{"id":28667,"date":"2024-02-23T10:11:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/?p=28667"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:11:59","slug":"craneium-new-album-point-of-no-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/craneium-new-album-point-of-no-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Craneium unleashes his new full-length album \u00abPoint Of No Return\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finnish heavy-hitting psych machine <strong>Craneium <\/strong>returns with <strong><em>Point Of No Return<\/em><\/strong>. The band&#8217;s fourth album is their most ambitious one yet, washing over you through a constant ebb and flow of fuzzy heaviness, complemented by psychedelic melodies and atmospheric passages. The album follows their 2021 studio effort <strong><em>Unknown Heights<\/em><\/strong> (The Sign Records), <strong><em>The Narrow Line<\/em><\/strong> (2018, Ripple Music), and <strong><em>Explore The Void<\/em><\/strong> (2016, Ripple Music).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Point Of No Return<\/em><\/strong> was recorded by Joona Hassinen at his new <strong>Studio Underjord<\/strong> in Finsp\u00e5ng, Sweden with mixing and mastering duties handled by legendary <strong>Karl Daniel Lid\u00e9n<\/strong> (Studio Gr\u00f6ndahl). The band has long admired his work with giants such as Lowrider and Greenleaf, and state that they are more than pleased with the end result. With the songwriting expanding upon the <strong>Craneium <\/strong>sound with atmospheric guitar leads and heavy riffing, the dynamics have become more polished and clean. Conceptually, the lyrics deal with the climate cata\u00bbstrophe and the responsibility of mankind for planet Earth. The artwork was handled by psychedelic artist <strong>Jaime Zuverza<\/strong> and complements the music perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2RoHfEj9a6ynuaavGqdakl?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Craneium&#8217;s new album \u00abPoint Of No Return\u00bb:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Finnish heavy psych band <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/craneiumband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craneium<\/a> <\/strong>has created their own style of fuzzed out music. With a dynamic take on what some describe as stoner rock, the band breathes 70&#8217;s heavy rock as well as 90&#8217;s desert psychedelia. The music of <strong>Craneium <\/strong>washes over you through a constant ebb and flow, while the fuzzy heaviness is complemented by both melodies and atmospheric passages. The band sets out to make music that is diverse yet distinct.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the formation they have played over a hundred shows around the Nordic countries and Europe. Starting out in true DIY-spirit they&#8217;ve played everything from basements and rock clubs. That hard work has paid off and the band has since then come to perform at large venues and alternative festivals such as the Swedish psych rock mecca <strong>Kr\u00f6kbacken<\/strong>, the magnificent <strong>Truckfighters Fuzz Festival<\/strong> in Stockholm, and Helsinki&#8217;s newest stoner festival <strong>DesertHel<\/strong>. <strong>Craneium <\/strong>has had the pleasure to share both the stage and international heavy underground community with bands such as <strong>Lowrider<\/strong>, <strong>Skraeckoedlan<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/review-lucifer-lucifer-v-2024\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27814\">Lucifer<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Mars Red Sky<\/strong>, <strong>Demonic Death Judge<\/strong> and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"CRANEIUM - ONE THOUSAND SIGHS (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6YrPfqJb9uo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early hard work also gained the attention of the California label <strong>Ripple Music<\/strong>, who released both the band&#8217;s debut album\u00a0<strong><em>Explore The Void<\/em><\/strong> (2016)\u00a0and their sophomore album<strong>\u00a0<em>The Narrow Line<\/em> <\/strong>(2018). The contacts and recognition that came from this international partnership inspired the band to develop and branch out both musically and professionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release of Craneium&#8217;s third album\u00a0<strong><em>Unknown Heights<\/em> <\/strong>(2021)\u00a0was the start of the band&#8217;s partnership with Swedish label <strong>The Sign Records<\/strong>. A collaboration that resulted in an increase in both attention and listeners as well as international media coverage. The album was recorded and mastered by producer Joona Hassinen of Studio Underjord and attracted more attention from international rock media than ever before. The track <strong><em>Somber Aeons<\/em><\/strong> has been a staple on Spotify&#8217;s Prog Rock playlist since the release, which symbolizes the wide genre spanning appeal of their music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Craneium-Point-Of-No-Return-2024-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Craneium-Point-Of-No-Return-2024-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Craneium-Point-Of-No-Return-2024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Craneium-Point-Of-No-Return-2024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Craneium-Point-Of-No-Return-2024-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Craneium-Point-Of-No-Return-2024.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tracklist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One Thousand Sighs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Sun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Distant Shore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2026Of Laughter And Cries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Things Have Changed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search Eternal<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craneium has created their own style of fuzzed out music, their new album \u00abPoint Of No Return\u00bb now available on all streaming platforms.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1159],"tags":[1305],"class_list":["post-28667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-craneium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}