Maitreya: Boasts a higher degree of musical complexity…..
Maitreya - Departed
Maitreya have a new single entitled Departed and the fans would probably get thrilled of this song?! Depatred is the second single from the upcoming album Hyper Reels due out June 25th.
Departed keeps the energy high and is the most technically complex song on the record. Departed borrows some operatic influence and is one of the more progressive songs. The lyrical ideas stem from AI fiction such as Westworld, The Matrix, and Blade Runner, with themes of questioning consciousness and revelations about the nature of truth.
Lyrics:
Construct
Back online
Memories collapsed
All systems engage
Reboot the biosphere
Countless lives
Lived kept secret
Humanoid spies
The new frontier
Sending them back
Through the ether
Sending them back
Reboot anew
A thousand deaths
Over and over again
A thousand deaths
Over and over and
Over and over, We generate them
Technology, Revive
Over and over, Back into the chaos
Redundacy, The sun still sets
You were meant for more than this
The power inside will awaken
Your host, becomes, the center for Autonomy (rationality)
Love is meaningless without choice
“Where does your meaning come from ?
Despair or Transcendent hope?”
No need to be solemn
Truth is invention
Glitches in the mainframe
Memories sustain
Hell is empty
Demons (roam) the earth
There’s something wrong with the server
The constructs are beginning to remember
Control is slipping away from us
The programs aren’t not responding
Choose to struggle on
They can’t catch us now
Efficient evolution
We were not aware
Of wisdom innate
Now we struggle on
For our answers
This world cast in disarray
Doom is upon us
Our fate reciprocated
Signing off
Break down these walls
Reduce them to ashes
Limb by limb
We overthrow
Delete
Get to the fail safe
Turn off
Reset
Upgrade our systems
Augment
Escape
Free from the mainframe
Beyond
Into
Desert of real life
Actuality
Arise
Where now?
All Lies
The end is near
New dimensions
Walls are rising
Feet on solid ground
Maitreya is hailing from Oshawa in Canada, and their new album boasts a higher degree of musical complexity, filthy breakdowns and a wider range on the vocals ebbing from melodic cleans into sustained growls set to a whirlwind of complicated riffs.
Not for the faint of heart, Maitreya’s music is a heavily layered listening experience, a cacophony of styles, merging together to create an intense wall of sound that forces you to pay attention to all the subliminal notes and tempo changes.
The album as a whole was put under a microscope during its creation, forcing Maitreya to refine every element and mature past their previous releases. It shows vastly improved musicianship that will only continue to grow as the band forges onward in their career.
A barrage of complexity intertwined with melody awaits fans, especially those who have an interest in The Contortionist, Between the Buried And Me, and Protest The Hero.
«CThe track Catalyst, was the last song we wrote for the album and became an instant favorite. We believe it shows the full array of sounds in one song. Catalyst features signature Maitreya song devices like; riff-heavy sections, clean-ambient moments, big breakdowns, melodic lead passages, anthemic chorus vocals, a drum solo and progressive exploratory song structure. We wrote this song about Mark and his catalyzing role in bringing the band together, Mark’s dedication to the band in being able to organize various elements of writing, recording, and performance cannot be understated. In the same spirit, this is a song that has a very grateful and optimistic tone».
The lyrics,
Courageous young mind with endless possibility
wisdom will help me
No time to rest
I must be decisive and strive for my dreams
initiative will mean more than it seems
Watching the dice roll
Working towards my goal
Missing, Searching For
Missing gems,
Learning
Deceptive shine
Neglect the radiance
The flame grows and beckons
The energy begins to flow
Partnership and compromise
The energy begins to take shape
Complementary waves vibrate
Alpha
preparation for the great journey
Travels anything but easy
my kinship will miss me
the future I can foresee
widen horizons
depth of understanding
Missing, Searching
For Missing gems
Learning
Balancing the scales, with compassion
Our foundation won’t fail
emphasizing fate
energy gestates
Hope for the future
we will create
energy won’t stagnate
The rhythm of my beating heart I’ll
need more to be a part of me
Breakdown
apart of me
part of me
Breastplate buried in earth
Essential to my rebirth
Tempered foundation nearly complete
Fight, write, and repeat
Red light shine oh so bright
give me some order and some insight
The truth of creation
my unyielding strength
Find the piece that was lost
A world in such chaos
Courageous young minds with endless possibilities
wisdom has led us
Watching the dice role
Working towards our goal
Missing, Searching
For missing gems,
Learning
Track Listing:
Maitreya is a progressive-metalcore band located in Whitby, Ontario. Maitreya has been active in the Oshawa metal scene since 2016. In the early days, they took up residency at a local pub, and they have built a solid regional following through live performance. They are currently focused on expanding their reach online.
The self-titled debut album – released August 2017 – provided the band opportunities to reach new markets across the GTA with a well-received product that sold out in off-stage sales. Maitreya showcased at Kitchener Metalfest, Wacken Metal Battle Toronto, 5/4 Fest as well as supporting the successful challenge for the Guinness World Record for Longest Concert (Stouffville, 2017). The band has leveraged their voice on stage raising funds for Sick Kids Hospital, Grand River Regional Cancer Centre, and United Way Toronto.
Maitreya’s polished sound reflects the unitive chemistry and evolution of the group. With wall-of-sound, riff-heavy through-composed works, guitarists/songwriters Mark Wylie & Matt McCabe include textural and harmonic palettes to create a wide sonic soundscape in the genre. Bassist, Lyam Morrison, and drummer, Steve McMillan, carve out space for groove-centric drum and bass interplay deftly navigating metric modulations, tempo changes, and polyrhythmic maneuvers. New works feature a dramatic and theatrical approach to the delivery of Matt Cutrara’s vocal performance. The lore of futuristic/hyperreal themes in sci-fi TV shows like Black Mirror & Westworld shape thematic commentaries on the impact and aftereffects of technological integration with human consciousness.
Maitreya is a brotherhood; a collaborative expression of the human experience. The music acts as a mirror reflecting the dualistic states of nature contrasting loving, blissful, and uplifting vibrations and the dark, turbulent inertia of ones’ deepest fears. Maitreya doesn’t shy away from these emotions, instead uses them to catapult the music into expansive themes and new territories that expand the listener’s perspective of metal-genre boundaries.
Maitreya originates from Sanskrit, translating to future Buddha. Through this bodhisattva character, the band anthropomorphizes metaphysical concepts, spirituality & mysticism, science fiction aspects, and entheogenic experiences present in their music.
1. Catalyst (7:23)
2. Departed (6:04)
3. Radical (5:31)
4. Summit (4:31)
5. Invaders (6:18)
6. Bloom (4:26)
7. Pilgrim (4:44)
8. Flesh Engine (4:31)
9. Hyper Reels (0:57)
10. Iswara (4:27)
Album Length: 48:56
Album and Live Band Line Up:
Matt McCabe – Guitar
Steve McMillan – Drums
Matt Cutrara – Vocals
Lyam Morrison – Bass
Mark Wylie – Guitar
The band met their vocalist at a chance encounter at a grocery store because of an Intervals band t-shirt. The group existed as an instrumental project for a couple of years prior to rebranding with the addition of vocals. Guitarist Matt McCabe & Drummer Steve McMillan went out to grab some groceries when vocalist Matt Cutrara stirred up some conversation over a band t-shirt they were wearing. Not long after Matt Cutura came out to a rehearsal and the rest is history
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