Arcaeon release new single with playable gameboy game

UK tech-metalcore quintet Arcaeon have unveiled their new single “Zenith II: Arcadia”, taken from their debut full-length Cascadence, to be released on 12th February 2021. Watch the video by scrolling down. Just a bit. You can come back up here to read the rest.

In a world-first, the single is released alongside a self-made Gameboy game. Crafted over seven months by Arcaeon’s bassist, Eifion, the game is available to play online, downloadable for use on Gameboy Color emulators and will be available in a limited run of Gameboy cartridges to be played on the Gameboy console itself.

A striking example of Covid-19 ingenuity, each level on the game corresponds to a colour in the album (the whole record is a concept about the colour/light spectrum); each hero in the game is a band member – and each band member has to find their source of power (alternatively known as their instrument).

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As vocalist Stuart comments:

The track itself is about breaking free from the systems and philosophies that divide us and from the constraints of our situation. It’s about elevating ourselves beyond social, racial, political and other differences into a new togetherness. The video, and the game, is our way of saying that if we overcome our individual and collective challenges then we can break free from ignorance and reach a better, more perfect world that we call, Arcadia.

Game author Eifion adds:

The intention was for the different ‘levels’ the characters move through in the video to resemble the colours on our album front cover. The concept for the album and the artwork is a transition from sepia to blue. The red colours represent the heavier sections of music that predominantly feature in the first half of the album. The greens/blues represent the increased melody towards the end of the album.

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Cascadence is released 12th February 2021 and follows the band’s acclaimed debut EP Balance, released January 2018. Pre-orders are available now.

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