Ihlo – Legacy [2LP]

Five years in the making, Legacy marks a major step forward for Ihlo, capturing their growth from rising newcomers to a confident force in the UK modern prog scene.

Written collaboratively by Andy Robison, Phil Monro & Clark McMenemy, the album blends remote writing with focused studio sessions. The result is a dynamic follow-up to 2019s Union – an acclaimed debut that topped Bandcamps Progressive Metal chart & won Ihlo praise across the prog world.

Recorded in part at The Arch Studios in Southport – a stunning space housed within a 140-year-old restored church Legacy benefits from the studios breathtaking acoustics, which lend the drums an organic immediacy. The album presents ten new tracks that drift between shimmering ambience & tightly wound rhythmic propulsion. Where Union hinted at Ihlos influences, Legacy speaks in their own voice: ambitious without excess, richly melodic yet never predictable.

Lyrically, the album casts a wary eye on the near-future – one in which technological advancement feels increasingly hollow, its progress governed by profit rather than purpose.

Track list
1. LP

Wraith (07:30)
Replica (05:12)
Source (05:03)
Empire (07:15)
Storm (02:25)
Mute (08:27)
2. LP

Cenotaph (08:03)
Haar (05:48)
Legacy (08:45)
Signals (10:01)