After a 27 year wait, the experimental rock band Lodestar proudly release their second album, Zonen, on 21st June .
“Heavy and sexy. Elegant and eclectic. Opaque and mysterious. Personal themes explored through symbols. Zonen’s really a start to finish LP listening ride” Lodestar
While their self-titled album was edgy and frantic – Zonen is much heavier, more serious and self-assured, and finds the band at their full creative tilt.
“We have evolved individually in different projects and that has fed into this new album. There has been switching of instruments and a lot of new techniques applied in service of the songs. We naturally went for leaner, more memorable songs while maintaining and increasing the weight and power. Lyrically it’s strange, coming back to it almost thirty years later. Though so much has evolved, there’s still a fascination with some of the same themes.”
Zonen features 11 songs including the singles; Surrender To The Tide (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eby3Dwfrlg0) and Bring Me The Head, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WFulFX5u7w), and is an unequivocal triumph.
Lodestar was originally formed in 1996 by three members of legendary British rap-rock band Senser (Heitham Al-Sayed, Alan ‘Lord Hagos’ Haggarty and John Morgan) to fulfil their hunger for a heavier musical palette.
After releasing two killer singles, an eponymous album hailed by the NME as ‘a modern metal masterpiece’ and touring with the likes of Tool, the band ceased operating in 1997.
2024 sees Lodestar resurrected and joined by Charlie Beddoes (Rub Ultra, Trash Palace, Nasty Little Lonely) on bass. Their new material is a beautiful, brutal and esoteric mix of doomy grooves, gutsy onslaughts and eccentric wanderings through a sweetly sinister landscape, inspired by prescient visions, occult symbolism and subtle sensuality.
To pre-order / pre stream Zonen go to: https://linktr.ee/lodestarband
To celebrate the release of Zonen, Lodestar play a quartet of shows, with more shows to be announced soon. “Fans can expect very heavy and atmospheric songs, delivered with conviction.”, so miss these shows at your peril.
Lodestar UK shows
April
Sat 20th London The Lexington
Sun 21st Brighton The Hope & Ruin
May
Sat 18th Southampton Heartbreakers
Sun 19th Desertfest London
