Occult dark rockers 1476 unleash new single »When Comes The Dawn?« taken from their forthcoming album »In Exile«, out this July via Prophecy Productions!
Salem, Massachusetts based occult dark rockers 1476 have unleashed a lyric video for the first single »When Comes The Dawn?« taken from their forthcoming album, »In Exile«, set to release on July 7th, 2023 via Prophecy Productions.
Says the band: “We are beyond excited to announce that we will officially be releasing our newest album »In Exile« on Prophecy Productions everywhere on July 7th! This is something we’ve spent a lot of time finishing, and could not be happier to share it with you all. Pre-orders for the album are now open and can be found here.
We would also like to share the first single from the album entitled »When Comes The Dawn?«. The lyric video can be seen here, and is now available on all streaming services. Remember to always play loud. More to come, we will see you all soon.
Tracklist:
01. Lost In Exile
02. Lapis Fire: Through The Mist
03. Tristesse In Exile
04. Jade Fire: A Paragon
05. When Comes The Dawn?
06. May Mountains Never Fall
07. Where Kings Fall
08. A Queen In Exile
09. Beyond The Meadows, Beyond The Moors
10. Carnelian Fire: The Gallows
11. Where Are You?
Courtesy of Prophecy Productions:
Salem’s 1476 reveal »When Comes The Dawn?«, the first single from wayward occult rockers’ new album »In Exile«, due out July 7, 2023.
“The track »When Comes The Dawn?« revolves around owning the callousness of our days, while the rest of the album presents other worlds to explore as possible solutions, escapes, escalations, and other such paths,” singer and multi-instrumentalist Robb Kavjian explains. “The song explores where we may be going wrong. For this reason, this song was intended to become the opening track of »In Exile«, but it ended up in the middle of the album, because it just sounded much better there. We’re quite happy to present this song as the first single instead!”
Pre-order here: lnk.spkr.media/1476-in-exile
Imagine an unmistakably unique band, active for several years, flying secretly under the radar of record labels, music media and the wider public at large. Not possible in these modern times of unfiltered music availability and the information superhighway, you say? Meet New England’s 1476, America’s best kept secret in the realm of dark, atmospheric art rock!
There seems to be something sinister lurking beneath the beautiful landscapes of New England. Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King, those American masters of the horror genre have been born and raised there, where they have also created their dark writings. It is hardly surprising that a band hailing from the infamous town of Salem, Massachusetts such as 1476 have created an album, which is heading down a dark road. Yet »In Exile« is not telling stories about witches, ghouls, or tentacled beings emerging from the depths. It is we, the people, who are on this path.
On »In Exile«, each song represents a world of its own. It all started, when singer and multi-instrumentalist Robb Kavjian pondered upon that ancient question of where do people go when they die. In his mind, he started to imagine real persons and imaginary characters as mystical beings or deities. These avatars served as spiritual guides to their personal worlds during meditations that used visualisation techniques. This concept of individual worlds in the afterlife led to a stylistically quite diverse album, which does not make it easier to describe the band’s sound. »In Exile« contains elements of folk, rock, metal, punk, and also a healthy pinch of post-punk, which can be summed up loosely as ‘wayward occult rock’.
1476 were founded by Robb Kavjian and percussionist and drummer Neil DeRosa in Salem, Massachusetts. The ‘first’ album, which is still found being mentioned about everywhere, is officially no longer a part of the discography as the core duo discontinued »A Wolf’s Age« (2009). This attributes the role of the official debut to »Wildwood« (2012). The album was widely circulated in the underground of several scenes. The sophomore full-length was designed as a soundtrack for an exhibition in Salem, MA tellingly entitled »Edgar Allan Poe: A Life Of Hope & Despair« (2014). With »Our Season Draws Near«, 1476 returned to a more ‘conventional’ approach, at least in their terms in 2017. Whatever it is that leads artists to the dark side in New England has also touched 1476. For all those, who like their music outside of genre confines and who always wanted Dante as their personal guide to the infernal depths: »In Exile« offers radiant paths to take into exciting worlds beyond our reality.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well