RWAKE - The Return of Magik (Official Music Video)

RWAKE's first new full-length in over 13 years, The Return of Magik, is out now on 2LP/CD/Digital!

Directed by Jonathon Oudthone of Nouvel Photo & Film @nouvelphotofilm

“Conjured by Rwake with the help of Shawna Moore, Loni Gillum, Robert and Melissa Criswell, The Liverfest Compound, Jeremy Moore, TJ Moore and of course Relapse Records and Nouvel Photo & Film”

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After 13 years of silence, an unsettling sound that is strangely familiar yet somehow even more haunted re-emerges from the Arkansas depths. There is no mistake as to what this is. RWAKE has released a new transmission. The Return of Magik has arrived.

Years have now fed into an album that reaches into a swirling, cosmic unknown - RWAKE have grown, and the perspective of the material has shifted accordingly. Overwhelming at its peak and haunting during moments of respite, The Return of Magik is undeniably RWAKE; and every moment feels like an emotionally engrossing journey.

Arrangements carefully and thoughtfully built in layers over a period of years lend mystique and a feeling of building toward a cathartic release. There is no box into which the material might fit other than one with the band’s name on it.

Recorded in early 2024 at East End Sounds in Hensley, Arkansas, The Return of Magik introduces RWAKE’s new lead guitarist Austin Sublett with a barrage of shredded solos suited to the angular, progressive metal riffing of the album’s most jaw-clenching moments, while presenting a through-line of molten, immersive ambience. The opener “You Swore We’d Always Be Together“ - already a fixture of live sets - and the expansive sprawl of “Distant Constellations and the Psychedelic Incarceration” move with cruelty and grace alike. Foreboding, syncopated riffs sway against Moog-driven space and guttural bellows. The Return of Magik’s songs stand alone as individualized post-metallic blends of genres.

RWAKE remain dually fronted; Chris Terry’s powerful vocals lay against Brittany Fugate’s visceral screams. Jeff Morgan returns to the drum kit, in addition to acoustic guitar and 12-string bass. Bassist/noisemaker Reid Raley, Sublett, and fellow guitarist John Judkins set an instrumental backdrop that is vast and engrossing in itself - quiet, contemplative passages often explode into gut-wrenching, doomed out distortions. The Return of Magik burns brighter and beyond the ferocity of the band’s already storied catalog.

Although the Magik may be bleak, the manner in which RWAKE revels in it can only be called a celebration.

[ryanexsus]

The album is so good I don't have the vocabulary to even articulate how good it is.

[easybakecven]

We’re experiencing levels of “WE ARE SO BACK” that shouldn’t even be possible.

[billyluttrell]

Seeing Rwake live is a sermon. This is flawless. Shawna crushed it too.

[Deathinappalachia]

To my homies in Rwake - I'm so excited that the World gets to experience this! Love you guys!

[FRANCOGENOCIDA]

Only Relapse Records have this excelent bands

[Pundan]

Finally! I haven't been this excited for a new record by any band in years.

[gilbertocenturion]

Conocí esta excelente banda en el 2016, gracias a Rwake me adentré en el Metal Extremo
Saludos desde Paraguay

[l.revisited]

In another dimension, this is OST in True Detective.

[sideshowbobrobert]

welcome back ! y'all were missed

[davidmatheny]

This is why I stay subscribed to Relapse

[mikemeyers]

There is a spirit that walks among us!

[Josh.T.H.]

This is so badass! Had the pleasure of being on the same show with Rwake on a few occasions. Go out of your way to see them live!! Each one of the members are great people. Love this band. Long live Rwake!

[nachtkind]

Ugh! man. I wish Beast and Bobby Redd were hear to hear this. You guys are killing it.
I may have to go buy a bottle of delsym and wander the woods while listening to this and tripping, just for old times sake.

But guys seriously, your music never ceases to impress me.
the depth of the lyrical content, the driving beats and melody are just sheer Magik.

[calebbean]

You guys got me to listen to a 12 minute song without pausing. Good job lol

[dae]

One of those songs that ends, and a few seconds later I say 'ooooh, that was really good' to myself. I offer little higher praise.

[michaeldesmond]

Saw these guys in Cambridge, Ma elks in 2007 with Minsk and Bloody Panda

[BiologicalRiley]

This is the first time I have listened to this band. It won’t be the last time to listen to this band 🤘🤘

[schillinger]

Unbelievable surprise!!! I didn't even know the mighty Rwake were still around let alone recording a new Pre ordered instantly.

[ArkansawMtnGoat]

I'm stoked for the Little Rock show!