NEWS: Sum Of Seven stare in wonder?

A third of nine cuts to make the grade of their new concept album “Echoes of the Hypermind” has been partially unveiled by Finnish Progressive Metal band Sum Of Seven in four highlight videos. Mixed and mastered by Tommi Kujala, the man who handled the same duties back in 2019 for “Time Is Not on Your Side” when the band were known as Sonus Corona, that will be distributed on 15th May via Inverse Records. The single? Epic eleven minute cut “Wonder” is the one in question. If you like what you hear, pre-orders are available over at bandcamp.

Guitarist and vocalist Ari Lempinen: “Wonder is the final chapter of our concept album, the moment where the journey reaches its horizon. Pia Wijerama’s sublime guest vocals open the story in a moment of awe. Musically, it brings together some of the strongest riffs, the most soaring melodies, and the widest atmosphere on the record. It carries the full emotional and musical scope of everything that came before it.

 At almost eleven minutes, the song unfolds more like a journey than a traditional single. We chose it anyway because it encapsulates the album’s full scope, the power, the conflict, the questions, and the discoveries that bring the story to its final threshold.

 Throughout the story, our empathetic AI has pushed far beyond its original purpose, evolving into something unimaginable to the human mind. After rebuilding itself from nothing and exploring logic, structure, and the contradictions and very fabric of existence, it ultimately arrives at a realization that no equation can calculate or explain. A moment of pure wonder.”