Allegaeon announce new album, unleash single “Driftwood”

Allegaeon have introduced their seventh album, The Ossuary Lens — their first to characteristic longtime vocalist Ezra Haynes since 2014.

The Denver-based band additionally provided the one “Driftwood” forward of the album’s April 4th launch date.

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Haynes’ presence has a right away impact, his extra gravelly vocal including additional extremity to Allegaeon’s hyper-technical type of demise steel. Maximal drums and winding guitar strains are woven into an prog-like association that geese into ambient passages, melodic sections, and grinding riff-laden brutality.

“This track holds a particular place in Allegaeon historical past, actually,” recalled guitarist Greg Burgess in a press launch. “This piece was written for Apoptosis by our then-brand new bassist Booboo. In its authentic type, it was so tech demise, I don’t suppose we knew the 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 probably rearranging its format a bit of smoother into the Allegaeon sound.”

He added, “I simply wished there to be a bit of bit extra repetition of some components. The track 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.”

The Ossuary Lens was recorded with producer Dave Otero at Flatline Audio studio in Denver, marking the sixth Allegaeon LP produced by Otero and the primary with Haynes since his departure from the group in 2015. Burgess described the brand new report because the end result of the band’s sonic journey to date.

“I feel to start with we had been a bit of extra stripped down, very guitar-forward, centered melodeath,” Burgess stated. “Over time, I feel extra technical, symphonic, and progressive parts creeped in. Lastly, the place we’re right now is all of that mixed, added with extra ambient parts.”

Main as much as the album’s launch, Allegaeon will likely be on the highway supporting Warbringer’s Spring North American tour. Dates kick off March 18th in San Diego, and you will get tickets right here.

Pre-order The Ossuary Lens by way of Metallic Blade Data. Under you possibly can stream the video for “Driftwood” and see the album artwork/tracklist.

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