The Infinity Ring announces new album »Ataraxia« on Profound Lore Records; first single and music video »Elysium« available now!
Boston, Massachusetts based alternative/folk/goth rock act The Infinity Ring premiere a music video for the first single »Elysium« taken from their new album, »Ataraxia«, due out on March 21st, 2025 via Profound Lore Records.
Tracklist:
01. Obsidian
02. Nightingale
03. Elysium
04. Hymn
05. Revenge
06. The Drum
07. The Window
08. The Archway
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The lights are white but at half-strength, giving the fog a canvas to paint and a shroud for the anonymous. Meanwhile the band builds and builds to a tense and deafening crescendo, the stage now fully illuminated and PA system at full bone-quaking power. As the band flexes and claps repeatedly like a passing thundercloud, all of a sudden the massive apex comes crashing down to reveal a single violin, melancholic and pondering. This is The Infinity Ring.
Boston’s The Infinity Ring is New England’s best kept secret, a collective who, in a short four years, has risen to the rank of live juggernaut. Though the title of their latest recorded release may indicate otherwise, »Ataraxia« or the state of tranquility and calm – it positively lives up to the promise of their incendiary live show. »Ataraxia« describes the album’s existential and personal state upon completion – a long and arduous path that nearly broke the band in the process. Built across two studios over the course of close to a year, »Ataraxia« is an album that represents the exploration, the emotional toll and ultimately the ecstasy of creation. It’s a release that challenged the band to move into new realms and push themselves to the brink – musically, emotionally, creatively and spiritually.
“In the creation of »Ataraxia«, we felt like we had mined so many dark spaces and ideas that in a lot of ways it had taken an extreme emotional and creative toll,” explains The Infinity Ring frontman Cameron Moretti. “We began to realize that the themes of the work had become manifest, affecting our vision, approach and ideas in a way inconsistent with our goals of catharsis. So we took some time. And in taking a pause, we gained perspective and were able to look further inward, to explore some of the turmoil and found that that the only path out was through – redemption via a beacon of light shining on the dark corners that we had created for ourselves.”
Photo credit: Devin Davies
»Ataraxia«’s first single »Elysium«, a regal and monolithic track that punctuates each harrowing moment with angelic choir, violin, and marching drums. “We are excited to release this single into the world, and while it’s not representative of the entire album, it’s a great taste what we have to come on »Ataraxia« – explains Moretti talking about the nature of the opening single. “It’s a great representation of evolution – melding past Infinity Ring sounds with the new direction for »Ataraxia«. We could not be more excited to present this new track and it’s visual counterpart. When Devin Davies approached us with a vague idea about this video, we were really excited. He’s always been a collaborative partner to us and we feel like we were able to get something that is representative of what we wanted.” Taking the cinematic qualities of Swans, the dramatic crescendo of Japan’s envy and the emotional heft of Philip Glass, »Elysium« is a wide angle look into the world of The Infinity Ring. It’s a bold, ambitious yet well-executed composition alternating between chaos and pensive beauty, eventually working towards an ecstatic climax before crumbling under its own majesty. Whether via your standard “rock band” configuration or utilizing noise, processed samples, keys, industrial percussion or chamber quartet, The Infinity Ring’s work has an ability to feel classical, learned and wise beyond their years.
Initial tracking of »Ataraxia« took place in June 2022 at Marcata Studio in upstate New York, a place that inspired the band greatly due to its serene setting and storied history with Swans, The Walkmen, Wooden Wand and Pile. The change in location from their previous home of God City Studios was to create a sense of unease, lack of comfort and mild chaos in order to convey some of those feelings into our work. As tracking began, the turmoil in recording the then-unnamed LP forced a short hiatus, requiring the band to take a breather and retool. Eventually picking the project back up in April 2023 for the more familiar setting, God City.
Pre-order »Ataraxia« HERE
The Infinity Ring is a collective featuring the following players:
Cameron Moretti – Vocals / Guitars
Francesca Caruso – Violin
Andy Tamulonis – Bass
Matt Bond – Keyboards
John Funk – Drums
The Infinity Ring is a collective united under the banner of experimentalism. The band draws from musicians long active in disparate scenes within the Boston musical underground, incorporating influences that range from metal to crust punk to industrial to electronic scenes. Their music is inspired by the liberty found in acts like Leonard Cohen, This Mortal Coil, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Can, Amon Düül, Faust, Current 93, etc. What began in 2020 as an experimental take on dark folk music with added elements of drone and noise eventually grew to incorporate no wave, post-metal, and black metal, with elements of occult and spiritualism throughout – adhering to none but reminiscent of all.
The band spent most of 2020 and 2021 experimenting in various studios around New England, eventually leading to the collaborative »Ohr« LP with Jarboe. In early 2022, the band set out to record its debut album, »Nemesis & Nativity«, at God City Studios in Salem, Massachusetts. Released by Profound Lore in 2023, the record was a revelation throughout the underground, leading to collaborative gigs with Marisa Nadler, appearances at SXSW, Roadburn and Desertfest NYC. 2025 will see the release of »Ataraxia«, the first LP in a series of new material due this calendar year.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well