As of yet relatively unheard of Black Crown Initiate have been in people’s sights for about a year now, having been put on the small Canadian club tour of The Summer Slaughter as well as being announced as main support for the crushing Rivers of Nihil, BCI have seen it necessary to release a new song off their forthcoming album. Entitled “The Great Mistake” the new jam is fairly progressive and has elements from all sorts of the metal spectrum. Having previously released the EP Song Of The Crippled Bull, there was a small hubbub around Black Crown Initiate and for good reason. “The Great Mistake” is an ambitious take on melding modern metal with traditional progressive metal, think Meshuggah meets Opeth whilst chilling with Extol. Singing over almost arabian sounding melodies for most of the track gives a feel of ethereal ascending, pretty much echoed in the forthcoming album’s cover.

If you like anything about modern metal that is progressive and bone crunchingly heavy then you, like every single other person in metal,should check out Black Crown Initiate on their latest tour and listen to the song below. Their debut album The Wreckage Of Stars will be release September 30th via eOne music and will one of the most interesting curve ball releases of this year.