AAWKS unleashed 'Celestial Magick', the first single from their highly anticipated album • GRIMM Gent

Canadian heavy psychedelic rockers AAWKS are back with a vengeance, releasing the spellbinding new single “Celestial Magick” from their upcoming album On Through The Sky Maze (due March 21, 2025, via Black Throne Productions). Watch the haunting music video for “Celestial Magick” HERE.

A six-minute journey through fuzz-drenched riffs, ethereal harmonies, and crushing grooves, “Celestial Magick” captures the band’s unique blend of heavy, occult-infused psychedelia. “Celestial Magick” dives deep into Norse mythology, vividly depicting a village preparing for an attack from Naglfar, the ship of the dead. AAWKS weaves a tale that is both mythic and existential, embracing mortality as a gateway to transformation. With evocative lyrics, thunderous rhythms, and entrancing guitar work, the track showcases the band’s signature sound: melodic yet punishing, cosmic yet grounded.

Kris Dzierzbicki (vocals/guitar/synth), on the inspiration behind the track:

“This song explores humanity’s rituals and symbols of death, viewing mortality as both an ending and a doorway. It’s about resilience in the face of inevitability and the universal cycle of life, death, and rebirth. We wanted to create something that felt timeless yet immediate, a journey through space and time with riffs as your guide.”

“Celestial Magick” is the first taste of On Through The Sky Maze, the band’s most ambitious project to date. Featuring nine tracks and a guest roster of talented collaborators, the album promises a bold evolution of AAWKS‘ sound.

Hailing from the mysterious foothills of Kempenfelt Bay in Barrie Ontario Canada, AAWKS make heavy-psych, stoner-doom music. They mix melodic songwriting with pummeling riffs and grooves and their music is as influenced by newer bands such as MEPHISTOFELES, MONOLORD, WINDHAND and the MELVINS as it is by classic rock bands like BLACK SABBATH, PINK FLOYD and DEEP PURPLE. They explore fantastical themes of the occult and spin tales of mind expansion and spaced out exploration of the multiverse. AAWKS released their debut full length album (((((HEAVY ON THE COSMIC))))) in June of 2022 on Black Throne Productions which landed at #2 on the Doom Charts that month.