Technical death metal visionaries ALLEGAEON have just dropped their latest single, “The Swarm,” accompanied by a powerful new video, now premiering at Metal Injection. The track is taken from their forthcoming full-length album, The Ossuary Lens, set to be released on April 4th, 2025, via Metal Blade Records.
Guitarist Greg Burgess shares insight into the track’s origins:
“This is a piece written by [guitarist] Michael Stancel. The frantic intro riff was actually written on tour in the UK on a boat in Bristol. I remember filming him playing it so we wouldn’t forget how to play it. The show was sold out and ruled, and then all of our gear got rained on because they had us load out so they could have a disco after the show. Shame!”
Stancel adds:
“If I could have set that venue adrift, I would have—but at least we got a song out of it.”
🎥 Watch the official video for “The Swarm” HERE
🎥 Watch ALLEGAEON’s previously released video for “Driftwood” HERE
The Ossuary Lens: ALLEGAEON’s Most Brutal and Technically Dazzling Album Yet 💀🎶
The Ossuary Lens marks ALLEGAEON’s seventh studio album and the highly anticipated return of original vocalist Ezra Haynes, rejoining the band after nearly a decade. The album explores various perspectives on death, delving into themes both philosophical and visceral.
“Each song is a different topic, but there’s always a perspective of death tied in,” explains Haynes. “Since the entire album revolves around this theme, we felt that ‘Ossuary’ was a fitting concept, and thus, The Ossuary Lens was born.”
🔊 Pre-order The Ossuary Lens now at Metal Blade Records
💿 Available formats:
- CD (Jewel Case w/ 16-Page Booklet)
- Digital
- Vinyl Variants:
- Ossuary Marbled (US)
- Wine And Lust (US)
- 180g Black (EU)
- Red Obsidian Marbled (EU)
- Ossuary Crystal (EU – Ltd. 200 Copies)
ALLEGAEON Hits the Road with Warbringer for The Vortex of Violence Tour 🎤🔥
Starting March 18th, 2025, ALLEGAEON will co-headline North America with WARBRINGER, alongside Skeletal Remains and Summoning The Lich. The 26-date tour will take the bands across the US and Canada, wrapping up on April 12th in Los Angeles, CA.
📅 Full Tour Dates:
🗓 March 2025
- 3/18 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
- 3/19 – Phoenix, AZ – Last Exit Live
- 3/20 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
- 3/21 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street Collective
- 3/22 – Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theater
- 3/23 – Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live
- 3/24 – Corpus Christi, TX – House Of Rock
- 3/26 – Orlando, FL – Conduit
- 3/27 – Jacksonville, NC – Hooligan’s
- 3/28 – Bensalem, PA – Broken Goblet
- 3/29 – Brooklyn, NY – Woodshop
- 3/30 – Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques
- 3/31 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison
🗓 April 2025
- 4/01 – Detroit, MI – The Sanctuary
- 4/02 – Chicago, IL – Reggies
- 4/03 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
- 4/04 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theater
- 4/05 – Denver, CO – HQ
- 4/06 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
- 4/08 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
- 4/09 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
- 4/10 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
- 4/11 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
- 4/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
The Ossuary Lens: A Monumental Return for ALLEGAEON 🎶⚡
Produced by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio in Denver, The Ossuary Lens promises to be a career-defining record for ALLEGAEON. Consequence raves about its “brutal intensity and progressive sophistication,” while MetalSucks calls it “a relentless masterclass in technical death metal.”
📸 Photo by Stephanie Cabral
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