Two weeks before the release of their most anticipated 6th studio album Charcoal Grace, Australian progressive metal band Caligula’s Horse release The Stormchaser,” the 3rd track from their forthcoming album.
“The Stormchaser” comes with a thrilling music video that tells a moving story that underlines the emotional facetted of the song. Watch the video here:
Lead guitarist Sam Vallen says about the new track:
“The Stormchaser is about the divide we all saw through the pandemic. How, rather than banding together to overcome the challenge of those years, many chose to serve themselves at the expense of their community and their society. Watching this, as we all did, was a humbling and infuriating experience, and it has lingered in all of us. Musically, The Stormchaser is quite different from those we’ve revealed so far from Charcoal Grace, emphasising space, dynamics, and timbre with a particular focus on the emotional range of Jim Grey’s vocal.”
Pre-Order Charcoal Grace here:
https://caligulashorse.lnk.to/CharcoalGrace-Bio
The title Charcoal Grace is described by the band as “the grim allure and strange beauty in stillness, silence, and loss”. This can be heard through the album’s 10-minute opening track “The World Breathes With Me,” a mission statement for the album’s main themes. Musically, it’s a work of contrasts, moving from the lightest ebb to the heaviest flow. Meanwhile, the second track and first single from the album, “Golem,” examines struggling with the weight of expectation through the pandemic. It’s a heavy song with an emphasis on riffs and driving rhythms.
At the center of the album is the 4-part title track suite, a 24-minute opus that pushes deeper into the album’s foundational themes: connection, alienation, and the ways humanity acts under duress. Musically, it covers every facet of the band’s vocabulary, from heavy and dense orchestral-accompanied intensity embodying the song’s darkest lyrical ideas, through to soft acoustic-driven moments and introspection.
Tracklist:
Side A
The World Breathes With Me (10:00)
Golem (05:20)
Side B
Charcoal Grace I: Prey (07:48)
Charcoal Grace II: A World Without (06:48)
Charcoal Grace III: Vigil (03:22)
Charcoal Grace IV: Give Me Hell (06:13)
Side C
Sails (04:31)
The Stormchaser (05:57)
Mute (12:00)
Charcoal Grace is available as Ltd. CD Digipak, CD Jewelcase (US only), Gatefold 2LP in various colours & Digital Album.
US tour with opening act Earthside
31/01/2024: DC, Washington, Union Stage
01/02/2024: Philadelphia, PA, Underground Arts
02/02/2024: Boston, MA, Brighton Music Hall
03/02/2024: New York, NY, The Gramercy Theatre
04/02/2024: Montreal, Le Studio TD
06/02/2024: Toronto, The Axis Club
07/02/2024: Pittsburgh, PA, Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
08/02/2024: Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall
12/02/2024: Charlotte, NC, The Underground
13/02/2024: Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade (Hell)
15/02/2024: Dallas, TX, Granada Theatre
16/02/2024: Austin, TX, Come & Take it Live
18/02/2024: Phoenix, AZ, Nile Half House
19/02/2024: San Diego, CA, Brick By Brick
20/02/2024: LA, CA, The Echoplex
21/02/2024: Berkley, CA, Cornerstone
23/02/2024: Seattle, WA, El Corazon
24/02/2024: Portland, OR, Hawthorne Theatre
25/02/2024: Vancouver, Rickshaw
