Cinematic rockers Earthside reveal the official video for their mesmerizing new song, “Pattern of Rebirth” featuring AJ Channer of Fire From The Gods on vocals – taken from their upcoming new album ‘Let The Truth Speak,’ which will be released on November 17th via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group.
“Pattern of Rebirth” comes shortly after the band’s own Jamie van Dyck announced he was being treated for testicular cancer. Jamie’s operation went well, and he is currently in recovery ahead of their two European performances at Euroblast Festival and Progpower Europe.
Unlike the other songs from the album, for the first time in the band’s discography, EARTHSIDE gave free rein to one of their talented guest vocalists — Fire From The Gods’ poignant frontman AJ Channer — to compose all the melodies and write all the lyrics. Apart from the tiniest input from EARTHSIDE’s members in response to AJ’s initial draft, this is essentially AJ’s unadulterated creative response to hearing the band’s in-progress instrumental. What resulted was a cathartic and unexpected take, with AJ processing the grief of losing his dad and even singing from the vantage of his late father.
Talking about the track, AJ Channer says, “I am huge fan of prog bands and when this collab was presented I had to jump on it. I want to send mad love to EARTHSIDE for their genius and allowing me to express myself on this track. This one was for my Dad; a real OG and top shotta. One love.”
While the band originally felt that “Pattern of Rebirth” didn’t fit on this album in its instrumental form, once AJ had written and recorded his vocal part, the universality of the themes that he confronts in channelling his dad give a perspective beyond the group’s own that fits in the broader context of the human experience and seeking truth.
“In fully passing the mic to AJ, so to speak,” van Dyck says of the decision to reach out to Channer and let him compose all the songs’ vocal parts, “he’s a socially conscious soul who passionately takes a stand without taking a side. He’s a unifier, and he will call out BS or injustice no matter who’s in the wrong or who’s being wronged. And in addition to us loving the warmth and character of his voice in his work with Fire From The Gods, we felt conviction in inviting his message into our music and the greater message of this album.”
Watch the video for “Pattern of Rebirth,” HERE
‘Let the Truth Speak’ Track List:
1) But What If We’re Wrong (feat. Sandbox Percussion)
2) We Who Lament (feat. Keturah)
3) Tyranny (feat. Pritam Adhikary of Aarlon)
4) Pattern Of Rebirth (feat. AJ Channer of Fire From The Gods)
5) Watching The Earth Sink
6) The Lesser Evil (feat. Larry Braggs & Sam Gendel)
7) Denial’s Aria (feat. Keturah, VikKe & Duo Scorpio)
8) Vespers (feat. Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh & VikKe)
9) Let The Truth Speak (feat. Daniel Tompkins of TesseracT & Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh) 10 All We Knew And Ever Loved (feat. Baard Kolstad of Leprous)
‘Let the Truth Speak’ will be available in the following formats:
=> 2LP Transparent Red
=> CD
=> Digital
EARTHSIDE are:
Jamie van Dyck – Guitars, backing vocals, programming, keyboards
Ben Shanbrom – drums, backing vocals
Frank Sacramone – Keyboards, synthesizers, programming, percussion, guitar
Ryan Griffin – Bass, backing vocals
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