Apeiron Bound ignite a cosmic storm on the ferocious ‘Astral Reflection – Rebirth’
Apeiron Bound have never been a band to colour inside the lines, but ‘Astral Reflection – Rebirth’ feels sharper, wilder, and more spiritually charged than anything they’ve released before. The Tampa progressive metal shapeshifters return to a cornerstone of their 2022 debut album ‘Multiplicity’, tearing it apart and reconstructing it as a celestial eruption of light and shadow locked in perpetual collision.
Where the original track hinted at cosmic duality, the 2025 reimagining plunges headfirst into its contradictions. One moment you’re suspended in pristine, shimmering calm; the next, you’re dragged through a vortex of blast-beat mayhem and serrated riffs. It’s a masterclass in tension, and yet, it all holds together with a strange, hypnotic cohesion, like witnessing a star being born and destroyed at the same time.
The refreshed lineup injects the track with a newfound volatility. Every performance feels possessed with vocals snarling and soaring in equal measure, guitars slicing through the mix like meteor shards, and drums hammering with ritualistic precision. The guest musicians expand the architecture of the song, helping to open it up into something grander and more cinematic.
The influences are worn proudly but never mimicry. You can feel the atmospheric heft of Devin Townsend, the mythic weight of Opeth, the theatrical darkness of Cradle of Filth, the labyrinthine intricacy of Dream Theater, and the modern aggression of Periphery, but all blended into Apeiron Bound’s own cosmic brew. It’s progressive metal that is disorienting, exalting, and deeply transportive.
But beneath the virtuosity and violence lies a deeper narrative about dissolution and renewal. The track feels like a ritual cleansing by fire, a meditation cracked open by chaos. In returning to old material and reshaping it with new hands, the band offer a symbolic rebirth of their own, one that signals a far bolder phase ahead.
‘Astral Reflection – Rebirth’ is a declaration that Apeiron Bound are evolving, ascending, and more dangerous than ever.