HYBORIAN Make New Album ‘Volume II’ Available For Streaming In Its Entirety
March 17th, 2020
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Kansas City, Missouri-based stoner rock group Hyborian issue second full-length studio album Volume II on March 20th, 2020 through Season Of Mist.
Volume II can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below.
The conceptual effort picks up where their debut record left off and is accompanied by a 224-page sci-fi novel, The Traveller: A Hyborian Tale, which was penned entirely by Hyborian frontman Martin Bush.
The Traveller happens to be a shadowy, cloaked figure which appears on the cover of Volume I, the book chronicling the origins of the central character and band mascot.
“The original idea when we started planning out what Hyborian was going to be was to have three records; the first one was going to be stories from the beginning of time and early humanity before the advent of the written word and that’s where the name comes from – author Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age. The second album, which is what ended up happening on Volume II, takes place during the very last days of the existence of the universe and the third record will be about the modern industrial age.
“The book is a short read, but a very convoluted plot. It’s very fantasy and sci-fi based – that’s mostly me more than anyone else in the band. The new record follows the book chronologically. It’s like The Wizard Of Oz (1939) and Pink Floyd, only way more direct. If you read the lyrics of songs in order it basically tells the exact same story as the book, just way more in-depth.”
Volume II was recorded at B-24 in Kansas City, Kansas with producer Josh Barber. “Josh is used to producing the crap out of things, but we did this record as organically as possible, staying out of ProTools as much as we could, using a board mix with really good performances on really nice gear,” the band said. “We basically recorded it as if it were a live record and ended up with one of the more sonically impressive sounding records I’ve heard. Josh just crushed it. Recording there wasn’t our initial plan – it just fell in our lap – but it ended up being a fantastic decision.”
Cover artwork duties fell to Ettore del Vigo.
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The track listing is as follows;
01. ‘Driven By Hunger’
02. ‘Stormbound’
03. ‘Sanctuary’
04. ‘Planet Destructor’
05. ‘The Entity’
06. ‘Expanse’
07. ‘Portal’
08. ‘In The Hall Of The Travellers’
Hyborian’s line-up is as follows;
Martin Bush (vocals and guitars)
Ryan Bates (vocals, guitars and bass)
Justin Rippeto (drums)
Filmed by Jeff Sisson, a music video was released for the track ‘Expanse’, while an official animated music video was created for the song ‘Driven By Hunger’. Both clips can be viewed below.
Debut studio album Hyborian, Volume I was released in February 2018 via Season Of Mist.
