released May 14, 2021
Nathan Sapp- 6 string lead, rhythm, and acoustic guitars, synths, samples, and programming
Chris Rushing- 6 string lead and 7 string rhythm guitars
Gael Pirlot- 6 string fretted and fretless bass, additional synths
Hunter Ginn- drums and percussion
Guest Musicians:
Jimmy McCall- bass 4:17-4:38 in Extrasolar Biosignature
Ben Simpkins- guitar solo 1:17-1:40 in False Vacuum
Justin Prevatt-additional programming
Produced by Canvas Solaris
Mixed and mastered by Jamie King at Jamie King Audio
Edited by John Douglass at Vorticist Studios
Drums engineered and recorded by Jamie King
Guitars engineered and recorded by Chris Rushing at Crushing Productions Studio
Bass engineered and recorded by Gael Pirlot at Human Ruin Studio
Acoustic guitars and percussion engineered and recorded by Justin Prevatt at Dark Glove Studio
Cover Art by Nathan Sapp
Layout by Adam Peterson
"Ten years away from the studio hasn’t extinguished Canvas Solaris’s schizophrenic fire. In fact, their return is heralded by a remarkably heaving low end, an uptick in intensity, and a meaner, nastier attack. There is much threat throughout the bulk of Chromosphere, revealing a Canvas Solaris that holds back nothing. Never has their delivery felt so monolithic. While there are the expected pockets of nuance and kaleidoscopic color, the band apparently were seething to return with a considerable vengeance. Since their first official recordings surfaced nearly 20 years ago, Canvas was a band fueled by the inspiration of metal and prog’s most astute risk-takers. With albums like The Atomized Dream (2008) and Irradiance (2010), they capped their first era with a sound that, despite numerous inspirations and forbears, was all their own. Now, throughout Chromosphere, their maturity bleeds through via stellar performance and masterful composition, but the abandon these six songs are performed with is on an intensity level usually reserved for newer, younger, hungrier units. The bluster of “Extrasolar Biosignature” and the erudition of “Black Drop Effect” are but two high points of an album that any fan of nerd-core tech-metal madness will revel in. Chromosphere is Canvas Solaris reignited and fully realized."
Jeff Wagner
Radical Research Podcast
radicalresearch.org