German prog metal trio The Hirsch Effekt have released a new single, “Otus,” from their forthcoming album Urian out September 29 via Long Branch Records. “Otus” is the third track released from Urian.
Bassist Ilja John Lappin comments:
“It is January 2021, deepest winter, and Germany is in the middle of a second, long lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic. The days go by; the snow still falls softly; the long winter takes more strength than ever. And so, the almost-10-minute-long ‘Otus’ emerges as the first song of the album in its nearly final form as a song of contemplation, as a long journey through one’s own self—in order to not succumb to the crept in self-destruction, but to embrace the hope for a better future.”
Urian appears three years after the release of their last album, Kollaps.
Photo courtesy of The Hirsch Effekt
