Tracklist: 1. The World Breathes With Me (10:00) 2. Golem (5:20) 3. Charcoal Grace I: Prey (7:48) 4: Charcoal Grace II: A World Without (6:48) 5. Charcoal Grace III: Vigil (3:22) 6. Charcoal Grace IV: Give Me Hell (6:13) 7. Sails (4:31) 8. The Stormchaser (5:57) 9. Mute (12:00)
These guys have been one of my favorite bands since I discovered them in 2020. Pretty much everything I love about the melodic side of modern progressive metal. Some press releases have mentioned the opener is 10 minutes long, and the four song suite in the middle is 24 minutes total. This band has some of the best long songs, so I am very excited.
I don’t mind either. I’m sure it’s because their guitarist, Sam Vallen, is the primary songwriter and producer. This song seems to keep going with some of the hard rock influence that came in during Rise Radiant (I mean it as a compliment) but then also allows the song to breathe a little more than some songs on that one. Rise Radiant was #2 on my AOTY list in 2020, only behind Protest the Hero’s Palimpsest, which is now in the running for one of my top 5 favorite albums ever.
US/North America tour, finally! With Earthside as support. I'll either be at Nashville or Atlanta. Dates: 01/31 Union Stage - Washington,DC 02/01 Underground Arts - Philadelphia, PA 02/02 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall 02/03 New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre 02/04 Montreal, QC - Le Studio TD 02/06 The Axis Club - Toronto, ON 02/07 Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall - Pittsburgh, PA 02/08 Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL 02/10 Exit - Nashville, TN 02/12 The Underground - Charlotte, NC 02/13 The Masquerade (Hell) - Atlanta, GA 02/15 Come Take it Live - Austin, TX 02/16 Granada Theatre - Dallas, TX 02/18 Nile Half House - Phoenix, AZ 02/19 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA 02/20 The Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA 02/21 Cornerstone - Berkley, CA 02/23 El Corazon - Seattle, WA 02/24 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR 02/25 Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC