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St. Louis, MO📍
Post-Hardcore/Prog Metal 🐉
@jta_audio @dannyytilsonn
@tripdjent @jakenwillman

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‘Asleep In Reality; Awake In Fiction’ is available on all streaming platforms now!👁️

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We are ecstatic to finally have these songs out in their final form. It truly has been a long time coming. Thank you to everyone involved in making this EP what it is today. Shoutout to @sambekc for the incredible artwork. @hollowedgraphix for killing the visualizer for ‘Re:Animate’, and @jt_ibanez for helping us bring ‘kill(screen);’ to life! We are truly honored to have a powerhouse team behind this release!

We hope you enjoy the EP as much as we did creating it. Tell us which songs you like most as you embark on the journey that is ‘Asleep In Reality; Awake In Fiction’👁️🌺
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#progressivemetal #posthardcoremusic #djent #prog #metal by @palekaiori

Our latest single "Re:Animate" is OUT NOW. Stream the visualizer on YouTube and subscribe to our page for more things coming soon!! 🌸

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Visual and art by: @hollowedgraphix
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#posthardcore #progressivemetal #progressiverock #swancore #palekaiori #guitarmusic #guitarriffs by @palekaiori

𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑳𝑬 + 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑽𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑶 𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑵𝑶𝑾 📺
𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
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🎥: the legend @jt_ibanez
Filmed at @stage27stl

#palekaiori #swancore #posthardcore #newmusic #progressive #spotify #applemusic #youtube by @palekaiori

GUYS! We are less than two weeks away from this banger at @drinkplatypus🐉

A couple things about this show: first off it’s going to be sick. secondly it’s going to be rad as hell. That’s it. But trust me when I say these bands absolutely rip and you don’t want to miss any of them.

Also, we are playing this one with our homie @fridobass on bass/backing vocals in Chandler’s absence. We are very hyped to have him on board the PK train for a night of notey chaos💪🏼

If you love math rock, prog, and to support incredibly hard working bands, show up on 11/7 and party w us. We will see you there STL!
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#mathrock #progrock #instrumental #posthardcore #stlmusic by @palekaiori

Friends, we’ve never been to St. Louis ever. Can you help show us a good time? This show is gonna be special because we’re only taking donations at the door! Music first! Stoked to hang with our new friends in Pale Kaiori, Onyankopon, and Hidden Sixes. Gonna be a night to remember, see you there!
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#inoculous #stlouis #strandberg #midwestemo #mathrock by @palekaiori

STL… we love you. @slamdancefest 2026 was an absolute heater 🔥 We really needed that. Huge thank you to @kenbatsell for putting on such an amazing event and having us be a part of it 🙏 The STL scene really is something special and we are grateful to play in honor of Krystofer Batsell. An absolutely incredible lineup as well! Thank you to everyone involved and to everyone who showed up to support 💜🩵

@dead7sound
@thisisfallingband
@thegreatergoodstl
@cult.noise
@whiletruemusic
@hardhandedband
@kdstarcell

Also, we couldn’t have made it happen if it weren’t for the homie @summoningtheflynn stepping in to rip some bass and vox. Thank you John!

And of course, thank you @redflagstlvenue @lordfanch & @cjx.exe

📸 by @stevendecluemedia 🔥🔥🔥 by @palekaiori

That one part in “𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑” — @palekaiori SLAMDANCE 2026 🥁

I have a love-hate relationship with this section of the song. It’s as much of a mental battle as it is a physical one. One missed note can throw me off entirely, and trying to pull it back together in the moment feels nearly impossible.

I’m extremely self-critical, and the last time we played this song live, I completely botched this part. That mistake stuck with me a lot longer than I’d like to admit. I kept constantly thinking about it, putting more pressure on myself, and making this section feel like an even bigger mental hurdle every time I played it.

Still not perfect, but this one felt like redemption. 💪

Sometimes the hardest part of improving is accepting your mistakes and letting them go, stop putting so much pressure on yourself, and trust the work you’ve put in. Progress isn’t always about getting it perfect. Sometimes it’s just about showing up, pushing through, and giving yourself another shot.
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#drummer #zildjian #livemusic #dwdrums #drums by @palekaiori

Stupid things about hogs and cranking were said so audio was cut 🐗 instead we present to you a sentimental moment from Crystaleyes as @tripdjent and @dannyytilsonn discuss video things deep in the woods from our shoot over the weekend.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in the woods filming for hours upon hours, getting attacked by mosquitos, and walking up an approx 24 degree incline with 32 lbs of weight on your back multiple times to get to your filming destinations? No? Well neither did we, but we braved the terrain and are proud of the blood, sweat, and tears we put into bringing you all a cinematic masterpiece (or maybe a cinematic masterpiece of s**t…honestly it’s too soon to tell🥲). Either way we can’t wait for your eyeballs to see what we have cooked up!!

#musicvideo #videoshoot #posthardcore #progressivemetal #djent by @palekaiori

We have physicals of our latest EP “Asleep In Reality; Awake In Fiction”. We also now have tickets to the Nov. 13th show @oldrockhousestl with @midwinterbandus @wlbpa and @coldstatemusic

If you would like any of these items hit us up and we will happily run them out to you!🙏🏻👊🏼

EP - $5
Tix - $20

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#stlmusic #stlmusicscene #supportlocalmusic #stlouis #prog by @palekaiori

@slamdancefest is THIS SATURDAY at @redflagstlvenue. Are you planning on going? If you answered no… change your answer to yes to have a much better Saturday! Show starts at 6 and allllllll of the homies will be there. We will see u there 🙌
📸 by @_nheger_ by @palekaiori

We kidnapped @jakenwillman, snuck him into the woods, and forced him to play drums in front of our cameras for multiple hours. He will never be the same.

Day 1 ✅ Day 2 - tomorrow🫡
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#musicvideo #music #video #drums #woods by @palekaiori

YOOO WE GOT CDs for our EP “Asleep In Reality; Awake In Fiction”!! We are also playing a few shows coming up real soon! Come thru and chill 🙏
10.24 - @redflagstlvenue
11.7 - @drinkplatypus
11.13 - @oldrockhousestl

#prog #posthardcore #djent #stlmusic by @palekaiori