Canadian progressive rock duo Crown Lands are set to launch their most formidable and absolutely realized work but, Apocalypse, on Might 15, 2026. Following their Juno Award-winning self-titled debut and Fearless, the duo expanded their conceptual universe in 2025 with the instrumental releases Ritual I and Ritual II (additionally not too long ago Juno-nominated), marking their first tasks with InsideOutMusic.
Musically, Apocalypse represents a turning level for the band. After crafting the Rituals fully of their house studio, the duo gained confidence to take near-total management of the manufacturing course of. Guitarist/bassist/keyboardist Kevin Comeau defined: “That file gave us the boldness to appreciate we may make a Crown Lands album in our personal house, with out a major-label funds or an enormous, fancy studio.”
A lot of Apocalypse was written and recorded in the identical room the band has used since 2020, with selective manufacturing collaboration from Nick Raskulinecz and David Bottrill to boost key moments.
Conceptually, Apocalypse is designed as a full album-sides narrative expertise, harkening again to the traditional long-form album format. Central to the file is the 19-minute title observe, which drummer/vocalist Cody Bowles describes because the structural anchor: “With long-form songs, it at all times begins with the music.
“We constructed Apocalypse from instrumental sections, some older riffs, a variety of newly impressed ones, and mapped them out on a whiteboard, determining how one part may soften into the following.”
Bowles additionally situates the album inside the Crown Lands conceptual timeline: “Fearless and Ritual exist in the identical story. However Ritual takes place a lot earlier within the timeline—it reveals the planet throughout occasions of peace. Apocalypse strikes the story ahead and units up the occasions that lead instantly into Fearless.”
The album art work, designed by Quinn Henderson, enhances the formidable scope of the music, finishing the duo’s immersive progressive rock imaginative and prescient. Pre-orders can be found right here.
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