– February twelfth, 2025 –
“Driftwood” Video / Single Now Enjoying + Pre-Orders Obtainable
Watch / stream ALLEGAEON’s “Driftwood” HERE
Technical dying steel outfit ALLEGAEON will unleash their new full-length, The Ossuary Lens, on April 4th on Steel Blade Data, immediately unveiling the file’s first single, “Driftwood.”
Photograph by Stephanie Cabral
For ALLEGAEON, sitting nonetheless isn’t an possibility. The Fort Collins, Colorado-based group has by no means allowed itself to stagnate, prefering to thrive on chaos, change and evolution. Their newest providing, The Ossuary Lens, is their seventh full-length total but it surely’s the primary with authentic vocalist Ezra Haynes since his 2015 departure following the Parts Of The Infinite album. Changing a singer isn’t any simple job, so the truth that Haynes was in a spot to rejoin is one thing to have a good time.
The cleaner vocal method on the final three albums was an interesting creative maneuver, one which refreshed ALLEGAEON, but it surely’s undeniably thrilling to listen to Haynes’ graveled larynx again within the fold on this inarguably brutal and technically dazzling slab of labor. The science-based lyrics are as difficult because the progressive musicianship, leading to a set of songs that merely slay. It’s a sound that Haynes himself refers to as “melotech” (melodic, technical dying steel).
“I believe to start with we had been a little bit extra stripped down,” provides guitarist Greg Burgess, “very guitar-forward, targeted melodeath. Over time, I believe extra technical, symphonic, and progressive parts creeped in. Lastly, the place we’re immediately is all of that mixed, added with extra ambient parts.”
The Ossuary Lens was recorded with producer Dave Otero at Flatline Audio studio in Denver. It marks the sixth album recorded with Otero. “He’s our man and we couldn’t think about working with anybody else in the meanwhile,” says Haynes. “We have now labored with Dave Otero at Flatline Audio for the reason that starting of our profession,” provides Burgess. “So seventeen years now. Dave all the time supplies a snug working setting, wonderful concepts, and a career-spanning understanding of what has made ALLEGAEON, ALLEGAEON.“
The proof is within the pudding; 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.
Lyrically, whereas not an idea album within the conventional sense, there’s an overarching theme to the brand new album – The Ossuary Lens is a illustration of a number of completely different viewpoints of dying. “Every music basically is a unique subject, nonetheless there’s all the time a unique perspective of dying tied to every topic,” says Haynes. “For the reason that complete album revolves round this overarching theme of dying, and the completely different viewpoints related to it, we discovered ourselves very hooked up to the phrase ‘Ossuary,’ and for the reason that album takes have a look at dying by means of completely different factors of view, we discovered The Ossuary Lens to be very becoming for the album title.”
Of the album’s first single, “Driftwood,” Burgess elaborates, “This music holds a particular place in ALLEGAEON historical past, truthfully. This piece was written for Apoptosis by our then-brand new bassist Booboo. In its authentic kind, it was so tech dying, I don’t assume we knew the right way 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 presumably rearranging its format a little bit smoother into the ALLEGAEON sound. I simply wished there to be a little bit bit extra repetition of some components. The music 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.”
Watch ALLEGAEON‘s video for “Driftwood” HERE.
The Ossuary Lens can be launched on CD (jewel case w/ 16 web page booklet) and digital codecs in addition to LP within the following coloration variants:
Ossuary Marbled (US)
Wine And Lust (US)
180g Black (EU)
Purple Obsidian Marbled (EU)
Ossuary Crystal (EU – Ltd. 200)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/allegaeon
The Ossuary Lens Monitor Itemizing:
01. Refraction
02. Chaos Concept
03. Driftwood
04. Dies Irae
05. The Swarm
06. Carried by Delusion
07. Darkish Matter Dynamics (feat. Adrian Bellue)
08. Imperial
09. Wake Circling Above
10. Scythe
ALLEGAEON will be a part of Warbringer on a North American co-headlining run this subsequent month. The Vortex Of Violence Tour will start on March 18th in San Diego, California and shut on April twelfth in Los Angeles, California. Help can be supplied by Skeletal Stays and Summoning The Lich.
Tickets are on sale now! See all confirmed dates under.
ALLEGAEON w/ Warbringer, Skeletal Stays, Summoning The Lich:
3/18/2025 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
3/19/2025 Final Exit Reside – Phoenix, AZ
3/20/2025 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
3/21/2025 89th Avenue Collective – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK
3/22/2025 Haltom Theater – Haltom Metropolis, TX
3/23/2025 Come And Take it Reside – Austin, TX
3/24/2025 Home Of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
3/26/2025 Conduit – Orlando, FL
3/27/2025 Hooligan’s – Jacksonville, NC
3/28/2025 Damaged Goblet – Bensalem, PA
3/29/2025 Woodshop – Brooklyn, NY
3/30/2025 Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC
3/31/2025 The Garrison – Toronto, ON
4/01/2025 The Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
4/02/2025 Reggies – Chicago, IL
4/03/2025 The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
4/04/2025 Bourbon Theater – Lincoln, NE
4/05/2025 HQ – Denver, CO
4/06/2025 Metro Music Corridor – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
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
ALLEGAEON:
Ezra Haynes – vocals
Greg Burgess – lead guitar
Michael Stancel – lead guitar
Brandon Michael – bass
Jeff Saltzman – drums
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