Changeling (Ex-Obscura/Fear Factory) Premiere Their Eponymous New Single

Changeling have unveiled their latest single, “Changeling”, now available for streaming. Spearheaded by Tom “Fountainhead” Geldschläger (ex-Obscura), the band boasts a powerhouse lineup featuring Mike Heller (ex-Fear Factory) on drums, Arran McSporran (Vipassi, Virvum) on bass, and Morean (Alkaloid) on vocals.

This track will be featured on their upcoming self-titled debut album, set for release on April 25th via Season of Mist.

Discussing the creative process behind the song, Geldschläger shared:

“This song came from a few musical themes that I had written on the oud. From those few humble notes, it turned into quite the monster – a monster where I think everybody in the core band shines equally. At that point in the album’s story, we’re beginning to take the frame-work of tech/prog death metal into uncharted territory, so it seemed appropriate to give this song a unique, winding structure where a shorter pumping mid-tempo banger is book-ended by intensely psychedelic blast-beat driven parts that are building towards a quasi-black metal frenzy at the end.

It also has some of my favorite Morean lyrics of all time. Not only does he paint a vivid picture of a strange, unfamiliar dimension through his signature wordplay. He also quite literally takes us there in the song’s mid-section breakdown, were we envisioned a strange jungle ritual evoking some dark cosmic entity, somewhere between Lovecraft and Peter Jackson‘s King Kong.

And, as usual, the man took it to another level by adding a multitude of eery, slithering voices, which make the song feel almost like it’s breathing. Oh, and this piece also has some of my favorite RIFFS (in capital letters) that I’ve ever written, as well as some quite extreme guitar shenanigans that I called ‘layers of cosmic horror’ during production. Get out your best headphones for this one!”