AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: OMNIVIDE — “COSMIC CONVERGENCE”

The New Brunswick band Omnivide was formed in 2020 by the members of a previous Opeth tribute project called Sunbird. In beginning to write their own original music, they didn’t leave the influence of Opeth behind, but they did add to it, drawing as well from the sounds of such bands as Obscura, Alkaloid, and Devin Townsend.

Where this evolutionary journey has taken them so far is summed up in a debut album named A Tale of Fire that will be released on March 22nd. Conceptually, the songs were in different ways intended to explore the cycle of death, rebirth, and new growth, with the purging and reanimating effects of fire as the symbolic instrument of the universal cycle, and that cycle speaks through the music as well — as you will soon see.

What we have for you today is the premiere of a lyric video (made by Andy Pilkington) for one of the cuts off the new album, a song named “Cosmic Convergence“.

Photo Credit – Deepti Suddul

The band have shared these insights about this new song:

Lyrically, this song is about the Big Crunch, the opposite of the Big Bang, when astrophysicists predict that the universe will stop expanding and instead collapse on itself back to a single, infinitely small and dense point of matter. The lyrics describe this process in a poetic way in the first section of the song, with the final chorus shifting perspectives from that of the universe itself to a single human witnessing this process, with the lines ‘One final cry/Begging not to die/As all we are is swallowed by stars’.

“Cosmic Convergence” was written by Samuel Frenette and is composed of some fast and technical riffs, some more straightforward, but all very melodic with heavy layers of orchestration, and a lot of clean vocals compared to most songs on the album. This song is extremely high-octane in a melancholic and epic way, that tries to communicate the sense of desperation and urgency of the lyrics, with the song being about the end of the universe.

Photo Credit – Deepti Suddul

The vast swirling and shimmering sounds that open the new song quickly encompass the expanse and wonder of the cosmos, but the heavy punching throb of the bass and electrifying percussive acrobatics presage something different on the way — and the change arrives in a sudden flurry of rapidly darting notes, furiously hammering drums, and scalding snarls — which suddenly trade places with sky-high singing.

It’s a head-spinning experience, with many moving parts that spin and shift with thrilling speed, eventually overlaid with keys that resemble a glorious heavenly choir whose tones contrast with the ravenous growls and manic instrumental intensity beneath them.

Although the rhythm section continue to kick up a storm, the music seems to become even more magnificent and sweeping — until the intensity erupts in blistering blast-beats, unhinged screams, synths that sear, and a thoroughly mind-bending guitar solo at the finale. It’s the kind of closing spectacle that will put your heart in your throat.

Album and Live Band Line Up:
Samuel Frenette – Guitar/Vocals
Nicolas Pierre Boudreau – Guitar
Alex Cormier – Bass
Samuel Lavoie – Keyboards
Marc-André Richard – Drums

A Tale of Fire was produced by Samuel Frenette and Nicolas Pierre Boudreau, and it was mixed and mastered by François Fortin at studio La Boîte Noire. The cover art, which evokes the album’s overarching themes, was created by Marcel Leblanc.

The album is available for pre-save and pre-order now. And we’ll also share the news that Omnivide will soon be embarking on A Tour of Fire, with support from BLEVK and Sentient Dissolve. Find the dates after the links below.

PRE-ORDER / PRE-SAVE:
https://omnivide.bandcamp.com/
https://linktr.ee/omnivide

SPOTIFY:
https://spoti.fi/3HR8e91

MORE INFO:
https://omnivide.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/OmnivideBand