The Zenith Passage announce new album ‘Datalysium’

May 15, 2023 James Weaver

THE ZENITH PASSAGE have announced a new album!

Titled Datalysium, the upcoming album from the Los Angeles-based progressive death metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s Solipsist, which is scheduled to be released in July this year, via their new home at Metal Blade Records.

“There’s always been things that were subtly done on previous releases, like jazz fusion passages, dissonant black metal, synth, and orchestral elements, as well as singing. What we haven’t done before is put those influences and ideas more upfront in the songwriting and production,” the band shares. “Singing has become a pretty prominent part of some of these songs, as well as synth orchestration and really eerie, dissonant, pissed off black metal influence. We’re doing all of this while attempting to tell a harmonic and lyrical story that keeps the listener engaged and wondering what could happen next.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, THE ZENITH PASSAGE have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Lexicontagion. Speaking about the new song, the band says, “Lexicontagion is a representation of the entire musical spectrum from the band. It is a song that takes you on a crazy adventure, with fast speeds and unexpected turns, while maintaining a familiar motif throughout the piece. We wanted to highlight the dynamics of the band on a compositional level and production level. So there’s a lot of depth to it, where the listener can discover a new element to the music upon each listen. Which is the case for the entire record, it’s a wild ride.”

Watch the official music video for Lexicontagion here:

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

Track List:

1. The Axiom Of Error
2. Algorithmic Salvation
3. Lexicontagion
4. Synaptic Depravation
5. Deletion Cult
6. Divinertia I
7. Divinertia II
8. Automated Twilight
9. Datalysium