KAPTAIN KOLLNOT: Watch The Lyric Video for ‘Mankinds’ (feat. Into Eternity’s STU BLOCK)!

The Metallist PR
Jul 2
2 min read

Grand Rapids’ progressive thrashers KAPTAIN KOLLNOT will release their new EP The Aquarius Shift on July 18th on the main digital streaming platforms. The Aquarius Shift still sees the participation of the mighty singer STU BLOCK (Into Eternity, ex-Iced Earth) – working with the project since 2022’s album The Future Human.

The band has released a new lyric video for the track Mankinds, watch it here:

Pre-order The Aquarius Shift on Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/mv9zbhnh

The Aquarius Shift, showcasing 4 songs for over 25 minutes of musical experience, is a focused and intense collection of songs dealing with themes such as the evolution and unification of the human race. In particular Mankinds is a fast-paced, yet melodic track that comfortably mashes up thrash, progressive, and power metal elements, while the lyrics are inspired by the Multi Dimensional Future Human hypothesis.

KAPTAIN KOLLNOT is a metal project from Michigan run by Jeff Kollnot. The project started in 2018 and released its first record, The Colorado Archive, in the summer of 2019. This was a fairly diverse and personal record that established several of the project’s core elements: thrash rhythm guitars, harmonized guitars, shred-influenced solos, fast tempos, and precise drumming. Kollnot handled all the instruments on this record (excepting drums).

The next release Future Human was released in September 2022. This was a significant step forward for the project as it is the first featuring the vocal work of STU BLOCK. The songs themselves became more aggressive, complex, and far more overtly “metal”.

More exciting news is waiting on the horizon: the project is in the process of assembling a live line-up and taking the music beyond the state of Michigan.

The Aquarius Shift was produced, mixed and mastered by CJ Gardineer at Red Wolf Studio in Michigan, USA. Cover and logo designs by Katie Goto. Artist photo by CJ Gardineer (from left to right: Eric Landon, Jeff Kollnot).