Debut Concept Album

The Seed of Chaos

featuring Ray Alder (Fates Warning)

The debut progressive metal concept album from Ruin and Reverie — ten interconnected tracks chronicling humanity's final chapter on Earth, and its first steps into the unknown.

Out July 3, 2026

The Seed of Chaos — album artwork

Singles


The chapters before the record

Two singles drop ahead of the full album. Pre-save each one to be the first to hear them.

Single artwork Single I — Out June 5

Part VI: Without Night, Without Day

Friday, June 5, 2026

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Single artwork Single II — Out June 19

Part IV: Into the Nothing

Friday, June 19, 2026

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Album artwork Full Album — Out July 3

The Seed of Chaos

Friday, July 3, 2026

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The Inspiration


The essay that became an album

In 2022, Peri Rocha wrote Humankind Was an Accident — a meditation on cosmic luck, mass extinction, and humanity's need to find new homes among the stars. Four years later, it became The Seed of Chaos.

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