Out now, Swedish hard rockers Seventh Crystal’s latest studio album Entity, on the Frontiers Music Srl label, and with it new single and lyric video for ‘Oathbreaker’, taken from the album.
The band commented on the new single thus: “’Oathbreaker’ sets the tone for the entire album – A reflection on progress and its unpredictable consequences. As humans, we are driven by curiosity and innovation, but also by a naivety that we can control what we create. History has shown that progress always comes at a price – sometimes obvious, sometimes unforeseen – and we may not always be ready to pay it”.
Explaining the concept behind the album, Seventh Crystal said: “We live in an age of social media, AI, filter bubbles and sensational headlines by unknown writers. Disinformation controls the masses and creates multiple truths where the reality remains unknown. The development of technology is largely about solving problems and fulfilling human needs. But can it also lead to the opposite and become its own master with humans as its subjects? A kind of being, an entity.
“Entity is a depiction of past and present in which this particular development is at the centre. For good or bad? Under or out of control – the listener is the one who gets to decide”, continued the band.
A melodic hard rock band from Gothenburg formed by singer Kristian Fyhr in 2019. What started as a solo project by Fyhr, quickly grew into a larger endeavour when Johan Älvsång and bass player Olof Gadd joined the project. Shortly after, drummer Anton Roos and guitarist Emil Dornerus also joined the band, completing the initial lineup.
In 2020, the band signed a deal with Frontiers Records and released their debut album Delirium in 2021. Due to the guitar-heavy parts on the album, the band realised that they needed one more guitarist to be able to perform the songs live. Gustav Linde, an old friend of Anton Roos, took on the job, and the band began to work on their slightly more guitar-oriented follow-up album, Wonderland released in 2023, alongside the EP Infinity, when in Autumn Älvsång decided to step aside, and the band continued as a five-piece into the recordings of third album Entity.
The new album sees the band exploring and expanding different genres, bringing their melodic rock formula, to progressive rock fields, sometimes little heavier and back to their unique rock style.
Tracks featured on Entity are: ‘Oathbreaker’, ‘Thirteen To One’, ‘404’, ‘Path Of The Absurd’, ‘Architects Of Light’, ‘Interlude’, ‘Blinded By The Light’ ‘Siren Song’, ‘Versus’, ‘Mayflower’, ‘Push Comes to Shove’, ‘A Place Called Home’ and ‘Song Of The Brave’ – You can order the album here.
