Nearly four years since the release of their last record, Perth prog-metal band Karnivool return with their third studio album, ‘Asymmetry’.

After the success of their sophomore LP, ‘Sound Awake’, and extensive touring on the European festival circuit, the band took some time to reflect on their musical direction before embarking on a new album. 

“We got a chance to spend another three years thinking about where we want to go, what we want to do with music and somehow ended up with this, which wasn’t really the original plan but it’s just come together over time, as these things tend to do,” says guitarist, Mark ‘Hoss’ Hosking. “We always just let the music speak and see where it takes us over time and I think that’s what this album’s done for us.”

‘Asymmetry’ represents yet another progression for Karnivool, who pride themselves on constantly evolving stylistically and exploring new sonic territory.

“We have always said we are not going to do the same album twice, so [we’re] always trying to make it different, make it something that we’ve never done before, trying to challenge ourselves musically and challenging ourselves aesthetically I guess,” Mark says.

Karnivool worked with video artist Christopher Frey to produce the video clip for the new single, ‘We Are’, which presents a chilling vision of an apocalypse. 
 
“Frey’s awesome, he’s a great guy … amazing director, amazing vision of some dark aspects that we love to incorporate into our music but is always shrouded or hidden by our lights or set.”

Karnivool are touring their ‘Asymmetry’ show nationally and Mark says the band is looking forward to getting back on the road.

“We’ve got some die-hard fans out there and some people who really appreciate what we do which is awesome — it’s going to be an amazing run, there’s some really good shows in there.”

Karnivool play Eatons Hill Hotel August 7. ‘Asymmetry’ is out July 19.