Crown Lands Announce Concept Album ‘Apocalypse,’ Share 19-Minute Title Track │ Exclaim!

Having teased a new album via a pair of instrumental EPs, prog duo Crown Lands have announced their latest full-length. Apocalypse is out May 15 via InsideOut Music, and the 19-minute title track is streaming now.

Apocalypse is a concept album; while the instrumental Ritual embodied the planet during peacetime, the more destructive Apocalypse acts as a narrative prequel to 2023’s Fearless.

The duo recorded Apocalypse primarily in their own studio space, mostly self-producing but occasionally bringing in Nick Raskulinecz and David Bottrill for outside production help.

There are seven tracks in all — six of which are around four minutes each, followed by the epic-length title track. Drummer and vocalist Cody Bowles said in a statement, “With long-form songs, it always starts with the music. We built Apocalypse from instrumental sections, some older riffs, a lot of newly inspired ones, and mapped them out on a whiteboard, figuring out how one section could melt into the next.”

Hear “Apocalypse” below, and also check out the band’s tour dates. Also below, see the band’s tour schedule in the coming months; it includes lots of Ontario shows, as well as a summer festival date in New Brunswick.

Apocalypse:

1. Proclamation I
2. Foot Soldiers of the Syndicate
3. Through the Looking Glass
4. Blackstar
5. The Fall
6. The Revenants I
7. Apocalypse

Crown Lands Tour Dates:

02/28 Windsor, ON – The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor *
03/04 Miami, FL – Cruise to the Edge 2026
03/20 Kingston, ON – Kingston Grand Theatre
03/21 Milton, ON – FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton
03/24 Ottawa, ON – Shenkman Arts Centre
03/25 North Bay, ON – Capitol Centre
03/27 Guelph, ON – River Run Centre
03/28 London, ON – Wolf Performance Hall
03/31 Richmond Hill, ON – Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
04/01 Oakville, ON – The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts
07/04 Miramachi, NB – New Maritime Music Festival

* with the Trews