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STELLAR CIRCUITS have announced a new album!
Titled Phantom :: Phoenix, the upcoming album from the North Carolina progressive alt-metal band is the follow-up to 2023’s Sight To Sound and is scheduled to be released in November this year, via Nuclear Blast Records.
Speaking about the new album, vocalist Ben Beddick says, “when we were writing this record, one of the things that kept coming up was the idea of death and rebirth through fire. This idea of killing off the old and dead parts of ourselves in order to give birth to something new and maybe even a truer version of who we all are. Every time we write an album, we go into the process with the idea of getting uncomfortable and exposing a more vulnerable part of ourselves. There also seems to be a constant theme of dealing with loss when we’re in the middle of writing.
Everybody went through different periods of loss and grief during this process and I think that it shows through in the subject matter and the sounds that came out of it. We always want to push ourselves to a new place and build on the foundation that we’ve created over the last few years of being in this band. I think that we’ve been able to achieve that with Phantom :: Phoenix. It’s a representation of that cycle and I hope it can act as a catalyst for growth to those who listen.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released the first single from the record, titled I See Your Spirit. Speaking about the track, Beddick adds, “I See Your Spirit is a song that seems to epitomize the idea behind the album holistically. When I was in the midst of writing the vocals, I woke up in the middle of the night to find my house was on fire. The smoke was so thick I could barely breathe, and the firefighters said that I was minutes away from death.
The effect that this event had on my psyche can’t be overstated. I also thought it was extremely uncanny how this happened when we were in the middle of writing a record containing the theme of death and rebirth through fire. Especially during the writing of a song like ISYS, where the chorus has a line that says ‘I see your spirit. It’s like a flame.’ Something about the whole experience and the connection therein just seemed extraordinarily relevant for obvious reasons. To be honest, it was a bit unsettling. The song in itself represents the feeling and maybe even the spirit behind the entire album.”
Watch the official music video for I See Your Spirit here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- I See Your Spirit
- Queen Mary
- Silhouette
- Elegant Illusion
- The War Within
- Bury The Ashes
- Corridor
- Gloria
- Same Page
- Paris
Phantom :: Phoenix is set for release on November 14th via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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