Three years after offering up a boldly progressive third outing in 2013’s Cosmic Child (review here), Sweden’s New Keepers of the Water Towers return on Listenable Records with Infernal Machine, due out April 1. They’ve got a new video for opening track “The Forever War,” and it seems indeed to be drawing the listener through its slow, heavy march and immersive classic prog, so I can’t help but wonder what might come next, but for now the intro will have to do. These guys have never failed to progress since offering up their debut album, Chronicles (review here), in 2009 and The Calydonian Hunt (review here) in 2011, so this should be one to look forward to.

You can see the new video below, and all other album info follows here, courtesy of the PR wire:

NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS: Swedish Progressive Space Rock Faction To Unveil Infernal Machine Full-Length Via Listenable This Spring; New Video Available

Swedish progressive space rock faction, NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS, will release their Infernal Machine full-length in North America this Spring via Listenable Records.

Attempting to label NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS feels futile. This five-piece hailing from Stockholm, Sweden has grown at such a consistent pace since first forming in 2006, that pigeonholing their unique sound is immediately outdated with each passing album as the band continues to grow and push the boundaries of their musical and writing abilities.

With their fourth full-length, Infernal Machine, a concept album based on the classic sci-fi novel The Forever War, they’ve transformed a tale of an interstellar Galactic battle into a musical odyssey that supersedes anything you’ve heard to date. From the record’s initial onset, listeners are flung into a world where classic prog meets it’s unlikely counterparts of pure, vintage space rock, perfectly haunting harmonizing vocal lines, and just enough of the far from modest power riffs to keep you gasping for air with anticipation for the next track to begin as you move forward on your journey.

In advance of Infernal Machine’s release, NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS recently revealed a brand new video for opening cut, “The Forever War” noting, “This is a very sad song about leaving everyone you know and love behind to face something new, when everything is different but nothing really changes. It’s about the war inside each of us and the war we wage on each other while striving to create the life we want for ourselves.”

Infernal Machine Track Listing:
1. The Forever War
2. Tracks Over Carcosa
3. Tachyon Deep
4. Misantropin Kallar
5. Escape Aleph Minor
6. Jorden
7. This Infernal Machine

NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS’ Infernal Machine will be available in North America on April 1st, 2016 with preorders available at THIS LOCATION.

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New Keepers of the Water Towers, “The Forever War” official video

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