Obsidian, the upcoming album from Pennsylvania’s own riff-titans Crobot, and likely the band’s most introspective journey yet, is set for release on the extraordinarily lucky Friday, September 13, 2024 (Megaforce Records). Produced by Crobot, recorded at The Machine Shop Studios in Austin, TX, and engineered, mixed, and mastered by Alberto De Icaza, the 12 tracks on Obsidian dive into the deep, murky waters of the human condition, threading ancient myths with personal demons across its tracks.
Released today is the song “Come Down,” co-written and brought to the band by drummer Dan Ryan, and the track’s accompanying visualizer, which is populated by a space-born killer, ancient Celtic druids, the obsidian vocalist Brandon Yeagley found in the woods, tracks of a white rabbit headed to a portal into the underworld, and more. “As we started demoing songs,“ guitarist Chris Bishop explains, "the music was being pushed more and more into a heavier, darker, more metal direction. 'Come Down’ is one of the heaviest songs that we’ve done, it’s much more in the world of Alice in Chains. Dan, our drummer, comes from that world, and we didn’t try to stifle that, so the new music is a lot heavier than our previous albums.”
