"This record is a call for action," declares Josh Guyett, one third of Irish progressive post-metal quintet Ilenkus' guitar and vocals triad, whilst fervently discussing his band's newly unveiled opus, 'The Crossing'; "It's a call to not sit on your ideas and beliefs, to take that step into the scary unknown and make things happen."

Fully populated by Josh's fellow guitarists/co-vocalists Chris Brennan & Sam Ellis, drummer Rory Guyett and bassist Robin Van Der Klooster, Ilenkus are an ambitious and articulate unit, one with a widescreen vision of their music, message and artistic scope. Mixed by These Arms Are Snakes' Chris Common (Chelsea Wolfe, Pelican), 'The Crossing' is as crushing as it is complex, as serrated as it is subtle, the band's three pronged vocal trident keeping the textures of Ilenkus' sound in almost constant flux. Moments of sparkling downtime give way to rivers of crushing gloom; elsewhere, leviathan riffs wind their way in, out and around the quintet's pulsing song structures like a complex network of roots in soil. As Josh explains: "We have three alternating lead singers and guitar players, and all three of us write the lyrics, so the sound and atmosphere on each track can be completely different. But our lyrics definitely have a theme; an idea we touch on a lot is relinquishing the illusion of control."

Reflecting the key messages the quintet wear on their sleeves, Ilenkus' recently released video single shows Chris Brennan take to the streets of their native Galway, relentlessly vocalizing 'Over The Fire, Under The Smoke' to bemused shoppers. It is a case of truly getting the music 'out there' and in little over a week, the one shot video had notched up in excess of 37,000 views. Watch it here:

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