…And We Will Move The Stars

Album cover for "...And We Will Move The Stars" Cyclocosmia’s final album, “…And We Will Move The Stars” launched on the 3rd May 2024, in association with Teratogen and grazil Records. You can buy the album now from our Bandcamp page, with a digital download or on a double CD digisleeve.
‘…And We We Will Move The Stars’ is an epic double album that encapsulates the diverse musical styles we have worked with throughout our time in music. Comprised of sixteen tracks divided into four distinct parts, each segment narrates a full musical story, ranging from intense personal struggles and critiques of political extremities to the exploration of mortality and mystic romanticism. Part I, ‘The Pit and the Dragon,’ delves into the depths of mental health, using the metaphor of a dragon named Idris to symbolise the primal rage and the will to live. Part II, ‘The Sickly Feast and the Last Emperor,’ offers a satirical look at the cyclical nature of radical political movements through the lens of Roman history. Part III, ‘The Bridge and the End of All Things,’ is a poignant reflection on sickness and death, inspired by Scott’s own health challenges. The final segment, Part IV, ‘The Snake and the Spider,’ weaves a tale of mystical romance, spirituality, and the power of dreams. This will be Cyclcosmia’s last album. James’ health has been the main reason for the amount of time the album took to create, and issues with his hearing means he is taking a step back from music production to work on other creative endeavours. Thank you all for taking the time to listen to our music, it means the world and so much more.
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Bio

Cyclocosmia is a solo progressive metal project founded in 2011 by British music producer James Scott, and the project’s first full length album, Deadwood, was released in 2016, followed by the EP Immured in 2017 and the covers EP Adorned with the Circle in 2018.

Following a 5 year hiatus due to health issues, Cyclocosmia is returning in 2024 for one last, spectacular double album entitled …And We Will Move the Stars.

Cyclocosmia’s music brings progressive elements to crushing, melancholy symphonic doom metal, with unconventional structures, wide dynamics and experimental ideas married to raw emotional power. …And We Will Move the Stars takes the project’s music in an even more progressive direction, incorporating dozens of different musical styles onto 16 tracks.

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News and Tours

Cyclocosmia will once again be accompanying YYLVA, supporting progressive black metallers A Forest of Stars.
Saturday 9th June, doors at 19.00pm
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Cyclocosmia are delighted to announce we will be playing as accompaniment to Atmospheric Black Metal/ Dark folk solo artist YYLVA, for one night only 22nd May, The Underworld, Camden, London, United Kingdom.
This is a unique chance to see our rendition of Street Spirit LIVE!
Come join us for a wonderful night of stunning music.
The Underworld Camden proudly presents:
:Of The Wand & The Moon: Official
plus: The Dark Red Seed + Partisan (feat. ex member of Oathbreaker) + YYLVA (featuring Cyclocosmia accompanyment.)Price: £16.00 adv. // Doors: 7pm – 11pm
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Of the Wand & the Moon are one of the big guns of contemporary neofolk. Arriving a generation after founders like Death in June, Sol Invictus, and Current 93, Of the Wand & the Moon have breathed new life into this beautiful and perennially misunderstood genre. OTWATM’s 2011 The Lone Descent LP is widely regarded as a neofolk masterpiece.Of The Wand & The Moon is the creative live and recorded music works of Danish musician Kim Larsen (not to be confused with the Danish folk singer by the same name) and various guest contributors. After irreconcilable differences with his previous musical project, Saturnus, Larsen began writing music of a different vein, similar in style to his neofolk influences but very different than the doom metal he had previously created.

Characterized by folk songs with themes ranging from expressions of love, loss, joy and ancestral Germanic paganism, Of the Wand & the Moon is best described as experimental, dark ambient neofolk. When their debut album “Nighttime Nightrhymes” came out in 1999 it marked a new entry for Denmark in a new wave of Germanic post-industrial folk projects, alongside contemporaries such as Forseti and Sonne Hagal.

