The lyric video for SEVERED ANGEL’s new single, Mirage of Love, accompanies the announcement of The Cost of Creation, their fourth studio album and second release on NoLifeTilMetal Records. The album is due December 11th, with preorders available through the band’s website, Bandcamp and Roxx Records.
Mirage of Love joins the previously announced lead single, Binary Code, on the nine-song, hour-long progressive metal concept album. A video for Binary Code was also supplied with the announcement.
The Cost of Creation follows a protagonist who uses artificial intelligence and robotics to recreate deceased loved ones, then faces devastating psychological consequences. Its narrative explores grief, memory, identity and artificial intelligence through that character’s experience.
The album draws on influences including Dream Theater, Queensyche, Rush and Fear Factory, alongside Morse-code-inspired rhythms. It opens with the orchestral Overture: Symphony of Circuits and closes with the 18-minute Immanence or Transcendence? Gail Bourque of Plant Based Metal and Ken Pike of Absolon appear on Just One Kiss. Vocalist and guitarist Alex Repetti produced, mixed and mastered the record.
Drummer Wayne Noon formed SEVERED ANGEL in 2022. His associated projects include Phoenix Reign, Project Resurrect and Absolon. The lineup also features bassist George Dimitri (Taz, Timeless Haunt), keyboardist Marc Muchnik (The Nightmare Stage), Repetti (Infinite Spectrum, Tension Rising) and guitarist Lou Mavs (The Rebel Medium, Doc Reinhart).
The band released its self-titled debut in 2023, followed by the charting Skyward in 2024 and its label debut, When Eternity Ends, in 2025. Those three records in three years established its focus on melodic heavy music outside prevailing trends.
The announcement additionally recommends the new album to listeners of Helloween, Evergrey, Judas Priest, Absolon, Soilwork and Anthrax, alongside Queensyche and Dream Theater.
- Overture: Symphony of Circuits
- A Smart Device
- When I Grow Up
- Just One Kiss
- Binary Code
- Chasing Echoes
- Mirage of Love
- Digital Deception
- Immanence or Transcendence?
