Cairn

On the summer solstice of 2008, Cairn was born in the first melodies of ‘Solstiseraph’. A corresponding ideology soon emerged and composing for a debut record continued through the winter. Though the project itself and many of the songs went unnamed until spring of 2009, the music and eventual lyrics were unified in spirit and purpose. The intent of the name Cairn is twofold: first, to pay homage to the literal and ideological Old World from which the word comes; second, to respect its modern form as a testament to remembrance and veneration. 'Raise the Cairn', a conceptual narrative, is the project’s 5-track debut EP. On this release and others, Cairn will channel such core inspirations as the ocean, wild, sagas, natural apotheoses, and elegiac metal neither restrained nor defined by a single genre. 'Raise the Cairn', was recorded at Holographic Recording Studio, from May 2009 to January of 2010. It contains five tracks, three full-length songs, and twenty-four minutes of music. A limited run of hand-numbered CDs have been printed, and digital versions are available via Bandcamp. 'Raise the Cairn' was released on June 21, 2011--three years to the day after it was begun.

Chicago, IL