Hail The Sun Divine Inner Tension Half Blue / Half Red Vinyl Edition

Helmed by notable producer Kris
Crummett, Divine Inner Tension finds
the veteran rock band HAIL THE SUN
questioning everything about what
it means to be here and to be alive,
on both a micro level—where the
importance of our existence is profound
and paramount—and on a macro one—
where our time on this planet is nothing
but irrelevant and insignificant. Across
its 12 stirring and intense songs, Divine
Inner Tension embarks on a journey that
takes the listener back and forth between
those two extremes as it tries to reconcile
that paradox of living intentionally, but
relinquishing control by taking your
hands off the wheel and letting the
universe guide you.
One of the main epiphanies the band
had when making the album was
understanding that inspiration didn’t have
to come from a place of despair, and
letting go of the idea that an artist needs
to be tortured in order to create. Instead,
the band—Donovan Melero (vocals),
Aric Garcia (guitar), Shane Gann (guitar)
John Stirrat (bass), and Allen Casillas
(drums)—looked beyond the viscerally
emotional to the more spiritual and even
enlisted the help of ICE NINE KILLS’
Joe Occhiuti, who is also involved with
Melero’s Kill Iconic Records, on a number
of tracks.