Allegaeon are set to release a new album in the fall. The new work is titled Apoptosis. The extreme metal band is planning to release the album in the October in addition to their one EP and four studio albums. The production on this piece was done by Dave Otero, Cattle Decapitation and Khemmis.
Science is the main theme of Allegaeon’s work. Their previous albums include Fragments of Form and Function, Formshifter, Elements of the Infinite, Proponent for Sentience, and this newest one, Apoptosis. Their amalgamation of different styles and combination of different techniques all revolve around death metal.
The band recently spoke about their upcoming release. Front man Riley McShane commented: “It has themes. The title of the album, Apoptosis is the scientific term for when cells systemically die to have new cells come and replace them… So growth is really the theme of the album.” They said recently in their interview with “The Mental Teddy Bear Experience” for 90.3 WMSC.
With the recent metamorphosis of the band, they feel that the idea of growth is very relevant. McShane said, “We feel that between ‘Proponent for Sentience” and this record, ‘Proponent For Sentience’ was my first record with Allegaeon, ‘Apoptosis’ is going to be Brandon Michael or Boo-Boo Money’s, our new bass player, that’s going to be his new, his first record. I think as we continue to play and grow we just… grow, y’know?
“We just keep getting better and better and the music really shows and I wanted to tie that into the lyrical concept, still keeping things scientific, showing how death leads to new life in a lot of different ways, whether its through forest fires do that kind of stuff or whether it’s for certain types of cellular adaptations and all that stuff.
But there’s also a few songs on there that are a little more geared towards social constructs and growing as people and growing as artist and growing as a society. It’s a little bit deeper, I’d say, lyrical themes that have been on previous Allegaeon records, but I think that’s just another way that we’re showing that we’re growing.”
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