Swiss progressive post-metal collective Nevborn unveiled new 18 minute-track : NEMEA.
New album ‘Alkaios · Part I · The Eagle’ to be released on March 2023 and CD/LP/Digital via Vitruve Records.
About 5 years after the release of the EP ‘Daídalos’, Swiss progressive post-metalcollective Nevborn presents its most ambitious project to date.
With a first album (‘Five Horizons’ 2015) and then the EP, the band is currently putting the finishing touches to a discographic trilogy called ‘Alkaios’ as result of 6 years of hard work.
More than just classic records, it’s a complete project gathering many artists from different backgrounds. It is composed of twelve musical pieces of about fifteen minutes each for a total of three hours spread over three double LPs.
3 albums which will be released on double vinyl in a period of 4 years, accompanied by exclusive illustrations completing the artistic approach of the project.
These atypical and varied pieces were composed in the manner of a film score, rarely repeating themselves and with unconventional structures, they unfold a story along the furrows of an entire side of the disc. Like chapters in a short story, each piece contains different themes and behaves like several songs rolled into one.
In the meantime, Nevborn just unveiled a first glimpse from the trilogy with a 18 minute-track called “NEMEA” and available right now on Bandcamp.
Stream the song “NEMEA” on Bandcamp
NevBorn is a progressive metal band (Circa survive, The Ocean, Tesseract, Agent Fresco, …) from Western Switzerland. Although inspired by many different sources, their songs stand out because of their narrative side in the way of a movie soundtrack.
Their debut full-length album ‘Five Horizons’ released in 2015 after a few demos was warmly received by the critics and pushed them to go further in their creative process.
In 2017, Nevborn tested their audience by releasing ‘Daídalos’ a one-song EP of almost 20 minutes. Despite the fear that a piece of such length would not pass, the critics were on the band’ side.
Thus, ‘Daídalos’ marked a turning point in the history of the band and their way of composing focused on the idea of offering their pieces not as pieces of music, but as a compilation of different chapters of a long story.
Five years later, band presents the first excerpts of an ambitious trilogy of albums called ‘Alkaios’ with “NEMEA”.
THE ALKAIOS PROJECT
Launched in 2016 by the band NevBorn, ‘Alkaios’ is an artistic project resulting from 6 years of passionate work bringing together many artists from different backgrounds. Themed on the legend of the labours of Heracles, it is composed of 12 pieces of about
15 minutes each, for a total of 3 hours spread over 3 records. This crowdfunding is dedicated to the first of the three records called The Eagle. Wishing to accompany our concepts with an exclusive and atypical element, each track will be accompanied by an illustration made by a different artist.
The goal is to create a unique identity (Alkaios) beyond the band, to bring all these «labours» under it.
