Perturbator–the Paris-based composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist James Kent–at the moment introduced his new album Age of Aquarius, his debut for famend metallic label Nuclear Blast Data, will likely be launched on October tenth, 2025. The album’s new single “Apocalypse Now,” a visceral, dance-ready anthem that includes lead vocals by Norwegian metallic titan Kristoffer Rygg (Ulver), is out now alongside a fittingly epic video directed by David Fitt. Punitive kick drums and blasting synths stay as much as the music title, as Rygg’s chant feels relevant to being alive at any given second (“Apocalypse now! / There may be blood on the bottom / We’ve obtained bullets for everybody”). “’Apocalypse Now’ is a music in regards to the systematic destruction we trigger to our personal sort. It’s our incapacity to get together with–and infrequently vilify–’the others.’ Thus accelerating the top of our methods of life by way of easy hubris and self validation,” Kent explains.
Director Fitt says of the video: “The lyrics of “Apocalypse Now” have made me marvel: what would the final struggle seem like? A coup? A struggle of all in opposition to all? A nuclear struggle? Possibly. Could possibly be. However I spotted that what I might like to do, to observe, to occur, is a struggle of world leaders in opposition to themselves. The struggle all of them dream of, however are too cowardly to combat themselves. This may be the final word struggle, in my view. And that’s what I aimed to indicate. After which we’re left questioning: what could be subsequent? What if ladies took cost? Would energy devour them too, finally? Are we doomed as a species? That’s what I’m wondering and need individuals to marvel with me.” Age of Aquarius is now obtainable for pre-order.
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“Apocalypse Now” follows the album’s highly effective current single “The Artwork of Warfare.” Later this yr, Perturbator will embark on a headlining tour of the UK and Europe—which sees him taking part in his largest venues so far—together with London, UK’s 02 Discussion board Kentish City and two nights at Paris’ La Bataclan; a full itinerary is listed under and tickets are on-sale now HERE.
On Age of Aquarius, Perturbator gives up a extra propulsive spin on his moody early work, showcasing his most assured, plainly stunning, and thematically refined music so far. The place his earlier album, 2021’s Lustful Sacraments, was about dangerous habits and dependancy, his sixth LP–additionally that includes Alcest, Writer & Punisher and Greta Hyperlink–explores how individualism, battle, and struggle are interrelated and dominant societal forces. Each brutal and elegant, Age of Aquarius feels just like the musical equal of a scream into the existential void.
“The primary half of Age of Aquarius is all about battle. The misanthropy and violence that lays in all of us,” explains Kent. “The second a part of the album then talks about individualism. The understanding that group-thinking results in nowhere and having your individual free will is the one most important factor we’ve in life.”
Perturbator’s ballistic, militaristic sound dovetails together with his thematic give attention to human aggression, which manifests itself all through Age of Aquarius. “We have now this local weather these days of individuals getting divided over all the things,” Kent says. “Each debate is two-sided, very excessive, very warlike, and individuals are very into group considering: ‘There’s this facet of the battle, and there’s this facet of the battle, and when you’re not on my facet, you’re incorrect.’” Bleak and blunt, sure, however expectedly so from an album that begins with “Apocalypse Now,” introducing Age of Aquarius’ themes in simply the fitting manner: When have we, as a species, not been outlined by battle, violent and in any other case, arising from individualism?
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Kent deliberately chooses very evocative music titles since most of his tracks lack lyrics and primarily convey temper by way of instrumentals. “I like to consider each album as a film,” he says. “The tracks are all scenes from that one huge film.” Probably the most brutal scene, then, is “The Artwork of Warfare,” which ranks amongst Kent’s hardest-hitting songs; its vivid, forceful manufacturing attests to the 2 and a half years he spent tirelessly mastering and elevating his signature fashion (he wrote, recorded, carried out, produced, and blended the document himself, minus the visitor vocals and lyrics). The monitor embodies the very sound of going into battle, and it may nicely be the album’s thesis. “It’s extra of struggle as an thought than a concrete occasion,” Kent says in regards to the LP’s subject material. It’s no shock his distinct fashion of digital physique music (EBM)–constructed on a DNA of post-punk, goth, and techno influences–has broadly appealed to followers of latest wave, industrial, and metallic alike (his current collaborators and tourmates HEALTH are an apt comparability).
We would all the time be in battle as a species–with others and ourselves–however with Age of Aquarius, Kent gives its implausible rating.
Age of Aquarius LP Tracklist:
2. Lunacy
3. Venus (Ft. Writer & Punisher)
4. The Glass Staircase
5. Hangover Sq.
7. twelfth Home
8. Woman Moon (Ft. Greta Hyperlink)
9. The Swimming Pool
10. Mors Ultima Ratio
12. Age of Aquarius (Ft. Alcest)
Perturbator Fall 2025 Tour Dates:
11/05 – Nantes, FR – Stereolux
11/06 – Lille, FR – Aeronef
11/07 – London, UK – O2 Discussion board Kentish City
11/08 – Manchester, UK – Damnation Pageant
11/11 – Vienna, AT – Enviornment
11/12 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
11/13 – Prague, CZ – SaSaZu
11/14 – Berlin, DE – Huxleys
11/17 – Vilnius, LT – Loftas
11/19 – Helsinki, FI – Kulttuuritalo
11/21 – Stockholm, SE – Fallan
11/22 – Copenhagen, DK – The Gray Corridor
11/23 – Oslo, NO – Rockefeller
11/25 – Hamburg, DE – Gruenspan
11/26 – Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje
11/27 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
11/28 – Cologne, GE – Dwell Music Corridor
11/29 – Meisenthal, FR – La Boite Noire
12/01 – Munich, GE – Muffthalle
12/02 – Ljubljana, SO – Kino Siksa
12/03 – Milan, IT – Dwell Membership
12/04 – Lausanne, CH – Les Docks
12/05 – Paris, FR – Le Bataclan
12/06 – Paris, FR – Le Bataclan
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