"Interstellar I" depicts themes of technological overreach, mass corruption and personal struggles related to identity, love and survival, unfolding within a vast, lore infused deep space universe. This release balances a dense and layered wall of sound, high energy choruses and memorable melodies, where every second serves the storytelling.
The album features guest appearances by Charlie Griffiths (ex-Haken, Tiktaalika) on the track "Hyperconverter," Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus) on the closing piece "Renew," as well as narration by Roger Craig Smith (known for Sonic the Hedgehog, Batman, and Ezio in Assassin’s Creed) on the opening track, "The Grand Design."
Musically, the album brings to mind the style of Devin Townsend’s Ziltoid the Omniscient and Dream Theater’s Systematic Chaos, while reinterpreting those influences through Voidchaser’s own modern and distinctive sound, also drawing from classic foundations found in Deep Purple’s Machine Head and Black Sabbath’s Paranoid.
Track Listing:
1. The Grand Design
2. Welcome to Terra Corp
3. Initiation Day
4. Hyperconverter
5. Anything for Love
6. Rain / Solar Winds
7. Ivory Tower
8. Renew
Line-Up:
Chad Bernatchez - Vocals, Guitar
Jici Lord-Gauthier - Guitar, Bass
Colin MacAndrew - Drums
Credits:
Lyrics and Songwriting by Chad Bernatchez.
Production and Arrangements by Jici Lord-Gauthier.
Management and Booking by Jici Lord-Gauthier (Chaotic Good Music).
Mixed and Mastered by Jason Poulin.
Drums Recorded by David Lizotte.
Session keyboards by Mathieu Fiset.
Artwork by Sam Harwood.
Photography by Josh Kirschner (Kirschner Studios).
Drugi album prog-metalowego kanadyjsko-szwedzkiego trio VoidChaser.