{"id":61465,"date":"2017-09-28T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=61465"},"modified":"2017-09-28T22:57:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T22:57:57","slug":"news-arkaik-release-fifth-studio-album-nemethia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-arkaik-release-fifth-studio-album-nemethia\/","title":{"rendered":"ARKAIK Stream \u2018Order Of The Hierogon\u2019 Track Featuring PSYCROPTIC Guitarist (September 28th, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARKAIK Stream \u2018Order Of The Hierogon\u2019 Track Featuring PSYCROPTIC Guitarist<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 28th, 2017<\/strong><\/span>
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\nRiverside County, California-based technical progressive death metal group Arkaik have made the track \u2018Order Of The Hierogon\u2019 available for streaming through YouTube. Featuring Psycroptic guitarist Joe Haley, the stream can be accessed below.<\/p>\n

The band commented: \u201cWe really wanted to push our writing with this one, try some new things and challenge ourselves into making a massive track that explores the spectrum of our sound all in one song. We had the rare opportunity to work with Joe Haley from Psycroptic on a tasty guest solo and it came out better than we could have imagined. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs for the concept of the song as it relates to the story, Cyrix stumbles into a hidden territory called The City Of Secrets. He is introduced to a banished order of outsiders, mystics, sages, psychic warriors, historians, and oracles that preserve the lineage of knowledge contained within the \u2018Order Of The Hierogon\u2019. Once welcomed into the inner circle of this mysterious group who seemed to have foreknowledge of his arrival, Cyrix is bestowed with mental and physical tools and training to make his passage through the Nexion Stargate, which takes place at the end of the album.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe created the word \u2018Hierogon\u2019 to describe a mystical navigation device that Cyrix inherits from his new allies. It is the \u2018holy grail\u2019 of the order. The Arkaik symbol you see in the beginning of this video is a visual representation of the Hierogon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arkaik issue fifth full-length studio album Nemethia<\/em> on September 29th, 2017 through Unique Leader Records.<\/p>\n

The outing was produced, engineered and mixed by Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California. Nemethia<\/em> includes guest appearances by Psycroptic guitarist Joe Haley, ex-Burning The Masses guitarist Arde Ostowari, Stephen Paulson of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and former Arkaik guitarist Craig Peters. Handling drums for the entire album is Gabe Seeber of The Kennedy Veil.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to Tyler Space.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Occultivation\u2019
\n02. \u2018Of Violence And Pestilence Born\u2019
\n03. \u2018Order Of The Hierogon\u2019 (feat. Joe Haley)
\n04. \u2018Dweller On The Threshold\u2019
\n05. \u2018Futile State\u2019
\n06. \u2018The Eupnean Relic\u2019
\n07. \u2018Lifting Amnesia\u2019
\n08. \u2018Telegnosis\u2019
\n09. \u2018Nexion Stargate\u2019<\/p>\n

Arkaik\u2019s line-up is as follows; <\/p>\n

Jared Christianson (vocals)
\nGreg Paulson (guitars)<\/p>\n

Directed by Nikko DeLuna, a music video was filmed for the track \u2018Futile State\u2019. The clip can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Fourth studio record Lucid Dawn<\/em> was released in October 2015 via Unique Leader Records.<\/p>\n