Kayo Dot return with new album

2025-05-07 by Raul Stanciu STAFF | 50 Comments
Toby Driver revealed details regarding the upcoming, eleventh Kayo Dot studio album, Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason. Due out on August 1st through Prophecy Productions, it sees the original line-up reunited, alongside old and new collaborators, who took part in the 20th anniversary tour for Choirs of the Eye.

According to Driver, the upcoming LP ''marks both a return and a progression from the band’s seminal debut by revisiting the compositional practices that defined it while pushing forward into uncharted territory. Rejecting traditional rock structures and the more predictable contours of metal, Every Rock… shapes a sound that feels familiar and alien at once, where custom-designed microtonal organs and guitars weave an effort to reconcile the impossible tension between past and future. Moving away from the typical emphasis on low-end frequencies, it floats instead in the upper spectrum, where the textures become more fragile, more intimate, and more abrasive and terrifying.''

''Oracle by Severed Head'' is the first taste, ''a song about prophecy, but not the clean, transcendent kind we’ve been taught to expect. This is prophecy as defilement—a sacred voice ripped from the past and forced through a severed head—a voice no longer truly its own, but distorted, fragmented, bleeding into the present. It is a song that interrogates the ways in which manipulated versions of the past continue to invade the present, asserting themselves in violent ways. These voices might be real and they might speak some truths, but who, through the obscene fracture that brought them back, are we really listening to? And at what cost?''

Listen to ''Oracle by Severed Head'' below:



Tracklist:
1. Mental Shed
2. Oracle By Severed Head
3. Closet Door in the Room Where She Died
4. Automatic Writing
5. Blind Creature of Slime

Pre-order Every Rock... here: http://lnk.spkr.media/kayodot-everyrock

Tagged: Kayo Dot

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toolguitarkid
May 7th 2025
314 Comments


Album description/news got me super hyped, but the single didn't do much for me.

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
May 7th 2025
6315 Comments


I was expecting something more explosive at some point on that song

Josh D.
May 7th 2025
17890 Comments


Having expectations for Kayo Dot is funny.

Grungil
May 7th 2025
646 Comments


Choirs of the Eye is still one of my favorite albums, so i will give it a chance.

Comatorium.
May 7th 2025
5341 Comments


Eat a dick Josh.

Album should be great.

Hawks
Contributing Reviewer
May 7th 2025
104004 Comments


Josh wtf??? Band has never released a bad album.

Demon of the Fall
May 7th 2025
38281 Comments


guys, hear me out here, but could he just mean to "expect the unexpected" due to their experimental nature?

Hawks
Contributing Reviewer
May 7th 2025
104004 Comments


Possibly!

denboy
May 7th 2025
1649 Comments


josh clearly meant that it's funny to have expectations for what the music will sound like with this band (IE 'something more explosive')

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 7th 2025
63991 Comments


yes lol, josh comment is fair + cogent

looking forward to this alb, but might save the single til it drops. caught TD/Alora Crucible a few weeks ago and the Oak Lace Apparition stuff was magical, but it's been too long since we last got to hear new KD

Kusangii
May 7th 2025
7712 Comments


Great band

toolguitarkid
May 7th 2025
314 Comments


Wish he'd tour the US with Alora Crucible, I would love to see them live. But after Blasphemy and They Are The Shield tours I did see, I doubt he'll ever come back through our area again.

CottonSalad
May 7th 2025
3160 Comments


great single — nice video.

hype immanent.

Pikazilla
May 7th 2025
32076 Comments


the song legit sounds like one massive crescendo that never hits the desirable peak

I've never felt this blueballed before

Comatorium.
May 7th 2025
5341 Comments


I rescind my precoffee snark. Expecting anything sound wise from KD is fools play yeah.

These new turnstile singles tho… fucking lololol

Pikazilla
May 7th 2025
32076 Comments


turnstile can f right off agreed

Josh D.
May 7th 2025
17890 Comments


"josh clearly meant that it's funny to have expectations for what the music will sound like with this band"

How this wasn't the immediate thought is an indictment on some of you. I have Dowsing on vinyl ffs

Comatorium.
May 7th 2025
5341 Comments


I’m a cranky fuck most times. Pre coffee it’s worse lmao.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 7th 2025
63991 Comments


"I have Dowsing on vinyl ffs"

plz change your sput display name to something that reflects this i have very strong feelings on this matter + for you generally

Josh D.
May 7th 2025
17890 Comments


Mods, please change my name to DowsingOnVinyl or ImmortelleAndPaperCaravelle.

