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  APHYXION‘s latest studio album is the fourth long player in this young band’s career. Eleven songs tell stories about mental health, near-death experiences, getting over frustrations, breakups and disappointments - and the wide open space ahead of you to be filled with brighter elements. The concept of duality also becomes apparent in the well-balanced mixture of harsh metal sounds and growls in exchange with clear and catchy melodies. 'Ad Astra' is the first album which sees the band open up for a variety of collaborations, including 'Pathless' (with Siamese’s Mirza Radonjica), 'Oceans Of Time' (with Chaosbay’s Jan Listing) and 'Heavy Shadows' (with IMMERSE’s Archie Hatfield). The cover art exists as a real painted picture created by Fabian Eichstaedt, a Hamburg based artist, inspired by the album title. The new single 'Anomalies' is a celebration of being an unadjusted misfit whose value it is not to be a part of the silent mass of conform...

  Danish Metalcore outfit APHYXION, recently announced the release of their new album ‘Ad Astra’ out 10th February via Circular Wave and have today released another taste of what is to come in the form of new single ‘Heavy Shadows’, with rising UK band IMMERSE featuring on the track. Watch the official video for ‘HEAVY SHADOWS’ On previous singles we have seen the band pick up great support including editorial playlisting from Spotify, YouTube Music and Amazon plus media champions such as Distorted Sound, Kerrang! Chart and Kerrang! Radio’s Alex Baker’s Fresh Blood. “The entire song felt right and said all the things we were aiming for, but it was as though it could be lifted up even higher, if we could add more progression in the energy. We wanted something more screamy and aggressive, so when the talk about getting a feature from Immerse came about, it was a no-brainer. Archie absolutely killed it, so we are stoked that we got him on the track.” Jonas Haagensen - Guitarist/Pr...

  APHYXION are setting the sails again, this time with their first-ever feature partner. OCEANS OF TIME is a real metalcore banger with all element’s fans will be expecting or hoping for: Fierce growls meet catchy choruses, all of which with the support of vocalist Jan Listing from the band’s new label mates CHAOSBAY. Their first ever collaboration partner for a duet also appears in the new video. See the video for ‘Oceans Of Time’ here: The single focuses on the magic moment before a human being’s transition from life into death. It appears as a junction: Looking back at a whole life span while struggling with the uncertainty of what is to come now: Is it a nowhere or a somewhere? Lyricist and singer Michael Vahl comments on the genesis of 'Oceans Of Time' ‘I like working with intertextuality and have been doing so in almost all my lyrics since we started the band back in 2007. Interpreting and conveying a text or media into something new has become a big part of our lyri...