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The Seed of Chaos — album artwork

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The Seed of Chaos

featuring Ray Alder (Fates Warning)

The debut concept album from Ruin and Reverie, a progressive metal project led by Seattle guitarist Peri Rocha — featuring legendary vocalist Ray Alder (Fates Warning, Redemption) as co-writer and performer.

Across ten interconnected tracks, the album chronicles humanity's final chapter on Earth and its first steps into the unknown — exploring the psychological, political, and cosmic weight of uprooting an entire species in search of a new home among the stars.

Heavy and melodic. Intricate and cinematic. Urgent and introspective. The Seed of Chaos is a journey that feels epic, immersive, and deeply human.

Inspired by Peri's 2022 essay Humankind Was an Accident

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  1. 1.Part I: Signals
  2. 2.Part II: Project 2552
  3. 3.Part III: Rise
  4. 4.Part IV: Into the NothingSingle
  5. 5.Part V: Fractured Entropy
  6. 6.Part VI: Without Night, Without DaySingle
  7. 7.Part VII: Drifting Away
  8. 8.Part VIII: Newfound Existence
  9. 9.Part IX: Pull of Fate
  10. 10.Part X: Under the Stars

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Credits

Personnel

The Seed of Chaos was made with an ensemble of remarkable musicians from across the progressive metal world.

Singles

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Part VI: Without Night, Without Day

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Part IV: Into the Nothing

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