The song is nice, but I agree it's a bit underwhelming. Toby loves a meandering violin though!

jrlikestodance
May 7th 2025
4638 Comments


Starting a coke rap group called Yayo Dot

Demon of the Fall
May 7th 2025
38281 Comments


DowsingOnVinyl is a pretty cool name out of context and I can’t explain why

idk much about the recent evolution of this band, but it definitely feels like too much hard graft to catch up. Maybe I’ll eventually check whichever one comes after Coyote

Demon of the Fall
May 7th 2025
38281 Comments


despite this ^ I’m starting a cover band called Kayo Not

Relinquished
May 7th 2025
49707 Comments


better hire Tod Oyak on guitar

flaffy
May 7th 2025
170 Comments


can they just go back to the Choirs of the Eye sound? fuck

Demon of the Fall
May 7th 2025
38281 Comments


why bother trying to recreate something a lot of people feel they perfected? Been there, done that etc.

Innovative, forward-thinking creatives tend not to rest on their laurels.

Veldin
May 7th 2025
5624 Comments


Excited as hell for the new album, especially with the line up. We ate well last year with a solo album, Alora Crucible, and Bloodmist.

Djang0
May 7th 2025
1081 Comments


Everything about the album cover, title, tracklist, track lengths, descriptions, is making my pp hard

Wizard
May 8th 2025
20594 Comments


Hoping they take it back a bit from their last few albums. Hubardo is still their masterpiece.

ShadowOfTheCitadel
May 8th 2025
529 Comments


Beautiful song. Very Alora Crucible reminiscent. Byron laid down vox on this album, so there will be mayhem.

MillionDead
May 8th 2025
6082 Comments


One of the greatest metal bands ever, maudlin too

Veldin
May 8th 2025
5624 Comments


Single has gotten better and better after repeated listens. I’m very excited to hear what the rest of the album has to offer. Heads up, the 2xCD deluxe edition features a bonus track, instrumentals, and a 32 page book.

Flugmorph
May 8th 2025
35273 Comments


decent as always.

Comatorium.
May 9th 2025
5341 Comments



Everything about the album cover, title, tracklist, track lengths, descriptions, is making my pp hard

[2]

Pheenix
May 9th 2025
53 Comments


Eh, I love KD and get every album, but I wouldn't disagree that they haven't put out anything of legitimately high quality since Hubardo. Some of their stuff is still super fun tho.

JJKeys
May 9th 2025
1355 Comments


Single is v haunting and beautiful

Frost15
May 9th 2025
4330 Comments


Most anticipated album of the year unless Luc Lemay takes out his 7 string guitar and says hi.
Kayo Dot still a top 5 band of all time and Toby still a generational talent.

PS: Single rules as expected

Confessed2005
May 10th 2025
6715 Comments


Kayo Dot are exceptional and I have high hopes this new album will also be exceptional.

Hawks
Contributing Reviewer
May 10th 2025
104004 Comments


[2]

Artuma
May 10th 2025
32808 Comments


"I wouldn't disagree that they haven't put out anything of legitimately high quality since Hubardo. Some of their stuff is still super fun tho."

i tend to agree with this, everything they've released since is nice but atmospherically simply lacking compared to hubardo

i really like this single honestly, but i still kinda hope it doesn't represent the album as a whole, i know they can make it work but their recent efforts don't exactly inspire confidence for me

MrxSelfxDestruct
May 10th 2025
670 Comments


This sounds more like Toby Driver's solo stuff, but that's not a criticism.

Kole
May 12th 2025
394 Comments


Some of yall need to relisten to Blasphemy, pretty underrated album. This sounds good I'm interested to hear more.

FurtherDown
May 13th 2025
485 Comments


I'm catching up on KD stuff I haven't heard before and yeah, the avg for Blasphemy is too low, should be higher!

cylinder
May 13th 2025
4098 Comments


this band is so musty

ShadowOfTheCitadel
May 13th 2025
529 Comments


Blasphemy was rated relatively low when I first heard it, but it's fucking amazing. They all are.

Asdfp277
May 13th 2025
25225 Comments


swag band

Veldin
May 13th 2025
5624 Comments


I really like Blasphemy and got to see them on tour for it which slapped

asanisimasa
May 14th 2025
183 Comments


anticipation high, I've been more into toby's other projects over the last few years but this sounds really cool

asanisimasa
May 14th 2025
183 Comments


@Veldin they sounded really good on that tour

Veldin
May 15th 2025
5624 Comments


Yeah dual drummers sounded amazing and Ron Varod on guitar is great



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