Like many other bands over the last couple of years, Encephalon was forced into a prolonged hiatus. June 3rd marked the official conclusion to that layoff, with the release of their new record, Echoes, via Artoffact Records. Their fourth album, Echoes is the follow-up to 2017’s We Only Love You When You’re Dead. The album is more of the hard-hitting industrial metal that you’ve come to expect from the Ottawa duo, but songs such as “Someone Else’s Dream” strike a more uplifting tone than previous releases. Encephalon was formed all the way back in 2005 by Alis Alias, Matt Gifford, and Sam Mainer. Over the next several years, they self-released a bunch of demos before record labels began to notice. Artoffact were the lucky ones to sign them and issued the band’s formal debut, The Transhuman ...