Exist announce new album ‘Hijacking the Zeitgeist’
EXIST have announced a new album!
Titled Hijacking The Zeitgeist, the upcoming album from the American progressive metal band is the follow-up to 2020’s Egoiista, and is scheduled to be released in April this year, via Prosthetic Records.
The band took on a keen co-production role for Hijacking the Zeitgeist as recording sessions commenced in early 2022, with the band emphasising a collaborative approach to the songs arrangements. Drum co-production was handled by John Douglass [MR. BUNGLE, ENTHEOS, THE CONTORTIONIST] before vocals were handled by Mike Semesky in the winter.
Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist/guitarist Max Phelps says, “we’re very excited to finally announce the release of Hijacking The Zeitgeist after sitting on the finished record for quite some time. I think I can speak for all of us in saying that this was overall the most fun we’ve had making an album with EXIST. Musically I think it represents a new era for the band with both a heavier sound and much more compact arrangements. Maybe it’s fair to say that it’s akin to our Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures (for the RUSH nerds, like us) in terms of the bands trajectory from the last few albums. We can’t wait for listeners to hear this album and are especially excited to perform these songs live. We’re also proud of the beautiful artwork painted for us by Sebastian Jerke.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, EXIST have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Blue Light Infinite. Speaking about the new song and its accompanying music video, Phelps says, “Blue Light Infinite is both our album opener and first single. It acts as the perfect setup to establish the context of Hijacking The Zeitgeist. The song clocks in at less than four minutes (historically short for us) yet still showcases the variety of styles and dynamics that can be found throughout the album.
Lyrically the song is about the addictive and deceptive nature of our obsession with technology. The music video is meant to illustrate this, showing the parallel stories of four characters becoming obsessed with different subjects and going further and further down their respective niche rabbit holes toward despair.”
Watch the official music video for Blue Light Infinite here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Blue Light Infinite
2. Thief of Joy
3. Hijacking the Zeitgeist
4. Funeral Toll
5. A Path to Nowhere
6. One Degree Removed From Human
7. Window to the All
Hijacking The Zeitgeist is set for release on April 12th via Prosthetic Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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