OUR CEASING VOICE

Austrian post rock and post metal outfit Our Ceasing Voice unveil their new single and official video “The Man You Wanted Me To Be”, while revealing all the details of their long-awaited fourth full-length album, “The Origin of Everything”, set for release on October 2nd, 2026 via Argonauta Records on CD, deluxe colored vinyl and digital formats.

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Nearly a decade after their last full-length release, The Origin of Everything marks a powerful return for the Innsbruck-based quartet. Written over several years, the album reflects on identity, memory, belonging and personal transformation, exploring the tension between embracing the future while confronting the past.

“The Origin of Everything” is the band’s most personal and emotionally resonant work to date. Blending cinematic post rock atmospheres, crushing post metal dynamics and alternative rock sensibilities, the record expands the band’s sonic palette while remaining unmistakably true to its identity. Echoes of Caspian’s expansive soundscapes, the weight of Cult of Luna and the emotional depth of Mark Lanegan coexist naturally throughout an album built on contrast, vulnerability and intensity.

Created entirely independently, from the earliest songwriting sessions through recording, mixing and artwork, the album stands as the culmination of nearly twenty years of artistic evolution.

Bandleader and guitarist Sebastian Obermeir comments:

“There are moments when everything shifts. And only later do you begin to understand what has shaped you.”

He adds about the album:

“These songs contain everything that has accompanied us for years — everything we are, were, and might become. It would be easy to simply look back on twenty years as a band. But wouldn’t that only reveal what we already know? So you look inwards. Perhaps even to the origin of everything.”

The new single “The Man You Wanted Me To Be” perfectly captures the emotional core of the album, balancing soaring melodies with the heavier textures that have become a defining element of the band’s sound.

Speaking about the song, Obermeir explains:

“A lot of ‘The Origin of Everything’ is about finding yourself and your place in the world. ‘The Man You Wanted Me To Be’ is about acknowledging that there are people in your life who shape you and help you see yourself more clearly. People who make you better simply by believing you already are.”

He continues:

“Musically, this song reflects exactly who Our Ceasing Voice are today. There is the more inviting, almost radio-friendly side of us alongside the heavier side built around post-rock textures, tremolo guitars and intricate drumming. Instead of choosing between them, we let them coexist. Becoming someone doesn’t mean becoming someone else. We already carry many versions of ourselves within us.”

Following the release of the acclaimed comeback single “Diamond Eyes”, this new chapter further establishes Our Ceasing Voice as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary atmospheric heavy music.

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