Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Canadian progressive metal supergroup Meridian Veil have premiered the music video for their debut single “The Watcher”. The track serves as the opening song from the band’s upcoming debut album “Forgotten Sun,” due out January 22, 2027 on Season of Mist.
The band, who signed with Season of Mist earlier this month, brings together guitarist Danny Marino (The Agonist), vocalist Matt McGachy (Cryptopsy), drummer Dylan Gowan (Seven Spires), and cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne (Leprous). The band signed with Season of Mist in early November, with the project having taken two decades to materialize after Marino and McGachy first connected in Montreal during the early 2000s.
“The Watcher” signals the moment an Artificial Superintelligence is welcomed into the world, the central narrative thread of “Forgotten Sun.” The album takes an unconventional approach to dystopian storytelling, told entirely from the perspective of an A.I. programmed to serve the greater good, with disastrous results.
“From the beginning, more than 20 years ago, I wanted Meridian Veil to be deeply emotional,” Marino says. “Even though Forgotten Sun gets heavy, there’s a deep longing that runs through the cautionary tale at the album’s core.”
“Technology is evolving far faster than the actual evolution of our species,” Marino comments. “It’s going so fast that soon we’ll be at the point where we are completely disconnected from it.”
“Forgotten Sun” is available for pre-order now in digital, CD jewel case with 12-page booklet, black 12″ vinyl gatefold, and transparent 12″ vinyl gatefold with crusher effect in black and white.
Watch the music video for “The Watcher” below.
