Metal band SILENT PLANET have unveiled details surrounding their upcoming new album โIridescentโ out November 5 via UNFD. The album is now available for digital pre-order HERE.
The band also debuts the music video for their new song โTerminalโ, available in streaming on all music platforms.
โTerminal was another song from this album that was inspired by my stay in a mental hospitalโ says frontman Garrett Russell โFor most of my life I have been a very sober person, and this song is about my experience with mind-altering medications while being in-patient. As I took my meds, I watched the world shift around me, and even my own reflection started to shift. I was met with strange visions and imagery, some of which was congruent with ancient mythology. It was during all of this that I began to wonder if the hopelessness was buried too deep for medications to solve on their own. Maybe, I wondered, this is simply the human condition. But above all, I hope the listener understands that our albums are meant to be understood as whole pieces, and while this song is certainly coming from my genuine experience with despair, thereโs more to the Iridescent story thatโs yet to be revealed. Thanks for readingโ.
Last month, the band released a brand-new song called โPanopticonโ, also taken from the upcoming album and was lauded by publications and fans for its musicianship and lyrical story telling. “Panopticon paints a dystopian view of the future, one where technological advances have pacified the human spirit and made us apathetic in the face of an increasingly malevolent, post-singularity AI that was developed under the premise of security… ultimately becoming a tyrannical overlordโ explains vocalist Garrett Russell. Fans can stream โPanopticonโ HERE.
The band has always been revered for their unique fusion of storytelling lyrics and modern metal and have been plotting a new chapter set against a backdrop of bleak cinematic soundscapes.
