Temic, a new progressive metal outfit founded by former Haken keyboardist Diego Tejeida, Neal Morse Band guitarist Eric Gillette, Maraton 22 vocalist Fredrik Bergersen and Shining drummer Simen Sandnes, will drop their new studio album “Ceiba” on October 2, 2026, via Seasons Of Mist.
In mid-November 2023, shortly after signing with the renowned label Seasons Of Mist, Temic put out their debut studio album “Terror Management Theory”.
Check out the new single and video for the track Broken below. It follows the earlier single Ceased To Be.
“Ceiba”, which will be available in a range of formats, can already be pre-ordered.
The seeds of Temic go back to Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, the project that took both Tejeida and Gillette on a world tour in 2017. When the p(l)andemic ‘put the brakes’ on life on the planet, the band went quiet, but the duo stayed in touch and started writing original material. Later they brought Sandnes and Bergersen on board.
Drums and vocals were recorded at Lionheart studio (Oslo, Norway), with the vocals produced by Diego Tejeida. The album was mixed by Chris Edrich and mastered by Pierrick Noël at Atelier Mastering.
The tracklist for “Ceiba” looks like this:
1.Asunder
2. Ashes
3. Beyond the Voice
4. Ceased To Be
5. Broken
6. Casting Stone
7. See Myself
8. Parting the Waves Inside
9. Night of Veils
10. Alone
11. As Long As We Last
Lineup:
Fredrik Bergersen Klemp (Maraton 22) — vocals
Eric Gillette (The Neal Morse Band, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress) — guitar, backing vocals
Diego Tejeida (Devin Townsend, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, ex-Haken) — keyboards, sound design
Simen Sandnes (Shining, Arkentype) — drums
Miguel Pereira (Withem, Big City) — bass guitar
