Imonolith, the new metal powerhouse featuring drummer Ryan ‘RVP’ Van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Project), guitarist Brian ‘Beav’ Wadell (Devin Townsend Project), Jon Howard (Threat Signal), guitarist Kai Huppunen (Methods Of Mayhem, Noise Therapy) and Scott Whalen (Econoline Crush), have announced the release of their debut album, State Of Being, on March 27 via Imonolith Music. Heavy New York caught up with Ryan Van Poederooyen at NAMM 2020. He discusses the making of the band's debut, songwriting, and playing live.

A video for the single, “Instinct”, can be seen below. Pre-order/pre-save the new album here.

State of Being features 10 hook-laden, riff-heavy tracks including “Hollow,” the debut single that made big waves for Imonolith straight out of the gate, racking up 216K Spotify streams in 2019. There are also two very special guest performances from Jens Kidman (Meshuggah) and Swedish vocalist Johannes Eckerström.

Having spent much of 2019 writing, arranging, recording and fine-tuning State of Being, the band worked incredibly hard to achieve their goal - to make an engaging heavy metal album. RVP commented, “We spent a lot of time making this record. We wanted it to be done the way we envisioned it. We didn’t cut any corners, from the song writing right up to the album production and artwork. It’s a debut album that we’re very proud of and excited for the world to hear.”

The high production video to “Instinct” is not only a great example of the band’s quality aesthetic, but it also serves as a look at Imonolith's collective personality. RVP continues, “I think we raised the bar with the ‘Instinct’ video. It’s a different kind of video that’ll catch you off guard in a few ways. It can also be interpreted differently depending on the viewer. We put a lot of thought into it and hired great visionary people to make it a fun watch.’’

Tracklisting:

"State Of Being" (intro)
"Becoming The Enemy" (feat. Johannes Eckerstrom)
"Instinct"
"Dig"
"The Mourning"
"Forgone"
"Breathe"
"The Reign" (feat. Jens Kidman)
"We Never Forget"
"Hollow"
"Persevere"

"Instinct" video:

Imonolith will be touring globally for the next two years and have announced their first ever UK/EU headline dates, commencing on March 27 in Sheffield, UK. Beav commented: “To be able to take a brand-new band overseas and have the opportunity to headline shows is completely mind blowing!! And we plan on making every show count, this is a dream situation for us.”

March
27 - Sheffield, UK - Corporation
28 - Newcastle, UK - Think Tank
29 - Manchester, UK - Rebellion
30 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast
31 - Bristol, UK - Exchange

April
1 - London, UK - Underworld
2 - Bree, Belgium - Ragnarok
4 - Copenhagen, Denmark - High Voltage
5 - Stockholm, Sweden - Slaktkyrkan
8 - Mainz, Germany - Schon Schon
9 - Turin, Italy - Blah-Blah
10 - Como, Italy - Centrale Rock Pub
11 - Verona, Italy - The Factory
14 - Zagreb, Croatia - Hard Place
15 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Live & Loud
16 - Bucharest, Romania - Quantic Club
17 - Budapest, Hungary - ROBOT
18 - Geislingen, Germany - MieV
21 - Prague, Czech Republic - Rock Cafe
23 - Bochum, Germany - Die Trompete
24 - Cham, Germany - L.A. Live Club Cafe
25 - Dobeln, Germany - KL17