Crown Lands – Apocalypse (Deluxe Edition)
Canadian progressive rock duo Crown Lands expand their 2026 album ‘Apocalypse’ with the ‘Casting Stones’ EP and five live recordings
Crown Lands – Apocalypse (Deluxe Edition)
Format: Limited 2CD Digipak / Digital
Label: InsideOut Music
Release date: December 11, 2026
Canadian progressive rock duo Crown Lands will release ‘Apocalypse (Deluxe Edition)’ on December 11, 2026, through InsideOut Music. Available as a limited 2CD digipak and digitally, the expanded edition brings together the original seven-track studio album, the three-song ‘Casting Stones’ EP and five live recordings.
Consisting of vocalist and drummer Cody Bowles and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Comeau, Crown Lands continue their exploration of progressive rock, combining extended compositions, hard rock influences and science-fiction storytelling.
The original ‘Apocalypse’ album was developed with producers Nick Raskulinecz and David Bottrill, both of whom have previously worked with Rush. Its seven compositions form part of a larger narrative connected to Crown Lands’ 2023 album ‘Fearless’.
The album takes place approximately a century before the events of Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II and explores the rise of an intergalactic regime known as The Syndicate.
Central to the story is Blackstar, the Syndicate’s chief enforcer, whose armies conquer and destroy worlds in their pursuit of power.
Crown Lands – Credit: Luke Paron
One of their targets is Karagon, the home planet of Fearless, the central character in Crown Lands’ continuing science-fiction narrative.
The story follows the destruction of Karagon and the subsequent civil war on Xurgon Prime, the Syndicate’s home world.
Blackstar returns from his campaign to discover that the conflict has claimed his own family, reinforcing the narrative’s recurring themes of violence, power and their consequences.
The 19-minute title composition Apocalypse provides the centrepiece of the original album and establishes events that connect with the wider Fearless chronology.
The second disc contains the three tracks from the ‘Casting Stones’ EP, followed by four performances recorded live at Chalet and a further live recording of Apocalypse from absoLive.
The latter features an expanded line-up with two additional musicians, presenting the album’s extended title composition in a live setting.
With fifteen tracks across two discs, ‘Apocalypse (Deluxe Edition)’ brings the studio album, additional material and selected concert performances together in one release.
Website: Crown Lands
Tracks:
CD 1 – Apocalypse
01. Proclamation I
02. Foot Soldier of the Syndicate
03. Through the Looking Glass
04. Blackstar
05. The Fall
06. The Revenants I
07. Apocalypse
CD 2 – Casting Stones EP & Live Recordings
01. Casting Stones
02. All I Need
03. The Revenants II
04. Through the Looking Glass (Live at Chalet)
05. The Fall (Live at Chalet)
06. The Revenants II (Live at Chalet)
07. Casting Stones (Live at Chalet)
08. Apocalypse (Live at absoLive)
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