GRAMMY-winning trio NERO just released their long-awaited third studio album, Into The Unknown. The album arrives nine years after its predecessor, Between II Worlds, and after much anticipation built with singles ‘Truth,’ ‘Blame You,’ ‘Draw Energy,’ ‘Too Many Questions,’ and ‘Solar.’
Into The Unknown is NERO’s post-apocalyptic tale of humanity’s dichotic destiny, where science and fantasy, beauty and brutality, creation and destruction meet in harmony. It’s reflection of the stories NERO foretold with their first two albums: the disconnectivity of a worldwide epidemic, the rise of technology, and the need for society’s rebirth for the progression of humankind.
Encompassing the genre-defying phenomena that has always projected NERO to the forefront of electronic music, Into The Unknown references dance music through the ages: from the UKG, jungle and drum & bass of the 90s and early 00s that served as their inspirational foundation to the dubstep and dance pop of the 2010s that cemented their status beyond the clubbing landscape. The album is a celebration of NERO’s past, present, and future, sonically cataloging the band’s roots in London’s underground with songs like ‘Blame You’ and ‘Too Many Questions’ countering futuristic tracks like ‘Truth’ and a new version of their 2022-released RL Grime collaboration ‘Renegade.’
“Into The Unknown, to us, feels somewhat like a bridge between Welcome Reality and Between II Worlds. A blend of U.K. dance music and French electro/house. This is where we’ve always felt that we reside, stylistically. We wanted to make sure the album sounded quintessentially NERO and hopefully our fans will feel we succeeded in that.”
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The album serves as the final piece of NERO’s trilogy, a cinematic three-part audio-visual story from bandmates Daniel Stephens, Joe Ray, and Alana Watson that has unfolded over their 20-year career, beginning with Welcome Reality, continuing with Between II Worlds, and now concluding with Into The Unknown.
Stream NERO’s new album, Into The Unknown, available now on all platforms ahead of their headlining Into The Unknown Tour.
