Urne – Setting Fire to the Sky
Spinefarm Records
9,0/10,0
Brief:
London three-piece URNE – Joe Nally (bass, vocals), Angus Neyra (guitar) and James Cook (drums) – have spent the last few years whipping up a firestorm of grit, swagger and grandiosity. Snarling hardcore, extreme inflections, and a strong sense of heavy metal’s inherent classicism, all burn together within Urne’s burial chamber and propel the band forward. With forthcoming album Setting Fire to the Sky, set for release in January 2026, their incandescent form of modern metal promises to become a supernova.
Debut album Serpent & Spirit (2021) pierced the malaise of the pandemic years like a giant Luciferian star rising, or maybe falling, in the sky. Produced by Gojira’s Joe Duplantier, 2023’s A Feast on Sorrow sharpened URNE’s blade and made for a raw excavation of grief at losing loved ones, and the horror of a vanishing sense of oneself. The album paved the way for a whole new audience for the band, gigging with Avatar, Alien Weaponry and Kvelertak, conducting their own headline tours, and appearing at a slew of festival dates.
Something has changed for URNE on Setting Fire to the Sky. It’s right there at the outset as opener ‘Be Not Dismayed’ smashes Metallica’s ‘Battery’ into Machine Head’s ‘Clenching the Fists of Dissent’. URNE has often been compared with metal’s elite, including the complexity and ambition of Mastodon. The album’s first single is the nine-minute-plus undulating epic, ‘Harken The Waves’ featuring guest vocals from Mastodon’s Troy Sanders.
URNE is ready to be unearthed and ignite the ancient horizon.
[Edited Press Release]
Tracklist:
1 – Be Not Dismayed
2 – Weeping To The World
3 – The Spirit, Alive
4 – Setting Fire To The Sky
5 – The Ancient Horizon
6 – Towards The Harmony Hall
7 – Harken The Waves (feat. Troy Sanders)
8 – Breathe (feat. Jo Quail)
Main Focus Tracks:
1 – Be Not Dismayed
3 – The Spirit, Alive
4 – Setting Fire To The Sky
Other Recommended Tracks:
2 – Weeping To The World
5 – The Ancient Horizon
6 – Towards The Harmony Hall
Line-Up:
Angus Neyra – Guitars
Joe Nally – Vocals, Bass
James Cook – Drums
Comments:
A true masterpiece, Setting Fire to the Sky is one of those unclassifiable albums that redefine their genre. With this release, Urne pushes post-metal into an entirely new dimension.
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Selected Discography:
Serpent & Spirit – 2021
A Feast on Sorrow – 2023
Setting Fire to the Sky – 2026
Photo Credit: Andy Ford