– April seventh, 2025 –
“The Ossuary Lens” Full-Size Out Now On Steel Blade Information
Watch ALLEGAEON’s “Wake Circling Above” video HERE
Picture by Stephanie Cabral
Technical loss of life metallic architects ALLEGAEON to unveil their new video for “Wake Circling Above.” The monitor comes off the band’s newest full-length, The Ossuary Lens, out now on Steel Blade Information.
Feedback guitarist Michael Stancel on the monitor, “So, sooner or later in our group chat, [vocalist] Ezra [Haynes] was like, ‘Michael, I need one thing gradual and heavy,’ and I used to be like, ‘DONE.’ I used plenty of inspiration from bands like Dimmu Birgir and Septicflesh to attempt to construct these large orchestral sections that set the tone in addition to some noisy ‘ear sweet’ sounds so as to add extra dimension. That is most likely essentially the most completely different track on the file however nonetheless has all of the ALLEGAEON-isms you’d need.”
Watch ALLEGAEON‘s “Wake Circling Above” video HERE.
Watch ALLEGAEON‘s beforehand launched video for “Driftwood” HERE and “The Swarm” HERE.
The Ossuary Lens is out there now on CD (jewel case w/ 16-page booklet) and digital codecs in addition to LP within the following coloration variants:
Ossuary Marbled (US)
Wine And Lust (US)
180g Black (EU)
Pink Obsidian Marbled (EU)
Ossuary Crystal (EU – Ltd. 200)
Preview and buy the file at: metalblade.com/allegaeon
ALLEGAEON is wrapping up the ultimate week of their North American coheadlining tour with Warbringer. The Vortex Of Violence Tour started on March 18th in San Diego, California and can conclude on April twelfth in Los Angeles, California. Assist is being supplied by Skeletal Stays and Summoning The Lich. See all remaining dates under.
ALLEGAEON w/ Warbringer, Skeletal Stays, Summoning The Lich [remaining dates]:
4/08/2025 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
4/09/2025 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
4/10/2025 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
4/11/2025 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
4/12/2025 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
The Ossuary Lens serves as ALLEGAEON‘s seventh full-length total, nevertheless it’s the primary to characteristic the return of unique vocalist Ezra Haynes since his 2015 departure following the Parts Of The Infinite album. Changing a singer is not any straightforward process, so the truth that Haynes was in a spot to rejoin is cause to have fun. The cleaner vocal strategy on the final three albums was an interesting inventive maneuver, one which refreshed ALLEGAEON, nevertheless it’s undeniably thrilling to listen to Haynes’ graveled larynx again within the fold on this inarguably brutal and technically dazzling slab of labor.
The Ossuary Lens, whereas not an idea album within the conventional sense, is a illustration of a number of completely different viewpoints of loss of life. “Every track is a distinct subject, nonetheless there’s all the time a distinct perspective of loss of life tied in,” says Haynes. “Because the total album revolves round this overarching theme of loss of life, and the completely different viewpoints related to it, we discovered ourselves very connected to the phrase ‘Ossuary,’ and for the reason that album takes a have a look at loss of life by means of completely different factors of view, we discovered The Ossuary Lens to be very becoming for the album title.”
The file was recorded with producer Dave Otero at Flatline Audio studio in Denver. It marks the sixth album recorded with Otero. It’s of no shock then that the sound on The Ossuary Lens pummels the listener, although the ferocity is balanced by the overt melodies. It’s essentially the most triumphant and cohesive physique of labor that they’ve ever laid down.
“Haynes’ presence has an instantaneous impact, his extra gravelly vocal including additional extremity to ALLEGAEON’s hyper-technical type of loss of life metallic. Maximal drums and winding guitar traces are woven right into a prog-like association that geese into ambient passages, melodic sections, and grinding riff-laden brutality.” – Consequence on “Driftwood“
“Completely fucking blistering… severely, your arms would possibly develop into disfigured and bloody simply by even imagining taking part in that guitar riff.” – Steel Injection on “The Swarm“
“… a high-quality pay attention if you’d like tech-death that doesn’t require a grasp’s diploma in engineering to get pleasure from… they take a maximalist strategy, their mixture of rapid-fire riffs, symphonic keyboards, and zero-g drumming crushing songs like ‘Chaos Concept’ and the black metal-edged “Dies Irae” between partitions of sound.” – Decibel Journal
“…an astonishing piece of labor.” – Blabbermouth
“…a few of their most technically spectacular numbers. Audacious, profitable…” – Rock Exhausting Germany
“…an intriguing album to listen to given a few of these dynamic shifts. It brings among the outdated, extra visceral ALLEGAEON again to the forefront, however on the similar time, it by some means manages to take care of the extra expansive sound they strived so onerous to realize with Damnum.” – Useless Rhetoric
“…The Ossuary Lens sounds loads more durable than the earlier album Damnum. The music nonetheless has a melodic undertone, because of the guitar traces and exquisite solos, however the album as an entire has develop into a really turbulent file.” – Aardschok
“…The entire band simply appear that rather more in sync, to the purpose the place it virtually seems like they’re selecting up proper the place they left off in 2015, solely with everybody concerned being that little bit older, that little bit wiser, and having realized just a few new tips alongside the way in which… the choice to reunite with Haynes was completely the appropriate one to make.” – No Clear Singing
“Whereas the album preserves the technical virtuosity that has characterised the band, The Ossuary Lens beats with a visceral, human essence. Haynes’ return imbues it with a primal rawness that’s in good synergy with what the band are aiming for. Savage and with a long-lasting emotional energy, the album goes to threaten the higher reaches of many lists come the tip of the 12 months.” – Resort Hobies
“In the long run, world domination awaits to the sound of the new child spawn by ALLEGAEON, one of many must-see bands of the present scene, all the time able to kick our asses and soften our faces with their first-class, undisputed ‘melotech.’” – The Headbanging Moose
“…amongst their finest.” – The Prog Area
“The band continues persistently on the trail they’ve already taken, and the return of founding member Haynes doesn’t symbolize a break. Nice anthems, typically with a contact of epic, and carried out at a excessive degree – that’s what ALLEGAEON continues to face for.” – Steel.de
“They catalyze all of the vitality of the avant-garde, bringing sophistication to excessive metallic. This auditory journey is an ideal stability, the place their music turns into hypnotic and addictive. Right here’s to extra impeccable tasks like this, as they’ve accustomed us to.” – The Darkish Melody
“…an achieved album that sees a rejuvenated band on the peak of its powers. ALLEGAEON will spend the brand new 12 months making ready and releasing singles and movies, earlier than they hit the highway on headline and help runs throughout all territories.” – My World Thoughts
“A kind of releases with a excessive replay worth as you retain discovering increasingly more intricacies the extra occasions you play it. ALLEGAEON is firing on all cylinders… In case you are a fan of technical/melodic loss of life metallic, you can not miss out on this glorious launch.” – Infernal Masquerade
“A balancing act of heaviness, melody, and technicality, The Ossuary Lens is a robust file. It’s filled with stellar riffs too. This can be a hungrier, extra brutal model of Allegaeon, whereas nonetheless benefiting from among the instruments they’ve developed through the years.” – Wonderbox Steel
ALLEGAEON:
Ezra Haynes – vocals
Greg Burgess – lead guitar
Michael Stancel – lead guitar
Brandon Michael – bass
Jeff Saltzman – drums
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