– February twenty sixth, 2025 –
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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 Steel Blade Information.
The eight sonically and lyrically immersive songs on Alunea have set one more high-water mark for the dynamic lineup. Often called the progenitors of the “deathgaze” style, that descriptor is evolving as KARDASHEV frequently 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.”
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“Alunea has rather 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 growth into the “gaze” aspect of deathgaze. KARDASHEV was identified for his or her sonic similarities to dying steel, however with Alunea, they’re coming nearer to progressive dying steel, with leanings within the “gaze” solely momentarily.
Music has at all times 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 a bit of child,” says Garrett. “I’m not an professional with regards to constructed languages, sometimes called ‘conlangs,’ however I discover language to be a very fascinating facet of humanity.”
“I used to be dabbling within the beginnings of the language of Alunea years earlier than we added it to our document The Almanac,” he continues. “I’d sit at my desk at work – a name heart on the time – and make up fascinating grammatical guidelines to move the time. Considered one of my favorites was having the size of a vowel add plurality to a phrase. I didn’t create that idea, however it was enjoyable to play with. Years later when Nico and our earlier bassist instructed I deliver 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 duty and obligation intersect. We don’t attempt to reply these questions, however we do study 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 now have written for our far-off descendants. Lots of, perhaps even hundreds of years in the past, our offspring could have their very own tales of how life and society got here to be. ‘Reunion’ tells a chapter on this mythology during which two pivotal figures meet in open air. The principle character from The Almanac, who is known as Sky-Brother, has traveled throughout house and time to fulfill a being created by mankind to type a brand new civilization on a distant world. The monitor’s musical DNA is rooted within the sounds of bands like The Contortionist, Cigarettes After Intercourse, and Fallujah, with intense dying 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 “Converse Silence” and Pawel JJ Przybysz who performed duduk, an Armenian woodwind instrument, on “We May Fold The Stars,” and art work by Karl E., was combined 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 shade 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. Converse Silence
05. Fact to Kind
06. Fringe of Perpetually
07. We May Fold the Stars
08. Under Solar & Soil
KARDASHEV:
Nico Mirolla – guitars
Mark Garrett – vocals
Alex Rieth – bass
Sean Lang – drums
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