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The instrumental progressive metal project Doomsday Astronaut has released the album “Djent Djinn,” a material that stands out from the crowd like an unrivaled athlete in a sprint race at a major competition.

You can listen to the album “Djent Djinn” in its entirety on Bandcamp and Spotify.

Progressive metal has often had sparks in the underground music scene here in recent years, but it seems that true supernovae are igniting in this direction. Many are the bands that boldly spread their wings towards this wellspring of inspiration and, in addition to impeccable technique, offer a mountain of quality in their musical creations’ production.

Returning to Doomsday Astronaut, the absence of vocal parts in the compositional structure, while it may seem to simplify things, does not, on the contrary. And even though we live in an era where technology has taken the sound from classical instruments and unceremoniously placed it on a button or the heights of a click, the voice, whatever it may be, has not entirely disappeared from the musical landscape. Thus, because we are beings who communicate through live speech, the simplest way to convey certain profound emotions remains one that involves vocal cords.

Nevertheless, Doomsday Astronaut naturally manages to infuse a healthy dose of emotion into their songs thanks to their technique and, let’s say, their understanding of the instruments on which they build their sonic universe. In a way, like the classical composers of bygone eras, for whom the instrument became an extension of their own being, a facet of their creative self.

Waqas Ahmed, the band’s leader, this ‘Il fenomeno,’ as I referred to sports above, of modern Romanian metal, says about “Djent Djinn” that “it is the heaviest but, at the same time, the most fantastical and adventurous musical product released so far.”

So, by offering a truly unique musical concept, Doomsday Astronaut already presents itself as a project where passion aligns with the directions dictated by professionalism.

This autumn, the Sibiu-based band has scheduled a national tour to promote this full-length material, a true sonic odyssey that begins on October 6th in Cluj-Napoca at the Flying Circus. Below, you’ll find all the tour dates for the “Djent Djinn Tour”:

October 6th – CLUJ, Flying Circus

October 7th – DEVA, John’s la Camping

October 21st – TIMIȘOARA, Nemesis Art Club

October 28th – LUGOJ, Club House MC Road Patrol

November 3rd – SIBIU, Rock and Bike Club

With live appearances on the stages of some of the most important niche festivals in Romania, including Posada Rock Festival, where they also won the grand prize for debut bands, as well as Rock la Mureș, ASTRA Rock, and Maris Fest, Doomsday Astronaut is already shaping up to be a musical phenomenon.

Doomsday Astronaut presents itself as a constant fireworks display in the not-so-bright firmament of the Romanian underground scene, a supernova in an already rather opaque universe.