– February twenty sixth, 2025 –
New Observe Streaming + Pre-Orders Obtainable
Stream KARDASHEV’s “Reunion” HERE
Progressive deathgaze pioneers KARDASHEV returns with a brand new full-length album, Alunea, set for launch on April twenty fifth on Metallic Blade Information.
The eight sonically and lyrically immersive songs on Alunea have set one more high-water mark for the dynamic lineup. Generally known as the progenitors of the “deathgaze” style, that descriptor is evolving as KARDASHEV regularly explores and pushes boundaries. “Phrases you possibly can 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.”
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“Alunea has far more experimentation when in comparison with earlier releases,” says singer Mark Garrett. “It’s a really proggy album.” Guitarist Nico Mirolla concurs, The Almanac and The Baring Of Shadows albums had been the start of improvement into the “gaze” facet of deathgaze. KARDASHEV was recognized for his or her sonic similarities to loss of life steel, however with Alunea, they’re coming nearer to progressive loss of life steel, with leanings within the “gaze” solely momentarily.
Music has all the time been a common language, however KARDASHEV creates their very own lyrical language, including depth and that means. “I’ve liked tinkering with languages since I used to be somewhat child,” says Garrett. “I’m not an professional on the subject of constructed languages, sometimes called ‘conlangs,’ however I discover language to be a extremely attention-grabbing facet 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 heart on the time – and make up attention-grabbing grammatical guidelines to move the time. One among my favorites was having the size of a vowel add plurality to a phrase. I didn’t create that idea, but it surely was enjoyable to play with. Years later when Nico and our earlier bassist instructed I convey my curiosity in conlangs to our music, the vowel size idea was what I began with. All of it grew from there.”
Alunea is a direct sequel to the occasions of The Almanac and picks up proper the place the music “Past Solar And Moon” leaves off. Garrett elaborates, “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 primary character from The Almanac assembly a being created within the music ‘Continuum’ from Excipio. Their assembly is a philosophical examination of the place accountability and obligation intersect. We don’t attempt to reply these questions, however we do look at them deeply on this album.”
The LP’s first single, “Reunion,” is an allegory for hope. Elaborates Garrett, “‘Reunion’ is a part of the imaginary mythology we’ve got written for our far-off descendants. A whole bunch, possibly even 1000’s of years in the past, our offspring can have their very own tales of how life and society got here to be. ‘Reunion’ tells a chapter on this mythology by which two pivotal figures meet in open air. The primary character from The Almanac, who is called Sky-Brother, has traveled throughout area and time to satisfy a being created by mankind to type a brand new civilization on a distant world. The observe’s musical DNA is rooted within the sounds of bands like The Contortionist, Cigarettes After Intercourse, and Fallujah, with intense loss of life steel aggression, whimsical atmospheres drenched in reverb, and a much bigger than life uplifting melodies. KARDASHEV likes to consider the melodic story as an allegory for hope.”
Stream KARDASHEV‘s “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 Might Fold The Stars,” and art work by Karl E., was combined and mastered by Zack Ohren engineer (Entheos, Machine Head, Demon King, Fallujah).
Alunea shall 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
Alunea Observe Itemizing:
01. A Precipice. A Door.
02. Reunion
03. Seed of the Evening
04. Communicate Silence
05. Fact to Type
06. Fringe of Ceaselessly
07. We Might Fold the Stars
08. Under Solar & Soil
KARDASHEV:
Nico Mirolla – guitars
Mark Garrett – vocals
Alex Rieth – bass
Sean Lang – drums
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