Crown Lands announce new record deal with InsideOut Music

Crown Lands
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Canadian prog duo Crown Lands have announced that they have signed a new worldwide record deal with progcentric label InsideOutMusic.

The pair, vocalist and drummer Cody Bowles and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Comeau, released their acclaimed second album, Fearless, through Spinefarm Records in 2023. They will now release a pair of instrumental albums, Ritual I and Ritual II, the first of whch is out now and is streaming on the band's YouTube page here.

“The Ritual project highlights a completely different side of Crown Lands," says Comeau. "While the electric side of the band is full of bluster and drama, the Rituals show a more contemplative and meditative side of our music, and serve as world-building albums for the main storyline of our next album.”

Ritual hopes to illustrate our primal connectedness to the natural world, and suggests a way to listen to that inner awareness that watches all without doing," adds Bowles. "In easing one’s mind and stilling the thoughts and chatter when listening to this record, we strive to catalyse a deeper connectedness to the present moment that is as peaceful as it is beautiful.”

The artwork for both Ritual releases was created by Justyna Koziczak, and you can see the cover for Ritual I below.

Crown Lands are currently working on their new studio album for InsideOut. You can watch a video of the pair discussing the Ritual albums below.

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Crown Lands: Ritual 1
1. Dawn
2. The Storm
3. Vigil
4. Dusk
5. The Serpent

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.

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