earthtone9 announce new album ‘In Resonance Nexus’

EARTHONE9 have announced a new album!

Titled In Resonance Nexus, the upcoming album from the British progressive metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2013’s IV, and is scheduled to be released in June this year, via their new home at Candlelight Records.

Speaking about signing with Candlelight, the band says, “Candlelight Records feels like the perfect home for us. They’ve released so many earthshaking albums, and to be part of that history is both thrilling and a privilege. It’s magic to continue the next chapter of EARTHTONE9 working with trusted comrades, and we couldn’t be more excited.”

“In Resonance Nexus, as a title, is saying that we’ve found the core and the essence of the band again,” says vocalist Karl Middleton. “We were digging deep to find common musical ground, and between Joe and Owen, and I, it really felt like that there was a resonance there. It feels like we’ve landed on a really legitimate, 21st century version of the band. We were asking, ‘Why are we doing this?’ and having a very authentic answer. For me, this album is about persistence in heart and knowing that you can pursue stuff and do it to a high standard at any point in time. It’s more vital and urgent – like the absolute distillation of what we do. This feels like a definitive statement.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, EARTHTONE9 have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Oceanic Drift.

Speaking about the new song, Middleton says, “I was thinking about the Joker movie, and the idea of him being the unreliable witness. So it just seemed like a really funny opening line, ‘what you see is what you get,’ because that’s never been the case. Also, the idea of oceanic drift is, in geological time, an incredibly slow process. That’s partially a reflection on how our last record was over a decade ago, the record before that was 12 years before that, so it’s just these incredibly slow moving things.”

Watch the official music video for Oceanic Drift here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. The Polyphony Of Animals
2. Navison Record
3. Under The Snake
4. Oceanic Drift
5. Black Swan Roulette
6. Lash Of The Tongues
7. Etiquette of Distortion
8. Observe Your Course (featuring Malli Malpass of One Dice / MetalHead’ on the BBC Show The Ranganation)
9. Third Mutuality
10. Strength Is My Weakness

In Resonance Nexus is set for release on June 21st via Candlelight Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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