Interview by Kris Peters
Most bands tend to slow down as they near two decades of service to the music industry. Some by design and others due to the inevitable reach of Father time pulling tighter on the reins, but not so Sydney hard rock/metal outfit Temtris who plan to ring in that milestone with possibly their biggest and most ambitious album yet.
The conceptually based Khaos Divine will be released on March 17, with the band only drip feeding morsels of information about the genesis of the story.
What we do know is the first single from the album, also titled Khaos Divine, will be premiered via HEAVY at 9 am AEST on January 25 and is an absolute cracker of a track that accentuates the vocal talents of vocalist Genevieve Rodda and explores a more modern approach to music that promises to further highlight Temtris' sonic capabilities.
Rodda and guitarist Anthony Fox sat down with HEAVY to discuss the new song and impending release.
"The track is the second song off the album Khaos Divine," Fox explained. "The first track is an instrumental opening because the entire album is a concept album. We chose Khaos Divine as the first single because that's when the lyrics kick in and the story starts to be told. Being a concept album, musically Khaos Divine introduces a lot of the musical motifs that crop up throughout the rest of the album and some of the signature lines that represent the different characteristics and different characters within the concept story. It's a very busy track and introduces Khaos Divine the city and the other components of the city, which is also Khaos Divine which is the A.I that controls the entire city scope."
In the full interview, Genevieve and Fox discuss Khaos Divine in greater detail, delve more into the musical nature of the song, the concept story line that drives the album, bringing a modern approach to their new music, how the sound has changed since the band's last album Ritual Warfare in 2021, the album launch tour which covers most of the country, this weekends Melbourne show, celebrating 20 years as a band and more.