Following four singles and three music videos, Copenhagen, Denmark-based prog metal quartet FEATHER MOUNTAIN release their third album “A Liminal Step” today. The new album that revolves around psychological vulnerability expressed through progressive metal, electronic avant-garde, and inspiration from the world of tarot cards.
FEATHER MOUNTAIN state on the new album:
“Musically, A Liminal Step is the most ambitious work we have ever created. In FEATHER MOUNTAIN, we are not superstitious, but we have appreciated the archetypes found in tarot cards. They have helped us put imagery and mood to the feelings we wish to express in our music. The last few years in the band has been marked by periods of anxiety and stress, in ourselves and those close to us. Simultaneously, some of us have become parents. Both of these things have changed our perspective, and we no longer always see ourselves as the ‘main character in our own journey’, but rather as a moon to another earth.”
Making music is not a given. We do it because we love it, and we look forward to travel with our art and seeing you at shows in 2026.”
In the world of tarot, “The Fool” is a dreamy character at the beginning of a meaningful journey. In the same way, Feather Mountain takes a musical step into the unknown through A Liminal Step, and the listener is invited to fall with the band into an abyss. An abyss where traumas dominate, and societal structures seem crippling.
Each song is part of the albums’ red thread, and FEATHER MOUNTAIN leads the listener through a musical wilderness in their search for meaning – from the inner glow on Realignment to an emotional armor in Prayer Wall. On the album, an underlying realization emerges, that we are all on a journey toward understanding and self-acceptance, and “A Liminal Step” becomes a magical antidote in a world full of chaos.
Musically, “A Liminal Step” is the result of FEATHER MOUNTAIN’s experimentation with genre-blending, where progressive metal elements meet electronic and ambient passages, creating an eclectic and dynamic soundscape. Heavy, off-kilter riffs melt together with passages of vulnerable vocal arrangements on a backdrop of raw synths. The instrumental reflects the album’s emotional complexity. Lyrically, “A Liminal Step” revolves around the struggles we have as humans; how we deal with our inner demons, confront our emotions, and try to find hope and meaning in a complex world. Along the way, Feather Mountain explores the experience of being trapped in one’s own reality and questions how we navigate as a society.
Feather Mountain has previously released Nidus (2019) and To Exit a Maelstrom (2022), and with its fusion of dreamy alternative rock and offbeat metal atmospheres, the band cemented its unique sound. Both albums received praise from critics at home and abroad and after the release of To Exit a Maelstrom, Feather Mountain performed at events such as Roskilde Festival, Euroblast, and Terneuzen on Fire, and joined VOLA on their Friend of a Phantom Tour in 2024.
On “A Liminal Step”, FEATHER MOUNTAIN collaborates with producer Johan Emanuel Jørgensen, who was also involved in Nidus and To Exit a Maelstrom. Additionally, “A Liminal Step” is co-produced by Ingolf Schjødt and Zack Christ, who allow the album to transcend the metal genre through inspiration from electronic avant-garde and the world of pop. A Liminal Step marks a bold, artistic step toward new horizons for FEATHER MOUNTAIN, that challenges with introspective and vulnerable progressive metal.