Press

REVIEWS AND PRESS FOR “IMMURED”

“Cyclocosmia bends metal to its whim, intertwining all forms of heavy music to create an EP that mixes melody and brutality to weave an emotional story that will leave fans of extreme music breathless.”
1340 Magazine

“Monstrous, well produced and not a duff track in sight” –
Ravenheart Music

“A great sounding symphonic and progressive mixture of doom and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band.” –
DoomToGrindZine

“Expect a blend between Draconian, Ayreon, Dream Theatre and more modern metal acts … I would certainly recommend adding it to your collection of unique and stubborn metal releases.” –
Merchants of Air

“Beautifully crafted … full of talent and inspiration”-
Metal Brothers (in Spanish)

“Purely phenomenal”-
Pagan Hel Reviews

“If you are up to something that is really out of the proverbial metal box, then this EP is for you. And you are in for a treat.”
Rock Music Raider

“If their previous full-length release had shown the enormous potential of this project, then this EP confirms it”
MetalEyes (in Italian)

“Beautiful … a record that combines doom-metal dynamics with ghostly vocals that strongly fit the theme, and sounds quite unlike anything else.”
Where Worlds Collide

“A must-hear … dark, emotional and thought-provoking”
Dark Art Conspiracy

“Two great artists, a thrilling ride between genders, a multimedia performance that would be the envy of many communications professionals”
Metallized (in Italian)

“Cyclocosmia have delivered the best 17 minutes of music I’ve heard so far this year … everything reeks of professionalism, passion and talent”
Ever Metal

REVIEWS AND PRESS FOR “DEADWOOD”

“Music that is blessed with both brain and beauty.” – Powerplay Magazine

“A high class delight of an album … one of the top releases of 2016” – Black Phoenix Rising

“A near perfect album … a tsunami of epicness” – Ravenheart Music

“The songs are excellent and the whole album has some remarkable surprises in store” – Vixens webzine

“I’d urge anyone interested in something female fronted that doesn’t sound like say Nightwish and their ilk to give this a try.” – Grande Rock

“A great debut … Lorena’s voice is angelic” – The Pit of the Damned (in Italian)

“The cream of the crop … beautiful yet mournful” – Dead Rhetoric

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    ADORNED WITH THE CIRCLE

    From the 12th June 2017, Cyclocosmia released a free covers EP, Adorned with the Circle. Featuring guest vocalists and musicians from all over the world and cover versions of songs by Slayer, Korn, Radiohead, Dire Straits and Chase & Status, Adorned with the Circle was be released one track at a time on Youtube, and is available for immediate free download for our newsletter subscribers.

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    IMMURED

    Immured is Cyclocosmia’s second original release and was released in January 2017 as a digital-only EP. It features vocals (both clean and growled) from New Zealand/Greek vocalist Aliki Katriou, and follows the demise of one such priestess, from her sadness, her rage at the prosecutor, her descent into insanity and her vows for supernatural revenge. Musically, Immured builds on the progressive elements present in Deadwood, with a 17-minute single-track structure in four movements, utilising unusual scales and time signatures, whilst keeping to Cyclocosmia’s core sound of lush symphonics, crushing metal power and an atmosphere of melancholy and darkness.

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    Immured is also available on iTunes, Amazon and other digital download and streaming sites.

    DEADWOOD

    The band’s 2016 debut album, Deadwood covers themes of mental illness, decay and loss of control. The “Deadwood” in the title represents those parts of ourselves that no longer belong to us, that no longer work as they should, which can slowly poison and cripple the mind if not cut out. The majority of the album’s songs explore people in conflict with their own minds, be it through depression (“Faceless”), guilt (“Season of Regret”), schizophrenia (“Shackled”) or dementia (“Wither”).

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    Physical CDs of Deadwood are only available from our Bandcamp page. The album is also available digitally on iTunes, Amazon and other digital download and streaming sites.