– March twenty sixth, 2025 –
Alunea Full-Size To Drop Subsequent Month On Steel Blade Data
Watch / stream KARDASHEV’s “Seed Of The Night time” HERE
“Seed Of The Night time” is the newest single from progressive deathgaze alchemists, KARDASHEV. The emotional new monitor comes off the band’s Alunea full-length, set for launch on April twenty fifth on Steel Blade Data.
Alunea is a direct sequel to the occasions of The Almanac and picks up proper the place the track “Past Solar And Moon” leaves off. Vocalist Mark Garrett feedback, “The primary releases in The KARDASHEV Mythos had been broad and conceptual, however they’ve morphed into one thing extra granular and particular. Alunea tells the story of the principle character from The Almanac album assembly a being created within the track ‘Continuum’ from the Excipio album. Their assembly is a philosophical examination of the place accountability and obligation intersect. We don’t attempt to reply these questions, however we do study them deeply on this album.”
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Garrett additional elaborates on their newest single, “‘Seed Of The Night time” entails Sky-Brother telling the being of their future. He explains they had been created to liven up a planet that humanity might by no means have the ability to attain, and to proceed mankind’s legacy. The being feels burdened by the accountability and takes on the identify ‘Atlas’ to signify the burden of their perceived future.
“Musically, this track was written as a progressive exploration in composition because it sees what the band refers to as ‘the funk-down’ when the standard composition of a deathcore-style breakdown is enhanced right into a melody all through the rhythm part versus the often-overused simplicity of ‘Chug Chug Chug.’“
Provides guitarist Nico Mirolla, “We (collectively) can discover ourselves relying an excessive amount of on probably the most highly effective moments of music going as far as to make it into a complete composition of ‘that second’ when in actuality that method can devalue the as soon as highly effective second of one thing like an open chord breakdown. This track was a chance to interrupt that mould, and hopefully folks really feel that.”
Watch KARDASHEV‘s “Seed Of The Night time” video HERE.
Stream KARDASHEV‘s beforehand launched single, “Reunion,” HERE.
Alunea, which incorporates visitor appearances by vocalist Erin from the band Genital Disgrace on “Communicate Silence” and Pawel JJ Przybysz who performed duduk, an Armenian woodwind instrument, on “We May Fold The Stars,” and paintings by Karl E., was blended and mastered by Zack Ohren engineer (Entheos, Machine Head, Demon King, Fallujah).
Alunea will probably be launched on CD and digital codecs in addition to vinyl within the following coloration variants:
White Black Mud (US)
White Black Marbled (EU – Ltd. 300)
Gold Black Mud (EU – Ltd. 300)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/kardashev
The eight sonically and lyrically immersive songs on Alunea have set yet one more high-water mark for KARDASHEV. Often known as the progenitors of the “deathgaze” style, that descriptor is evolving because the band regularly explores and pushes boundaries. “Phrases you might use to explain our music are ‘atmospheric, progressive, emotional, dynamic, and distinction,” explains drummer Sean Lang. “Our music makes an attempt to sonically painting the feelings of anger and sorrow which creates a palpable however pure dynamic distinction.”
“Alunea has rather more experimentation when in comparison with earlier releases,” provides Garrett. “It’s a really proggy album.”
Music has at all times been a common language, however KARDASHEV creates their very own lyrical language, including depth and that means. “I’ve cherished tinkering with languages since I used to be slightly child,” says Garrett. “I’m not an knowledgeable in terms of constructed languages, sometimes called ‘conlangs,’ however I discover language to be a very fascinating side of humanity.”
“I used to be dabbling within the beginnings of the language of Alunea years earlier than we added it to our report The Almanac,” he continues. “I might sit at my desk at work – a name middle on the time – and make up fascinating grammatical guidelines to cross the time. Certainly one of my favorites was having the size of a vowel add plurality to a phrase. I didn’t create that idea, nevertheless it was enjoyable to play with. Years later when Nico and our earlier bassist urged I carry my curiosity in conlangs to our music, the vowel size idea was what I began with. All of it grew from there.”
The brand new album and band additionally search to forge a worldwide connection, as Mirolla explains, “Alunea to me serves this concept of tradition that we frequently see as ‘us and them’ views; it’s a fictitious language, from a fictitious story someplace within the tremendous future, and I give it the time to listen to it, study it, perceive why it really works the way in which it does. I’d simply hope that others take an identical perspective when listening to actual languages and studying about actual cultures which can be throughout us, and filled with depth, historical past, and that means. I hope that individuals decelerate and attempt to perceive the depth we’ve put into Alunea after which challenge their expertise into the world round them.”
KARDASHEV:
Nico Mirolla – guitars
Mark Garrett – vocals
Alex Rieth – bass
Sean Lang – drums
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