– August twenty first, 2025 –
“Actual Dream” Video / Single Now Enjoying + Pre-Orders Accessible
Watch / Stream NINE TREASURES’ “Actual Dream” Video HERE
Chinese language Mongolian progressive metallic outfit 9 Treasures will unleash their Searching for The Absolute full-length on October twenty fourth by way of Steel Blade Data, at this time unveiling the report’s first single and pre-orders.
Shaped by vocalist/guitarist Askhan in 2010 within the autonomous area of Inside Mongolia in China, NINE TREASURES delivers a novel mixture of heavy metallic and conventional Mongolian instrumentation, using each typical vocals and Mongolian throat singing. Guitars, bass, and drums collide with indigenous string devices together with the balalaika and the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle), leading to a sonic kaleidoscope that follows no set template. Enjoying 100-plus competition exhibits and headlining gigs per yr in Asia, to audiences of as much as 50,000, and with 4 albums to their identify, NINE TREASURES are on the high of their proverbial sport and able to conquer North America. Searching for The Absolute is their first report for Steel Blade, and first LP to have a worldwide launch.
“On Searching for The Absolute, we tried to seize the issues that actually excite us deep inside; these unforgettable moments when your thoughts swings huge open to infinite potentialities,” says Askhan. “You open a brand-new realm for your self, unfamiliar, but extremely thrilling. On the similar time, it’s like an infinite puzzle, and to finish it, you additionally want calm reflection and meticulous evaluation. That’s why we glance upon it as ‘in search of absolutely the.’“
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The band takes its identify from a gaggle of objects referenced in historical Mongolian poems, and of their music, lyrics, and visuals, the band touches on the mythology and fairy tales of their homeland. However the band’s songs comprise extra common references, too, explains Askhan, a practising Buddhist. “Lyrically, [title track] ‘Searching for The Absolute’ for instance is about holding onto religion and in search of the last word reality of the universe. That’s one thing I’ve personally been striving for in recent times so in some ways, this music is a message to myself. A type of self-encouragement. However I additionally hope it might deliver power to others, too.”
NINE TREASURES strikes simply from a straight-up headbanging type to the extra atmospheric progressive type. Guitar-wise, Askhan makes use of lots of Mongolian enjoying strategies and songwriting logic into his enjoying and is happy for the “contemporary blood” it provides to the band’s sound. The quintet’s various approaches and common messaging will enable them to tour with any musically progressive band, be it Amon Amarth or Device.
The primary single from Searching for The Absolute is “Actual Dream,” a music written whereas the band was in Los Angeles. “‘Actual Dream’ marked a turning level for the band,” says Askhan, “it felt like entering into a brand new dimension. By means of this music, we rediscovered our confidence and broke by way of a protracted inventive bottleneck. It actually felt like a rebirth. We explored each attainable construction, piecing collectively the proper association by way of countless trial and error. And ultimately, we acquired precisely what we had envisioned – it was all price it.”
Watch NINE TREASURES‘ “Actual Dream” video HERE.
Searching for The Absolute might be launched on CD and digital in addition to vinyl within the following shade variants:
Pink Galaxy (US – Ltd. 300)
180g Black (EU)
Orange/Pink/Black Soften (EU – Ltd. 200)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/ninetreasures
Searching for The Absolute Monitor Itemizing:
01. Till Now
02. Indecision
03. Yellow-Black Storm
04. Metal Falcon
05. Actual Dream
06. The Final Evolution
07. Simply Like You
08. Lonely Outdated Horse
09. Searching for the Absolute
NINE TREASURES:
Askhan – guitars, vocals, balalaika, tovshuur
Orgil – bass, backing vocals
Saina – balalaika, backing vocals, guitars
Namra – drums
Nars – morin khuur, backing vocals
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