Canadian progressive/melodic metal band Osyron return with their fifth album, a self-titled record built around telos — the Greek concept of an ultimate purpose — and what happens when identity is challenged, imposed upon, or stripped away.

Across nine tracks, the band pushes its established sound (soaring clean vocals, contrasting vocal styles, and a heavy-melodic hybrid attack) further into progressive, power, and symphonic territory without settling into one subgenre. Opener "Telos" confronts the external forces that try to dictate who we are, "Higher" is a call to rise above conformity and disillusionment, and "Unkind" turns its anger toward the emotional damage inflicted by one's surroundings. The record widens its lens on "The Accursed" and "Consuming Giants" before closing with "Lost in Reflections," a meditation on the fear of losing the identity you've built your life around.

The album was written collectively by vocalist Reed Alton, guitarists Krzysztof Stalmach and Bobby Harley, bassist Tyler Corbett, and drummer Cody Anstey. Five albums in, Osyron have shared stages with Nightwish, Kamelot, Amorphis, Judas Priest, and Bruce Dickinson, and made their European festival debut at Rock Castle in Czechia.

Osyron is out November 27.