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Conjurer have evolved radically since the release of their debut album (Mire, 2018), and their sophomore effort (Páthos, 2022) saw them lauded among the most exciting British metal bands. Whilst award nominations and accolades accumulated, the four-piece band retained their very simple mission: to make heavy music and have fun whilst doing so. Preferring to use their spotlight to showcase technicality and musicality rather than centering politics or opinions, Conjurer lived in the moment and embraced everything that came their way.
 
It’s not uncommon to read of bands maturing from album to album, but in the case of Conjurer the evolution was more all-encompassing than doing a little ‘growing up’ between riffs. In the process of their individual and collective maturation, they found purpose within their union and developed fresh meaning within their musical output. By turning inwards, they find themselves with something new to offer as they turn back outwards with their latest album, Unself.
 
Within the tumult of forging a renewed identity as a band, on Unself there is a more intense, more personal voyage of discovery unfurling for vocalist/guitarist Dani Nightingale. Diagnosed with autism at age 31, their long-held view of self, and perception of their place in the world began to unravel. Unself documents much of the piecing back together around the diagnosis, alongside the realisation they were non-binary. 
 
These vignettes of processing and self-actualisation take place against the backdrop of a society careening towards glassy-eyed capitalist dystopia; finding firm footing eludes many of us - and Conjurer delves headfirst into exploring these suffocating new societal parameters. The personal and the political collide on Let Us Live - a track that crystalises what was once a plea and is now an urgent demand in the wake of continuing and mounting oppression of trans lives, and is preceded by a sample of a speech by activist and politician Carla Antonelli.
 
This World Is Not My Home, an adaptation of a century old gospel song, is repurposed here to explore the sense of not belonging, of being othered; it forms a backbone to the album capturing the essence of Conjurer’s evolution. Bookending the collection of songs, it offers a glimpse into the vulnerability and openness of this new era of the band. Within the album’s nine tracks, Conjurer deliver the writhing post-metal sound they’ve become known for, but have loosened their grip on the desire to fill every moment with sonic obliteration. Instead, they have leaned into utilising space, gifting listeners a little breathing room which serves to make the heavy elements feel all the more intense. 
 
A more direct, organic approach to songwriting was facilitated by the ever-strengthening bonds within the band, and the supportive environment created by producer Joe Clayton. Allowing themselves more time than with any previous recording experience, they committed to preproduction sessions, followed by an elongated recording period in order to do justice to the material they’d crafted. Stripping back the excesses of previous outings to reveal their solid songwriting chops allowed for more clarity and more dynamics to shine through. To their ears, the mood, the core of the lyrical content and the music are more aligned than ever before. 
 
This record is the sound of four individuals living with more purpose and as a consequence creating with more purpose. Unself sees them reaching out to offer community, catharsis and connection. Conjurer remain true to their original mission - they’re still having fun, playing interesting heavy music - but now that music is imbued with the power that comes from opening themselves up to others, at first within the band, and now beyond.
 
 
 
Unself was produced by Conjurer and Joe Clayton at Nø Studio, Manchester and The Nave, Leeds before being mastered by Katie Tavini at Weird Jungle, Liverpool. Additional keys and electronic elements were contributed by Tom Ragsdale, and additional vocals on Let Us Live were provided by friends of the band, Jess Burnside, Kate Davies, Timmy Issitt, Lucinda Livingstone, Elyzrah NT-Dalladay, and Oliveah NT-Dalladay. The album artwork was created by Dutch musician and artist Joost Vervoort.
 
Conjurer is:
Dani Nightingale - Vocals / Guitar
Brady Deeprose - Vocals / Guitar
Conor Marshall - Bass
Noah See - Drums
 
Unself will be released via Nuclear Blast on 24th October, 2025