Watch/stream ALLEGAEONâs âIridescentâ HERE.
Colorado melodic tech outfit ALLEGAEON, unleash their new stand alone single, “Iridescent” accompanied by an absolutely unhinged music video. The band recently finished working on their seventh full-length album with longtime producer Dave Otero (Flatline Audio).
The scathing new tune follows their âInhumationâ single, released last Fall, and serves as a precursor to the bandâs forthcoming full-length. Where âInhumationâ had more of a Damnum vibe, âIridescentâ is more reminiscent of Elements Of The Infinite. Musically, both songs were written with an overwhelming sense of anger; âInhumationâ in soundscape form and âIridescentâ in a pure, frantic guitar-driven form.
Comments returning vocalist Ezra Haynes, âOriginally recorded during the same session as our last single, âInhumation,â we wanted to release âIridescentâ to give our fans a little love before we full send our next album cycle. This stand-alone single was cut from the very cloth of ALLEGAEON‘s Elements Of The Infinite era. Perfect timing too, as we’re about to head out on the North American leg of the Cancer Culture Tour with Decapitated, Speticflesh, and Kataklysm this April. It will be very cool to see how the newer material is received. Here we are, just about ten years from when we released the song â1.618.â We still get asked to this very day about our wheel of subgenres, or, âWhere’s the crab?â I’m really looking forward to the next ten-plus years of glizzies.â
Adds guitarist Greg Burgess, âThe music for âIridescentâ spawned from my excitement of working with Ezra again. We had been throwing ideas back and forth, rekindling our writing chemistry, and this song just seemed to write itself. The accompanying video’s subject matter evolved much like our video for â1.618.â Five guys sat around talking about stupid things until we started laughing. Then the question was posed… âWhat if?â Anyway, I hope people like hotdogs and stupid videos.â
Watch ALLEGAEONâs video for âIridescentâ at THIS LOCATION.Â
Stream the bandâs previously released single, âInhumation,â at THIS LOCATION.
Next month, ALLEGAEON will hit the road with Decapitated, Septicflesh, and Kataklysm for the Cancer Culture Over North America Tour 2024. The tour runs from April 16th through May 19th. Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
ALLEGAEON w/ Decapitated, Septicflesh, Kataklysm:
4/16/2024 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
4/17/2024 Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
4/18/2024 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
4/19/2024 Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
4/20/2024 White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
4/21/2024 Come and Take it Live – Austin, TX
4/23/2024 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
4/24/2024 The Masquerade (Hell) – Atlanta, GA
4/25/2024 Hangar 1819 – Greensboro, NC
4/26/2024 The Queen – Wilmington, DE
4/27/2024 The Webster – Hartford, CT
4/28/2024 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
4/29/2024 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
5/01/2024 Imperial Bell – Quebec City, QC
5/02/2024 Beanfield Theater – Montreal, QC
5/03/2024 The Phoenix – Toronto, ON
5/04/2024 Preserving Underground – Pittsburgh, PA
5/05/2024 Piere’s Entertainment Center – Fort Wayne, IN
5/06/2024 St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
5/07/2024 Headliners Music Hall – Louisville, KY
5/08/2024 The Forge – Joliet, IL
5/10/2024 Green Room – Minneapolis, MN
5/11/2024 Park Theater – Winnipeg, MB
5/12/2024 Louis (USSU) – Saskatoon, SK
5/13/2024 The Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
5/14/2024 The Back Alley – Calgary, AB
5/16/2024 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC
5/17/2024 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
5/18/2024 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
5/19/2024 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
A lot has happened with ALLEGAEON since the 2022 release of Damnum, a record called a âtriumphâ of maximalist modern metal and âtechnically dazzling yet always in thrall to the uplifting power of melody.â First, the Colorado-based band — who formed in 2008 — welcomed back original singer Ezra Haynes as permanent vocalist in November of 2022. Then the quintet wrote and recorded two blistering brand-new songs — âIridescentâ and âInhumationâ — with longtime producer Dave Otero.
âBoth of the songs are really aggressive, far more than anything Iâve done with the boys,â says Haynes. âSince my departure in 2015, ALLEGAEON had grown so much musically as well as introduced a more âpersonalâ style of lyrics to the fold. This was a very cool change to me.â
Creative freedom is key in both ALLEGAEONâs new songs and revitalized lineup. âDuring my previous career in music, I was always mildly satisfied due to death metal just being aggressive in nature,â Haynes reflects. âHaving the ability to really spread my wings in the âintrospectiveâ sense really garnered ALLEGAEON my full buy-in.â
Producer Otero has worked with the band for fifteen years, and guitarist Greg Burgess explains that, âDave always provides a comfortable working environment, amazing ideas, and a career-spanning understanding of what has made Allegaeon, ALLEGAEON.â
Among the lineupâs six albums are features from Bjorn Strid of Soilwork (vocals) and Benjamin Ellis of Scar Symmetry. ALLEGAEON has seen their albums in the Top 10 of Billboardâs US Hard Rock, US Rock, US Indie and US Sales charts, the tracks â1.618â from Elements Of The Infinite; âOf Beasts And Wormsâ off Damnum, and âParthenogenesis” from Apoptosis earning millions of collective streams from fans the world over.
If Damnum is what happens when âabsurdly gifted musicians reach a state of unwavering confidenceâ as one journalist raved, the bandâs next chapter, back with Haynes, and with an unbounded, refreshed creativity, will be unstoppable.
ALLEGAEON:
Greg Burgess â lead guitar
Michael Stancel â lead guitar
Jeff Saltzman â drums
Ezra Haynes â vocals
Brandon Michael â bass
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