Sweden-based progressive rockers, Karmakanic, are set to release their fifth album, Dot, on July 22nd. Now they reveal the first lyric video for an edit of the originally 23-minute epic track ”God, The Universe, And Everything Else No One Cares About, Pt.1" (Edit), which you can find below.

Jonas Reingold had this to say about the track, which also features his colleague from The Tangent, Andy Tillison, on Hammond organ: "When you are trying to compress a 30-minute prog epic into 6 minutes, you know that you are up for a difficult task. What parts should be in it? Will the fans get the lyrical content? Can I somehow make a coherent piece of music in this format? Well, that's really up to the listener to decide but I feel strongly that the parts I put together really work well in combination with this fantastic video. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did while working on this.  Soon you all will hear the whole song, but until then, enjoy!!!" - Jonas

The is the band's first studio album since 2011's In A Perfect World, and the current lineup includes Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings), Göran Edman (Yngwie Malmsteen), Morgan Ågren (Casualties Of Cool, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai), Lalle Larsson (Agents Of Mercy), Nils Erikson, Krister Jonsson, Andy Bartosh and Ray Aichinger.

The artwork for Dot (below) was created by Hugh Syme, who has previously made covers for Rush, Aerosmith and Iron Maiden. The album will be available as a CD/DVD jewel case (featuring The Making Of Dot, Karmakanic Live In The US and Interviews), LP with CD and digital download.

Tracklisting:
 
”Dot
”God, The Universe, And Everything Else No One Cares About, Pt. 1”
”Higher Ground”
”Steer By The Stars”
”Travelling Minds”
”God, The Universe, And Everything Else No One Cares About, Pt. 2”

”God, The Universe, And Everything Else No One Cares About, Pt.1" lyric video:

The album is available for pre-order here, or via iTunes.