Photo by Tony Gomez
Colorado’s Allegaeon have made some changes since their 2022 offering, Damnum. The group welcomed back original vocalist Ezra Haynes in November 2022. After re-signing with Metal Blade Records, the band recorded two intense new tracks, “Inhumation” and “Iridescent,” produced by longtime collaborator Dave Otero. Acting as a prelude to their seventh album, slated for recording in 2024, these singles promise to bridge Allegaeon’s musical evolution. “Inhumation” echoes the Damnum vibe, while “Iridescent” harks back to Elements Of The Infinite. Yesterday (18th), the group released one of the two tracks, “Inhumation,” and announced Haynes’s permanent return to the lineup.
Haynes reflected:
“During my previous career in music I was always mildly satisfied due to death metal just being aggressive in nature. Having the ability to really spread my wings in the “introspective” sense really garnered Allegaeon my full buy-in.”
Guitarist Greg Burgess discussed working with Otero:
“Dave always provides a comfortable working environment, amazing ideas, and a career-spanning understanding of what has made Allegaeon, Allegaeon.”
Bassist Brandon Michael expressed:
“It feels like Allegaeon is becoming the band we were always meant to be. The chemistry is incredible. Overall, we’re in a very good creative space together.”
Haynes continued:
“Both of the songs are really aggressive, far more than anything I’ve done with the boys. Since my departure in 2015, Allegaeon had grown so much musically as well as introduced a more “personal” style of lyrics to the fold. This was a very VERY cool change to me.”
On the track “Inhumation,” Haynes added:
“We wanted to do a callback to the first album when we signed to Metal Blade, 2010’s Fragments of Form and Function. For the second song on that, ‘The Renewal,’ I built a layered vocal section that I thought was really neat then. I wanted to somehow incorporate something similar, but bigger and evolved, into ‘Inhumation’, considering the song is so damn massive. It’s without a doubt the most aggressive thing I’ve ever written. Also, now that Allegaeon is a group with three gents on vocals, I wanted to take advantage of that as well as showcase Michael’s insane vocal talent.”
Watch the video for “Inhumation” below:
