- An Interview with The Infinity Ring Jammerzine Exclusive 17:43
Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with Cameron Moretti of The Infinity Ring and a first listen of their new album, Ataraxia, which is dropping today (March 21st, 2025) via Profound Lore Records.
While the interview was conducted via phone with Cameron while connecting with his flight to head to SXSW (check them out HERE), I can’t help but feel that was the right time for the interview. That moment is when the band takes its next step in its evolution of revolution.
‘Ataraxia’ shows that The Infinity Ring is more than just a collective of musicians, they are a collective of ideas. The album is a concept, in the truest sense of the word. Each song builds to a beautiful climax that generates anticipation for what’s coming next. Like chapters in a book, or scenes to a good movie, ‘Ataraxia’ carries anticipation from one track to the next and gives you everything you need to fill your soul with inspiration and appreciation by giving you a soundtrack to future memories.
And, in this interview, we talk with Cameron about generating that music as well as everything else The Infinity Ring is currently doing plus much, much more.
‘Ataraxia’
About The Infinity Ring
Boston’s The Infinity Ring is New England’s best-kept secret, a collective that, in a short four years, has risen to the rank of live juggernaut. Though the title of their latest recorded release may indicate otherwise– ‘Ataraxia’, or the state of tranquillity and calm– it positively lives up to the promise of their incendiary live show. ‘Ataraxia’ describes the album’s existential and personal state upon completion– a long and arduous path that nearly broke the band in the process. Built across two studios for close to a year, ‘Ataraxia’ is an album that represents the exploration, the emotional toll, and ultimately the ecstasy of creation. It’s a release that challenged the band to move into new realms and push themselves to the brink– musically, emotionally, creatively, and spiritually.
“In the creation of ‘Ataraxia’, we felt like we had mined so many dark spaces and ideas that in a lot of ways it had taken an extremely emotional and creative toll,” explains The Infinity Ring frontman Cameron Moretti. “We began to realize that the themes of the work had become manifest, affecting our vision, approach, and ideas in a way inconsistent with our goals of catharsis. So we took some time. And in taking a pause, we gained perspective and were able to look further inward, to explore some of the turmoil and found that the only path out was through– redemption via a beacon of light shining on the dark corners that we had created for ourselves.”
‘Ataraxia’’s first single “Elysium,” is a regal and monolithic track that punctuates each harrowing moment with angelic choir, violin, and marching drums. Taking the cinematic qualities of Swans, the dramatic crescendo of Japan’s envy, and the emotional heft of Philip Glass, “Elysium” is a wide-angle look into the world of The Infinity Ring. It’s a bold, ambitious yet well-executed composition alternating between chaos and pensive beauty, eventually working towards an ecstatic climax before crumbling under its majesty. Whether via your standard “rock band” configuration or utilizing noise, processed samples, keys, industrial percussion,n or chamber quartet, The Infinity Ring’s work can feel classical, learned, and wise beyond their years.
Initial tracking took place in June 2022 at Marcata Studio in upstate New York, a place that inspired the band greatly due to its serene setting and storied history with Swans, The Walkmen, Wooden Wan,d and Pile. The change in location from their previous home of God City Studios creates a sense of unease, lack of comfort,t and mild chaos to convey some of those feelings into our work. As tracking began, the turmoil in recording the then-unnamed LP forced a short hiatus, requiring the band to take a breather and retool. Eventually picking the project back up in April 2023 for the more familiar setting, God City.
The Infinity Ring is a collective united under the banner of experimentalism, featuring the following players:
- Cameron Moretti – Vocals / Guitars
- Francesca Caruso – Violin
- Andy Tamulonis – Bass
- Matt Bond – Keyboards
- John Funk – Drums
The band draws from musicians long active in disparate scenes within the Boston musical underground, incorporating influences that range from metal to crust punk to industrial to electronic scenes. Their music is inspired by the liberty found in acts like Leonard Cohen, This Mortal Coil, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Can, Amon Düül, Faust, Current 93, etc. What began in 2020 as an experimental take on dark folk music with added elements of drone and noise eventually grew to incorporate no wave, post-metal, and black metal, with elements of occult and spiritualism throughout– adhering to none but reminiscent of all.
The band spent most of 2020 and 2021 experimenting in various studios around New England, eventually leading to the collaborative Ohr LP with Jarboe. In early 2022, the band set out to record its debut album, Nemesis & Nativity, at God City Studios in Salem, Massachusetts. Released by Profound Lore in 2023, the record was a revelation throughout the underground, leading to collaborative gigs with Marisa Nadler, and appearances at SXSW, Roadburn, and Desertfest NYC. 2025 will see the release of ‘Ataraxia’, the first LP in a series of new material due this calendar year.
LINKS:
https://theinfinityring.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/theinfinityring/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7coXApDvpixZcFjdfqzOXg
