{"id":19592,"date":"2026-04-23T07:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19592"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:14:37","slug":"astraya-stream-new-album-atropine-in-full-ahead-of-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19592","title":{"rendered":"ASTRAYA stream new album \u201cAtropine\u201d in full ahead of release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ASTRAYA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19593\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5000292243848268;width:542px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ASTRAYA.jpg 810w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ASTRAYA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ASTRAYA-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New album out this Friday via These Hands Melt. Vinyl &amp; CD pre-order still available<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of its arrival, Stuttgart-based dark rock quintet&nbsp;<strong>Astraya&nbsp;<\/strong>have presented a full stream of their sophomore album, \u201c<em><strong>Atropine<\/strong><\/em>\u201d. The band\u2019s second full-length will be released on 24 April 2026 via&nbsp;<strong>These Hands Melt<\/strong>&nbsp;in CD, LP and Digital formats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen to the album in full:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Astraya - Atropine (Full Album 2026)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KIhcVJ1M4Xg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since their 2019 debut EP \u201cBlack Awakening\u201d, Astraya has carved out a reputation for a &#8220;handmade&#8221; wall of sound that balances dreamlike longing with unrelenting rage. Vast moments of calm are built only to be torn down unexpectedly, demanding the listener\u2019s full emotional commitment. Their music is a blend of dark rock, metal and doom, and is defined by the ethereal, classically influenced vocals of Melina Abele, which pierce through the band&#8217;s heavy atmosphere like sun rays through black clouds.\u00a0<br><br>With their new album \u201cAtropine\u201d, the band explores human fragility, fate and time. The title track has a deeply mystical atmosphere, exploring the very moment of death and the idea that one\u2019s fate may already be predetermined. This underlying theme runs throughout the entire record. \u201cA Theory of Time\u201d approaches our existence from a more scientific and philosophical perspective, analysing the nature of being and our place within the greater structure of time. \u00a0Furthermore, the album reflects on humanity and its failings: addiction in \u201cValley of the Damned\u201d, war in \u201cIn The Pale Glow of Torches\u201d and \u201cIn Devotion\u201d, and trauma in \u201cDescendant of a Dead Man\u201d and \u201cLighthouse\u201d. Amid the album\u2019s pervasive melancholy, the first single, \u201cA Spark Within\u201d, stands out as a small but powerful glimmer of hope. Through its dark sound, the music reinforces and amplifies the themes expressed in the lyrics.<br><br>\u201c<em><strong>Atropine<\/strong><\/em>\u201d was produced and mixed by the band&#8217;s own Tim Suske, with mastering handled by Roland B\u00f6ffgen at Hard Drive Sounds Studio. The haunting cover artwork was created by Katja Schocke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Astraya - A Spark Within [Official music video]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5mIjpqkZg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New album out this Friday via These Hands Melt. Vinyl &amp; CD pre-order still available Ahead of its arrival, Stuttgart-based dark rock quintet&nbsp;Astraya&nbsp;have presented a full stream of their sophomore album, \u201cAtropine\u201d. The band\u2019s second full-length will be released on 24 April 2026 via&nbsp;These Hands Melt&nbsp;in CD, LP and Digital formats.&nbsp; Listen to the album&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19592\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ASTRAYA stream new album \u201cAtropine\u201d in full ahead of release<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19595,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19592\/revisions\/19595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}