Russian Instrumental Progressive Rock band Aton Five released the first single “Naked Void” taken from upcoming self-titled album due out on April 28, 2023 (digital), May 2023 (CD) via MARS Records. Purchase and Stream the track through the Bandcamp player below:
In the times of working on “Solarstalgia” a peculiar bass riff was born during a break. We added a counterpoint guitar theme to it and thought that it would make a great interlude track on the album. However, the “interlude” spiraled out of our control and started to rapidly turn into a large suite called “Lethe,” which became a cornerstone and the lengthiest track of our second album. It was “Lethe” which set the tone and direction of our new music, prioritizing scope of composition and exploration of classical musical form.
Making the album was difficult. Most of the ideas were discarded as unworthy or disharmonious to other ideas, excruciating perfectionism made us return to arrangements that were already recorded. Lineup was changing due to circumstances and the band was on the verge of breaking up multiple times.
Working against such internal and external difficulties emphasized the Romantic mood of the album, which also resonated with a John Keats poem called “Ode on Melancholy.” A reading of it can be heard during the already mentioned ‘Lethe’. In fact, the LP could be called just that — “Ode on Melancholy.” But we decided that the most important thing about this release is our band acquiring its genuine identity. Therefore, it is simply called “Aton Five.”
Pre-Order the album on Bandcamp: https://atonfive.bandcamp.com/album/aton-five
Tracklist:
- Alienation
- Naked Void
- Clepsydra
- Danse Macabre
- Lethe
Lineup:
Anton Ablov / Organ, Synth, Piano
Roman Makushev / Drums
Alexander Seleznev / Guitars, Additional Keyboards, Production, Voice (5)
Mikhail Zenkov / Bass, Production
With:
Matthew Borun / Organ and Piano Solos & Strings Arrangement (4)
Michael Kalra / Tracking, Sound Production, Tambourine
Kos Koremill / Mixing, Mastering
Victor Sukhochev / Album Artwork
Recorded at Mars Records during 2019-2022