Hermetic Science
United States, California, Eureka
About Hermetic Science
Formed in 1996, Hermetic Science is one of the most innovative and unique instrumental bands to emerge from the 90s prog rock revival. In the years since, they have produced a substantial recorded legacy. "Ed Macan’s Hermetic Science" (1997) features them in their most unique configuration, as a vibes-bass-drums power trio whose music is at once shadowy and luminous. While mallet percussion remain ... read more
Members
Jeff Ruiz
Bassist, 2022-. Appears on fifth album, Deliria. Played on "Deliria 1 (Prelude-Main Theme)," "Deliria 2 (Poison Seeds parts one and two)," "Deliria 3 (The Mighty MAGA March of Doom)," "Deliria 4 (The Great COVID-19 Rave of 2020)," "Deliria 5 (Kyrie Eleison)," "Deliria 6 (Armageddon Warm: Song for a Dying Planet)," "Deliria 7 (Minneapolis 05-25-20)," "Deliria 8 (In the Dark Shadow of the Big Lie"), and "Deliria 9 (Agnus Dei-Main Theme Reprise)."
Jeff Ruiz
BassistBassist, 2022-. Appears on fifth album, Deliria. Played on "Deliria 1 (Prelude-Main Theme)," "Deliria 2 (Poison Seeds parts one and two)," "Deliria 3 (The Mighty MAGA March of Doom)," "Deliria 4 (The ...
Travis Strong
Drummer, 2022-. Appears on fifth album, Deliria. Played on "Deliria 1 (Prelude-Main Theme)," "Deliria 2 (Poison Seeds parts one and two)," "Deliria 3 (The Mighty MAGA March of Doom)," "Deliria 4 (The Great COVID-19 Rave of 2020)," "Deliria 5 (Kyrie Eleison)," "Deliria 6 (Armageddon Warm: Song for a Dying Planet)," "Deliria 7 (Minneapolis 05-25-20)," "Deliria 8 (In the Dark Shadow of the Big Lie"), and "Deliria 9 (Agnus Dei-Main Theme Reprise)."
Travis Strong
DrummerDrummer, 2022-. Appears on fifth album, Deliria. Played on "Deliria 1 (Prelude-Main Theme)," "Deliria 2 (Poison Seeds parts one and two)," "Deliria 3 (The Mighty MAGA March of Doom)," "Deliria 4 (The...
Ed Macan
Vibes, marimba, piano, Hammond organ, analog and digital synthesizers, compositions, 1996-2001, 2006-07, 2022-. Appears on first album, Hermetic Science (1997), second album, Prophesies (1999), third album, En Route (2001), fourth album, These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruins (2008), and fifth album, Deliria (2023). Played on all Hermetic Science tracks.
Ed Macan
Composer Keyboardist Marimba PlayerVibes, marimba, piano, Hammond organ, analog and digital synthesizers, compositions, 1996-2001, 2006-07, 2022-. Appears on first album, Hermetic Science (1997), second album, Prophesies (1999), third...
Greetings, Hermites.
Many thanks to those of you who have waited years and years while I said that Hermetic Science was eventually going to release a new studio album.
Today, 15 years and 4 months since Hermetic Science released its fourth studio album, we finally dropped our fifth studio album. It is called "Deliria: A Chronicle of 2020." It contains 9 tracks, 43 minutes of music. The CD is a six-panel gatefold featuring art by Paul Whitehead, the famed Charisma Records house artist of the 1970s best-known for his album covers for prog rock powerhouses Genesis and Van der Graaf Generator. It features a brash new lineup of the band that represents a generational shift, with yours truly on keyboards, Jeff Ruiz on bass (and vocal effects), and Travis Strong on drums and percussion. It is by some measure the heaviest and darkest Hermetic Science album, with the music drawing on styles as disparate as 60s hard bop, 80s and 90s metal, trance, and horror movie soundtrack motifs to convey the madness, horror, and mayhem of 2020 with pitiless detail. I could go on and on, but I'll stop here: you can check the music out for yourself.
Please consider streaming our new music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or your favorite streaming platform. If you collect CDs, please consider ordering a CD directly from us at link. The CD will soon be available for purchase on link as well.
Thank you for your support!
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About Hermetic Science
Formed in 1996, Hermetic Science is one of the most innovative and unique instrumental bands to emerge from the 90s prog rock revival. In the years since, they have produced a substantial recorded legacy. "Ed Macan’s Hermetic Science" (1997) features them in their most unique configuration, as a vibes-bass-drums power trio whose music is at once shadowy and luminous. While mallet percussion remains prominent on "Prophesies" (1999), piano and analog keyboards play a newly important role as the music develops in the direction of edgy chamber rock. "En Route" (2001) achieves a heavier, more mainstream prog rock sound, with mallets shifting to a textural role. The compilation "Crash Course: a Hermetic Science Primer" (2006) collects remixed and remastered versions of the 20 original tracks from the band's first three albums. "These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruins" (2008) draws together the stylistic strands of earlier Hermetic Science, even while introducing a new post-rock sensibility and more modern digital sheen. “Out There: Live 1996-2006” (2019) reveals the band’s music unfolding new facets on stage. “Deliria: a Chronicle of 2020” (2023) returns the band to a live performance ideal after the extensive overdubs of their two previous studio albums: containing their darkest, heaviest music, it draws on elements as disparate as sixties post-bop, eighties and nineties metal, trance, and horror movie motifs to unflinchingly convey the madness, horror, and mayhem of 2020.
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