Belgian progressive psyche act, Psychonaut, will release their new album, Unfold The God Man on March 6 via Pelagic Records. Today they release the first single from the album, Kabbudah.
The band comments: “The video for Kabuddah was recorded at Belgium’s finest venue “Ancienne Belgique” when we opened for our friends in Brutus on December 14 2019.
Kabuddah is the third song on the album but is actually the second-to-last chapter of the album concept. In this chapter the protagonist lets go of the concept of duality of ‘man’ and ‘god’ and embraces the fact that there is only oneness. To portray the illusion of duality Kabuddah became one of the heaviest songs on the album with most vocal parts being screamed while carrying a very positive message.
Fun fact 1: Kabuddah contains the longest sentence on the album: ‘Seven angels on my back whispered secrets of the six-tusked white beast in the shrine where I manifest the true state of no mind.’
Fun fact 2: We named the song after a Buddha-shaped garden gnome that was given to us by our good friend and roadie Franky Lucas.”
Unfold The God Man will be released on 2xLP / CD / digital and is available for pre order now.
PSYCHONAUT literally came from out of nowhere – Mechelen, Belgium, to be precise, but their debut album Unfold The God Man showcases truly world class musicianship and songwriting abilities. The band are heavily influenced by 70’s bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, but also drawing inspiration from contemporary heavy artists like Tool or Amenra.
Recorded by Chiaran Verheyden at the renowned Daft Studios in Malmedy, Unfold The God Man is an intricate concept album tackling philosophical and existential themes, and ultimately exploring mankind’s re-ascension to a higher level of consciousness.
The nearly 70-minute-long album contains material from over 3 years of incessant writing, arranging and recording. “We’ve always been interested in religion, spirituality and philosophy”,comments Stefan DeGraef, who is in charge of 100% of the guitars and 50% of the vocals in PSYCHONAUT. “We’ve meditated together, had long discussions about the nature of life, the origin of consciousness, the purpose of existing etc. for as long as we’ve known each other. We share a common vision and have a connection. We were blessed with some experiences in the past which fundamentally changed the way we look at the universe and ourselves.”
It comes as no surprise that there is a lot of attention to detail behind Unfold the God Man: one such detail is the fact that the album was recorded with the note A tuned to 432 Hz, because this relates to the idea that 432 is a multiple of the number 9, which is used in much of the symbolism to which the band refers. The three-piece made themselves a name across the Benelux underground with a raw and compelling live show, which merges their wall of sound with intense visual landscapes and moody lighting design.Contrast and variation are the two main anchors on which they base their musical and visual ideas.
Since 2013, they have released 2 physical EP’s – ‘24 Trips Around the Sun’ (2014) and ’Ferocious Fellowman’ (2016) and taken the stages of Desertfest, Rock Herk and Alcatraz Festivals.
