Stargazer are back on the scene, and they’re ready to make waves. The band has announced their debut full length –Tui La– coming this Summer, and is leading the big news with a brand new music video for the first single, “Temple of Solace“, premiering now via TeamRock.
The song is a prime example of the variety fans will encounter and should expect in the upcoming weeks: melodic passages, ambiance, groovy instrumentation, and heartfelt vocals. The combination of harsh screams and deep cleans deliver a powerful message to the listener. Old time fans will find a step up from the band’s previous EP, while newcomers have a whole lot to discover. Anyone familiar with The Contortionist‘s latest album, Devin Townsend or even TesseracT will recognize some of Stargazer’s influences and is bound to find something to keep them tied in until the album drops.
Matt Copp (vocals), opened up about the track: “Temple of Solace has some of the oldest riffs we’ve ever written, stretching back to before Stargazer was even a band. Slow and expressive, it has a very different weight than the rest of our material. It’s about becoming lost in the struggle to escape the demons that pursue us, when sometimes we’re the ones chasing ourselves in prisons we build”.
Forged in the steel city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the progressive metal outfit known as Stargazer has been trying to push the boundaries of music and of self for half a decade. Through the central themes of self-actualization, introspection, and personal growth, the 5-piece band aims to paint a diverse lanscape of musical emotion, from quick and aggressive melodic lines and odd time signatures to slow and lumbering grooves laced with haunting vocal drones and harmonies. Lyrical topics on the effects of different states of mental health, creation and destruction, and a fascination with the exploration of the human psyche add a not-so-standard twist to the progressive genre and provide an avenue for band and fans to connect more wholly within the complete musical package.
Stargazer has begun to infect the east coast with their brand of out-of-the-box, free-thinking metal, winning over fans from multiple facets of the metal scene and uniting them under the banner of brotherhood and camaraderie. With a handful of tours under their belt, they have only become hungrier and more driven to see the sweet fruits of their labor, to travel and behold the diverse beauty of the world we live in, to increase their musical skill and sphere of influence, and to connect with every person they meet on a genuine, meaningful level. The five members of Stargazer have a need to learn and to grow, and in their travels hope to further their own human experience as they continuously blossom into their future selves.
