{"id":81986,"date":"2020-03-17T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=81986"},"modified":"2020-03-17T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:22:17","slug":"news-hyborian-release-second-studio-album-volume-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-hyborian-release-second-studio-album-volume-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"HYBORIAN Make New Album \u2018Volume II\u2019 Available For Streaming In Its Entirety (March 17th, 2020) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HYBORIAN Make New Album \u2018Volume II\u2019 Available For Streaming In Its Entirety<\/strong><\/span>
\nMarch 17th, 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kansas City, Missouri-based stoner rock group Hyborian issue second full-length studio album Volume II<\/em> on March 20th, 2020 through Season Of Mist.<\/p>\n

Volume II<\/em> can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below.<\/p>\n

The conceptual effort picks up where their debut record left off and is accompanied by a 224-page sci-fi novel, The Traveller: A Hyborian Tale<\/em>, which was penned entirely by Hyborian frontman Martin Bush.<\/p>\n

The Traveller happens to be a shadowy, cloaked figure which appears on the cover of Volume I<\/em>, the book chronicling the origins of the central character and band mascot. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe original idea when we started planning out what Hyborian was going to be was to have three records; the first one was going to be stories from the beginning of time and early humanity before the advent of the written word and that\u2019s where the name comes from \u2013 author Robert E. Howard\u2019s Hyborian Age. The second album, which is what ended up happening on Volume II<\/em>, takes place during the very last days of the existence of the universe and the third record will be about the modern industrial age.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe book is a short read, but a very convoluted plot. It\u2019s very fantasy and sci-fi based – that\u2019s mostly me more than anyone else in the band. The new record follows the book chronologically. It\u2019s like The Wizard Of Oz<\/em> (1939) and Pink Floyd, only way more direct. If you read the lyrics of songs in order it basically tells the exact same story as the book, just way more in-depth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Volume II<\/em> was recorded at B-24 in Kansas City, Kansas with producer Josh Barber. \u201cJosh is used to producing the crap out of things, but we did this record as organically as possible, staying out of ProTools as much as we could, using a board mix with really good performances on really nice gear,\u201d the band said. \u201cWe basically recorded it as if it were a live record and ended up with one of the more sonically impressive sounding records I\u2019ve heard. Josh just crushed it. Recording there wasn\u2019t our initial plan \u2013 it just fell in our lap \u2013 but it ended up being a fantastic decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to Ettore del Vigo.<\/p>\n

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

01. \u2018Driven By Hunger\u2019
\n02. \u2018Stormbound\u2019
\n03. \u2018Sanctuary\u2019
\n04. \u2018Planet Destructor\u2019
\n05. \u2018The Entity\u2019
\n06. \u2018Expanse\u2019
\n07. \u2018Portal\u2019
\n08. \u2018In The Hall Of The Travellers\u2019<\/p>\n

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

Martin Bush (vocals and guitars)
\nRyan Bates (vocals, guitars and bass)
\nJustin Rippeto (drums)<\/p>\n

Filmed by Jeff Sisson, a music video was released for the track \u2018Expanse\u2019, while an official animated music video was created for the song \u2018Driven By Hunger\u2019. Both clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Debut studio album Hyborian, Volume I<\/em> was released<\/a> in February 2018 via Season Of Mist.<\/p>\n