Embrium’s Latest Album “Timekeeper” - Out Now!
San Francisco-based blackgaze band Embrium unleashes their highly anticipated debut full-length album, Timekeeper, out now. Following the success of their 2021 self-titled EP—featured on Metal Injection and Apple Music's Breaking Metal and Fresh Blood playlists—the band has spent the past three years crafting a collection of songs that push the boundaries of ethereal blackgaze.
Led by Mosahefu (guitar, vocals) and Joey Menicucci (guitar, vocals), Timekeeper was brought to life with the versatile vocals of Jade Forsythe, the explosive drumming of Matt Baird, and production by Nick Loiacono at Fang Studios (San Mateo, CA). Embrium has also welcomed Ayani Hayashi on bass to bring the album to the stage.
Exploring themes of time, loss and the struggle for life, Timekeeper draws inspiration from dark fantasy worlds like those found in Berserk, Hyperion, and Claymore. The album’s soundscape balances black metal intensity with shoegaze’s verby soundscapes—where waves of distortion blend with haunting melodies.
Timekeeper also features collaborations with artists such as Ian Forsythe (Cyborg Octopus) on the Bathory-inspired “Hyperion” and Kyle Schaefer (Fallujah, Archeologist) on a haunting rendition of The Mars Volta’s “Televators.”
The cover of Timekeeper designed by Asep Yasin Abdulah.
SINGLES, UPCOMING SHOWS, COLLABS, MEDIA AND CONTACT
“Eclipse” – Premiered worldwide via Decibel Magazine, this brutal yet dreamlike track is accompanied by a music video filmed and edited by Watkins Metal Media in the misty forests of Felton, CA, and Oakland’s Soundwaves Studios.
“Hyperion” – Filmed across iconic San Francisco landmarks, including Grace Cathedral and the Palace of Fine Arts, and San Francisco’s Music City, this track was heavily inspired by the Hyperion Cantos and Bathory’s Nordland I.
To celebrate the album’s release, Embrium has partnered with Alpha Acid Brewing Company to launch “Dream Hunters”, a limited pilsner available exclusively on tap and in cans at their Belmont, CA location.
Embrium will also perform Timekeeper in its entirety at their album release show on March 15 at Neck of the Woods, San Francisco, alongside The Undying, Stranger Than, Cosmitorium, and ourfathers. Tickets are available exclusively at TicketWeb.
“Embrium’s [Timekeeper] creates a hauntingly beautiful amalgamation of black metal brutality with the ambient aura of shoegaze to perfection. [Their] debut pleasantly surprised me. It is complex and fresh enough to catch the eye of seasoned listeners, yet approachable enough to not seem too out of the realm of mainstream acceptance.”
Timekeeper is available now on all streaming platforms, vinyl, and CD. Get exclusive merch and physical editions at embriumofficial.com and embrium.bandcamp.com.
