InsideOutMusic recently announced the signing of Anglo-Finnish progressive metallers, Wheel, to a new worldwide deal. The band have just completed their extensive North American tour supporting Apocalyptica with label-mates Leprous, and now they are pleased to reveal the next track taken from their forthcoming Rumination EP, which will arrive on November 10. Listen to the song "Synchronise" below.

The band comment of the track: “This song has been in the works for the last five years, which even by our standards, is a really long gestation period - I had the idea for C part and the ending back in 2017 and finally came up with thematically appropriate parts to complete the structure at the end of last year.

I was playing acoustic guitar professionally in several bands for years before we started Wheel and I have been considering the possibility of using the instrument in our material again for ages - I've just been waiting for a song that I felt was interesting enough to justify its use.

The lyrics are about reconciliation - this is something I could over-explain very easily but I don't want to make it all about me. I think the subject is something many of us struggle with and although I don't think forgiveness is arbitrary - there are cases where it is absolutely fine not to forgive; more often than not it is better to let go and to heal than to hang on to destructive anger, guilt and pain. I've never found it easy to write positive lyrics but they felt absolutely right for this track.”

Stream the new single here.

They explained of the recent NA tour: “The US tour has been a blast! We literally just finished the final show as I'm writing this (we are now in a van driving to our final hotel) and although we are all looking forward to going home after five weeks on the road, it has been an incredible experience. Apocalyptica and Leprous are incredible bands and people that we consider as friends after so much time spent together on the road and on top of meeting countless fans both old and new, we very much enjoyed getting to hear the bands play every night.”

The band will join Apocalyptica in Finland in November, before hooking up with them again in Europe in early 2023.

Listen to the previously released track, "Blood Drinker", below:

Lineup:

James Lascelles (Vocals/Guitar)
Santeri Saksala (Drums)
Aki ‘Conan’ Virta (Bass)
Jussi Turunen (Lead Guitar)