the moment is all of that mixed, added with extra ambient parts.”
Main as much as the album’s launch, Allegaeon will likely be on the street supporting Warbringer’s Spring North American tour. Dates kick off March 18th in San Diego, and you may get tickets right here.
Pre-order The Ossuary Lens through Steel Blade Data. Under you may stream the video for “Driftwood” and see the album artwork/tracklist.
The Ossuary Lens Paintings:
The Ossuary Lens Tracklist:
01. Refraction
02. Chaos Principle
03. Driftwood
04. Dies Irae
05. The Swarm
06. Carried By Delusion
07. Darkish Matter Dynamics
08. Imperial
09. Wake Circling Above
10. Scythe