HYBORIAN Release Debut Studio Album ‘Hyborian, Vol. 1’
March 17th, 2017
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Kansas City, Missouri-based stoner rock group Hyborian issued debut full-length studio album Hyborian, Vol. 1 on March 17th, 2017 through The Company. Hyborian, Vol. 1 was reissued on February 23rd, 2018 through Season Of Mist.
Hyborian, Vol. 1 was recorded at the band’s own studio, mixed by Justin Mantooth at Westend Studios in Kansas City, Kansas, and mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hyborian, Vol. 1 revolves around a story inspired by Conan author Robert E. Howard, and based on an interstellar, extra-dimensional cloaked being called The Traveller, whose legend is told by Hyborian. Vocalist Martin Bush commented: “Basically, The Traveller is a being that exists outside of humanity’s understanding of space and time. He wanders the cosmos, visiting and recording times of great strife or hardship, great suffering or great triumph. We are his chosen mouthpiece on Earth, so we relate those stories, whether from far in the past or far in the future. We are also heavily into cryptography, which resulted in several hidden messages on the album from The Traveller, posing a challenge to those listeners, who are curious enough to put in enough effort to find them.”
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The track listing is as follows;
01. ‘As Above, So Below’
02. ‘Maelstrom’
03. ‘Blood For Blood’
04. ‘Dead Lies Dreaming’
05. ‘Ajna’
06. ‘Dross’
Hyborian’s line-up was as follows;
Martin Bush (vocals and guitars)
Ryan Bates (vocals and guitars)
Anthony Diale (bass)
Justin Rippeto (drums)
A music video was filmed for the track ‘As Above, So Below’, while an animated music video was created for the song ‘Maelstrom’. Both clips can be viewed below.
Promotional photograph by Robert Menzer.
