THE VALLEY return with “The River”, the new single released on May 15 through Volcano Records & Promotion, now available on all digital platforms alongside an intense official music video on YouTube.

Born in Northern Italy, and deeply connected to a sonic vision that blends progressive rock, grunge, post-metal and contemporary alternative influences, The Valley continue to shape a distinctive and recognizable artistic identity, far removed from genre clichés. With “The River”, the band takes another step forward in its creative journey, delivering a track charged with emotional and symbolic depth, suspended between inner tension and the desire for liberation. “The River” unfolds as a hypnotic and layered sonic flow, where the river itself becomes a metaphor for an ever-changing identity. Through cyclical imagery and philosophical references tied to the concept of eternal return, the song explores themes of personal transformation, letting go, and the possibility of rebirth through movement itself.

The result is an intense and immersive composition capable of shifting from moments of emotional fragility to sudden cathartic openings, while maintaining a strong narrative and sonic coherence throughout. From a musical perspective, “The River” further confirms The Valley’s ability to absorb major influences — especially bands such as Tool and Mastodon — and reinterpret them through a modern, essential and deeply personal approach. The single was once again mastered by Peter Doell, an internationally respected figure whose contribution helps give continuity, depth and character to the band’s sound. The official music video serves as the visual counterpart to the song’s conceptual universe and marks the return of the moth already featured in the previous single “Hypnagogia”, as well as in the band’s logo itself. A symbol that recalls the theme of eternal return and ideally brings to a close a specific artistic and recording cycle developed by the band over the past months.

Also watch the video for the earlier singles
‘Like I Never Lived (Without You)’: https://youtu.be/c_fsbDpIGdU
‘Magpie’s Eyelid’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_C_xZunnN8
‘Eons’: https://youtu.be/3VbvAbrbQkw
‘Hypnagogia’: https://youtu.be/0zhsSfs6at4

Further info at
www.volcanopromotion.com
www.facebook.com/thevalleyprog

Available from today, February 27th on all digital platforms, THE VALLEY’s new single “Like I Never Lived (Without You)” is released via Volcano Records & Promotion and produced in Los Angeles by Fabrizio Grossi (Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, Slash).

With this new track, the Ligurian alt-prog band takes a significant step forward, expanding its artistic path into an international dimension while preserving its distinctive sonic identity. “Like I Never Lived (Without You)” is an intense and straightforward song, built on constantly evolving emotional dynamics, where enveloping guitars and atmospheric tension merge with a deeply expressive vocal performance. The song explores themes of absence and emotional dependency, transforming loss into awareness.

The band’s alternative soul intertwines with progressive influences in a mature balance that recalls acts such as Incubus, Alice In Chains, and Faith No More, without ever losing its own personality. The production plays a crucial role in the project: Fabrizio Grossi coordinated the work from Los Angeles, bringing an international vision to the band’s sound. The mastering was handled by legendary American sound engineer Pete Doell (Miles Davis, Toto, Marilyn Manson), while all recordings were entirely carried out by The Valley in their own studio in Liguria, confirming an independent yet ambitious artistic journey.

“Like I Never Lived (Without You)” is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all major streaming platforms. The official music video is now streaming on Volcano Records’ YouTube channel at the following link: https://youtu.be/c_fsbDpIGdU

Also watch the video for the earlier singles
‘Magpie’s Eyelid’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_C_xZunnN8
‘Eons’: https://youtu.be/3VbvAbrbQkw
‘Hypnagogia’: https://youtu.be/0zhsSfs6at4

Further info at
www.volcanopromotion.com
www.facebook.com/thevalleyprog

‘Magpie’s Eyelid’ is the new single by THE VALLEY, now available on all major digital platforms via Volcano Records & Promotion. The release is accompanied by a visionary lyric video that enhances the song’s conceptual and narrative depth.

 

The alt-prog band from Italy, following the release of two impactful tracks that captured the attention of both audience and industry insiders, now continues their journey with a new single that delves even deeper into their distinctive sound—a blend of alternative rock and progressive influences.

Magpie’s Eyelid offers a clear-eyed yet contradictory perspective on the allure of what frightens us. It reflects on how we observe pain from a distance, safe and detached, only to find ourselves strangely fascinated—until we realize that only what hits us directly can truly shake us. It’s an unstable balance between detachment and involvement, shame and desire, atonement and pretense. A deeply intense and multi-layered track, both lyrically and sonically, that confirms the band’s bold artistic direction.

Mixed and mastered by Mattia Miniati, with a lyric video created by Martin V.S.

Also watch the video for the earlier singles:
‘Eons’: https://youtu.be/3VbvAbrbQkw
‘Hypnagogia’: https://youtu.be/0zhsSfs6at4

Further info at
www.volcanopromotion.com
www.facebook.com/thevalleyprog

THE VALLEY return with ‘Eons’, a new, atmospheric track available from May 30th on all digital platforms via Volcano Records, and on YouTube with an official video directed by Marco Rimondi.

The alt-prog band from Liguria (Italy) confirms their ability to explore the most intimate and melancholic territories of contemporary progressive music, drawing inspiration from bands like Tool, Katatonia, and Riverside. Eons is a slow journey through loss, where time does not console but settles. The song moves between suspended dynamics, sharp riffs, and hypnotic melodies, with Eros Povigna’s voice tracing powerful emotional trajectories. The lyrics reflect on the existential sense of absence – a condition that constantly changes while always remaining, like a familiar and unresolved rain.

Produced and mixed by Mattia Miniati, Eons is the second single from The Valley’s upcoming project and marks a fundamental step in the band’s musical narrative.

Also watch the video for the earlier single ‘Hypnagogia’ at https://youtu.be/0zhsSfs6at4

Further info at
www.volcanopromotion.com
www.facebook.com/thevalleyprog

Alt-prog band THE VALLEY, a young and talented group from Liguria, Italy, release today their brand-new single ‘Hypnagogia’, now available on all major digital platforms via Volcano Records & Promotion.

 

With a sound that merges modern progressive influences with intense and evocative atmospheres, Hypnagogia is a deep and poetic reflection on that suspended moment between sleep and wakefulness, where dreams and reality blend. The track highlights the band’s ability to alternate engaging melodic passages with heavier, more unsettling sections, always maintaining a strong emotional and creative tension at the core.

“Hypnagogia is the isthmus in the mind that separates sleep from wakefulness, where everything is so vivid it might be real—or you might wake up and find yourself back in reality. Some believe that this very moment is the birthplace of creation, the true face of inspiration,” explain The Valley. Taking inspiration from bands like Tool, Porcupine Tree, and Katatonia, The Valley offer a personal vision of alternative progressive rock, avoiding clichés and impressing with intensity and originality.

Listen to Hypnagogia now and let yourself be carried away into the blurred boundary between dream and reality.

Further info at
www.volcanopromotion.com
www.facebook.com/thevalleyprog