The Weight of Sound

The Weight of Sound is the sixth studio album by Japanese metalcore band Crystal Lake. Self-produced by the band's lead guitarist Yudai Miyamoto, the album was released on 23 January 2026. It is their first album released by Century Media Records since leaving SharpTone Records in May 2024. The Weight of Sound is the band's first studio album in eight years, and serves as the follow-up to their fifth studio album Helix, becoming the longest gap between studio albums to date. It is their first album without founding member rhythm guitarist Shinya Hori and longtime vocalist Ryo Kinoshita, who left the band in July 2020 and September 2022 respectively. In their place, Hisatsugu Taji and John Robert Centorrino of The Last Ten Seconds of Life joined the band. Longtime touring bassist Mitsuru and drummer Gaku Taura upgraded to official members of the band in July 2021, with the band reverting to a quintet for the first time in sixteen years since the release of their second studio album Into the Great Beyond. It is the only album featuring Centorrino, as he would leave the band two months after the release. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wei...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)