Four years after its critically lauded fourth album, L'Adieu aux Etoiles, French atmospheric doom unit Ixion returns with its fifth studio album, Evolution, scheduled for release in late October via Finisterian Dead End and Season Of Mist.
Divided between three parts, Evolution is a natural successor to L'Adieu aux Etoiles, delivering an enthralling blend of progressive metal and melancholic and atmospheric doom. Across these three parts, Ixion tells a concept and fictional story about the evolution of mankind and its interrelation with androids.
Set for release on 16 April, "Extinction" is the first part of the album and questions how humanity will struggle with mortality in a world where android technology is rapidly growing and dominating.
Today, the duo shared the opening track, "The Withering Of The Flesh", accompanied by a video.
Formed in 2004 as a solo project by composer and multi-instrumentalist Julien Prat, Ixion has carved out a special place within the doom scene, with its singular blend of ambient/electronic music and atmospheric doom metal, drawing inspiration from science-fiction. Link
Extinction (the first part of the Evolution album) tracklist:
1. The withering of the flesh
2. In fear of the machines
3. The weight of ignorance
4. A chimeric dream Part 1
5. Afterlife
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