US instrumental post-metallers A World Worth Burning stream debut album »The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead«; out now on Argonauta Records!
Southern New Hampshire’s instrumental post-metal band A World Worth Burning has just released their debut album »The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead« on June 26th, 2026 via Argonauta Records. Featuring Craig Simas (Onera, Vigil), Joe Davis (Vigil) and Derek Clark and Randy LaChance (Vigil, Beneath The Machine).
»The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead« is now available on all major streaming services!
Tracklist:
01. Zelus (Conquest)
02. The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead
03. Speak No Evil
04. Ares (War)
05. Everything and Everyone You Have Ever Known
06. Limos (Famine)
07. A World Worth Burning
08. Thanatos (Death)
Courtesy of Grand Sounds PR:
A World Worth Burning proudly unveils their debut album »The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead«, available June 26, 2026 on all streaming platforms!
A limited edition double gold colored vinyl, strictly limited to 300 copies, will be released later this summer. Pre-order details will be revealed soon.
»The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead« unfolds like the soundtrack to the end of the world.
Across eight interconnected compositions, the album explores themes of war, greed, famine, moral decay, silence, and extinction. Humanity slowly disappears beneath the consequences of its own hubris while the universe continues forward without memory or remorse.
Rather than relying on vocals, the band allows the instruments themselves to become the narrative voice. Expansive guitar harmonies drift between haunting ambience and crushing intensity, while the rhythm section anchors every movement with massive low end and hypnotic momentum.
The result is a record designed to be experienced from beginning to end, inviting the listener to completely sink into its atmosphere and emotional weight.
A World Worth Burning is an instrumental post metal project from the United States featuring members of Vigil, already part of the Argonauta Records roster.
What began as a personal creative vision over twenty years ago eventually evolved into a fully realized band shaped by atmosphere, emotion, heaviness, and cinematic storytelling. Guitarist Craig had long envisioned creating something entirely instrumental, focused less on genre conventions and more on building immersive sonic journeys capable of speaking without words.
That vision finally took concrete form during 2020, when the global slowdown unexpectedly created the time and space needed to develop the material seriously. Joined by Vigil bassist Joe Davis, drummer Derek Clark, and guitarist Randy LaChance, the project quickly transformed from casual rehearsals into something far more ambitious.
Drawing equally from post metal, progressive music, cinematic textures, and expansive psychedelic atmospheres, A World Worth Burning developed a sound where soaring melodic guitars collide with massive rhythmic weight. The result is music that feels deeply emotional yet physically intense, balancing fragile moments of beauty with overwhelming crescendos.
After more than three years of writing and extensive studio work, the band completed their debut album »The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead«, an immersive conceptual journey through the final collapse of humanity and existence itself.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well