Boston post-metal band Junius premiere new single and music video »The Oracle«; new album »Sotera« out June 26th via Prosthetic Records!
Boston, Massachusetts based post-metal collective Junius premiere new single and music video »The Oracle« taken from their upcoming full-length album, »Sotera«, set to release on June 26th, 2026 via Prosthetic Records.
Tracklist:
01. Disciple
02. The Oracle
03. Summon Her
04. Initiatrix
05. Darkwater
06. Serpent
07. Lucifera
08. Scythian
Courtesy of Prosthetic Records:
Boston post-metal band, Junius, will release its new LP, »Sotera«, on June 26 via Prosthetic Records. »Sotera« is Junius’ first full-length LP in nearly a decade, following 2017’s »Eternal Rituals For The Accretion Of Light«, a recording that Rolling Stone noted, “takes the band’s alternately soaring and crashing sound to even more diverse places.” Produced by Junius vocalist/guitarist, Joseph E. Martinez and Tom Syrowski (Blackberry Smoke, Mastodon), »Sotera«, in Martinez’s words, “feels like a rebirth for the band” and “is an act of devotion as much as it is a piece of music.”
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In advance of the new album’s release, Junius unveils the new single + video, »The Oracle«, which tells the story of an all-seeing entity, guardian, or observer of the universe.
Photo credit: M. Darcy
»The Oracle« deals with judgment, not moral judgment, but truth,” shares Martinez. “»The Oracle« watches from up high, seeing civilization get corrupted and drift further away from her. The video is important because we rarely foreground ourselves visually. After some time away, physically reappearing felt appropriate.”
Harmonizing bright transcendence, heightened consciousness, coiled ear-worming, and emotional swell in like degree, »Sotera«’s ambient shoegaze metal is expansive and deep, best experienced unhurriedly. Call it sound as relief and release; intense undercurrents of magnetic volume attached to an almost symphonic use of motion. Fully realized music as exhilarating as it is ghostly. Whereas earlier Junius records wrestled with cataclysms, escaping Samsara and what might come after death, »Sotera« shifts the focus toward something more immediate: restoring balance through the worship of the divine feminine.
“The word Sotera is the feminine form of savior or protector in Greek, and it perfectly captured what the album was circling around,” offers Martinez. “This album is a musical invocation that explores the divine feminine as a force of transformation and balance. Medea stands at the threshold. In Sotera we’re calling upon Hekate, her mother, to guide us in her resurrection. The Oracle as a loving but ignored prophet. Lucifera appears as the punished light-bringer. The Initiatrix is the one who begins the rite.”
The first track released from »Sotera« is the surging »Initiatrix«. Direct and succinct, »Initiatrix« explores the use of intentional gestures as boosters for cognitive and emotional change.
“»Initiatrix« distills the album into 3 minutes and 23 seconds, and it captures the heart of the record,” says Martinez. “It’s about willingly stepping into a ritualistic transformation, asking to be changed and accepting the consequences of that choice.”
In addition to Joseph E. Martinez, Junius features Dana Filloon (drums), Eoghan Mccarthy (guitar), Matthew Vincenty (guitar), and Orion Wainer (bass).
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