You may have not heard of Ireland’s Arjuna’s Eye just yet, but the five-piece are an integral part of the new breed of exciting new contemporary heavy music emerging from the Emerald Isle and their crushing new album Amalgam is out now.
With a UK Radio premiere on Kerrang! Radio, Arjuna’s Eye has managed to create a captivating and exhilarating progressive heavy sound that is rich with thought-provoking lyrical content, complex arrangements and drenched in what are considered furious heart-soaring melodies.
The band features Conor Nagle (Guitar, vocals), Sean Frahill (Vocals), Aaron Frahill (Bass, vocals), Rory Power (Drums), Cillian Plummer (Guitar).
Their video release ‘Trial of the Grasses’ features the band’s trademark template gushing with melodic technical arrangements that take flight.
The more recent single and video ‘Cortexiphan’ continues where ‘Trial of the Grasses’ left off.
Guitarist Conor Nagle commented: “‘Cortexiphan’ as it is now has been with us as a song for around 3 or 4 years. About 75% of the guitar parts have been with me for more than 10 years! The opening melody and the chorus are the newest arrangements, which really make it more thematic and catchy.
“The lyrical ideas are directly inspired from the television series Fringe. We took some salient elements of the show (that spoke to us) and made our own mythos/philosophy from it. If anybody has not seen Fringe and Walter Bishop in action, you can still enjoy the song’s meaning apart from being a fanboy, like myself.”
Singer Sean Frahill added: “Aside from how we were inspired to write this song , there is a deeper meaning behind it all. ‘Cortexiphan’ is asking you to open your mind if you are willing to change your perspective oneverything, even if an idea comes from the innocence of a child.
“As adults, we are too often guilty of letting ourselves become stuck in the Rat-Race which has left us conditioned to modern society. It may seem like we’ve almost forgotten how explore new possibilities and to think freely as we once did as children. I say there’s no harm in popping your head up, every once in a while, to ask some questions and let our more inquisitive and creative side have a chance”.
Amalgam is available here.
