Official: Season of MistOut 22/01/2027
The Montreal-rooted band’s debut tells its story from the point of view of an artificial superintelligence.
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The story
Meridian Veil will release their debut album, Forgotten Sun, on 22/01/2027 through Season of Mist. The band is guitarist Danny Marino of The Agonist, vocalist Matt McGachy of Cryptopsy, drummer Dylan Gowan of Seven Spires and cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne of Leprous. The first single and video, ‘The Watcher’, opens the eight-track album.
Marino and McGachy met while growing up in Montreal in the early 2000s, and Marino says the idea is more than 20 years old. The label describes the album as a cautionary tale narrated by an AI built to serve the greater good, with disastrous results. Weinroth-Browne calls it a mix of 2000s death and prog metal with a modern approach. Formats are digital, CD and two gatefold vinyl variants.
Photo: Sean Mundy / Season of Mist
Get it: Season of Mist
- Pre-order or pre-save: orcd.co/meridianveilforgottensun.
- Release date: 22/01/2027.
- Formats: digital, CD with 12-page booklet, black or transparent gatefold vinyl.
- Watch ‘The Watcher’ via Metal Injection’s premiere and the band’s channels.
Our take
Supergroup is an overused word, but this line-up earns attention for one reason: Cryptopsy’s vocalist and a Leprous cellist in the same band is an unusual pairing, and the label is pitching emotional range over brutality. McGachy has said singing on this record let him show a side of himself fans have not heard.
Two AI-themed records announced in one week, this and Fear Factory’s Roboticist, is a sign of where heavy music’s lyric writers are looking. The risk with side projects is that touring stays limited because day jobs come first. Expect festival appearances rather than a long road cycle.
Bottom line
For fans of progressive death metal, Leprous and later Cryptopsy. Watch ‘The Watcher’ first; pre-order the vinyl only if the single convinces you, as January releases rarely sell out quickly.
Release sheet
| Band | Meridian Veil (Canada) |
| Album | Forgotten Sun (debut) |
| Label | Season of Mist |
| Out | 22/01/2027 |
| Single | ‘The Watcher’ |
| Members from | Cryptopsy, The Agonist, Seven Spires, Leprous |
The original
Meridian Veil Announce Inventive Debut Album ‘Forgotten Sun’
Issued by Season of Mist
