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HAKEN's CHARLIE GRIFFITHS Goes Full Thrash With TIKTAALIKA

The record features members of Textures, Between The Buried And Me, Protest The Hero, and more!

Haken guitarist Charlie Griffiths originally released his solo album Tiktaalika in 2022. Now Griffiths is taking on the name Tiktaalika as his new project, and has announced his new record Gods Of Pangea for March 14. The album picks up where the last left off, and continues with an exploration into an ancient forgotten world, colliding with the human-centric planet we inhabit today.

Tiktaalika is now streaming the title track featuring vocals from Textures' Daniël de Jongh and a timelapse of Dan Goldsworthy (Sepultura, Body Count, Aborted) creating the album's artwork.

"This time around I wanted to be more song oriented, rather than having an overarching concept," said Griffiths. "Although I had a rough blueprint for the shape of the album in my head and was always conscious of the balance and flow of the album experience; starting with a fast thrasher, following up with a longer progressive track, then a slower sludgy song, followed by a softer track and so on. I finished all the music first and really focused on each section be there for a good reason, with a guitar riff that propels the song."

Gods Of Pangea sees Griffiths joined by drummer Darby Todd (Devin Townsend) and bassist Conner Green (Haken) alongside vocalists Tommy Rogers (Between The Buried And Me), Rody Walker (Protest The Hero), Vladimir Lalić (Organised Chaos) and de Jongh.

"I had all the music written for a good while," said Griffiths. "I was able to allow them to really percolate in my mind before moving on to the lyrics and vocal line demos. I'm very specific with melodies and word placement so the singers can focus on just delivering it 100% without having to figure too much out. Of course every single track came out a thousand times better than I'd hoped; everyone did an incredible job!"

Gods Of Pangea was mixed by Adam "Nolly" Getgood and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street studios. Pre-orders are available here.

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