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Fredd-E at 21:38, 11 September 2026

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 * One of the images shows a Rocket-like brutalist structure looming over a landscape, the structure in the image is the 300 Aragvians memorial in Zhinvali, Georgia during the Soviet-era, it was built to honor the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_Aragvians/ 300 Highlanders] from the Aragvi Valley who died defending Tbilisi during The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Krtsanisi/ Battle of Krtsanisi], the structure seems to be edited into a prairie in a similar style to a few other images.
 * One of the images features a giant structure looming over a crowd of people wearing straw hats, the structure in the image is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenstein_Library/ Joseph Regenstein library] on the main campus of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago/ University of Chicago] located in Illinois.
 == Release Notes ==

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-'''''Inferno''''' is the fifth studio album by [[Boards of Canada]], released on May 29th, 2026, via [[Warp Records]]. It comes thirteen years after their previous album, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'', the band's longest gap between albums to date. Departing from the Cold, Desolate, and Apocalyptic nature of its predecessor, [[Inferno]] marks a return to the warmth of the duo’s earlier works and arguably the [[Old Tunes saga]], mixing  the Occult ridden cryptic darkness of [[Geogaddi]], the warmth and nostalgia of [[Music Has The Right To Children]], and the organic guitar instrumentation of [[The Campfire Headphase]], [[Inferno]] is without a doubt is [[Boards of Canada]]’s darkest album since [[Geogaddi]], themes of the album reference Death, Rebirth, Religion, Magic, Science, and many more.
+[[Inferno]] is the fifth studio album by [[Boards of Canada]], released on May 29th, 2026, via [[Warp Records]]. It comes thirteen years after their previous album, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'', the band's longest gap between albums to date. Departing from the cold, desolate, and apocalyptic nature of its predecessor, Inferno marks a return to the warmth of the duo's earlier works and arguably the ''[[Old Tunes saga]]'', mixing  the occult ridden cryptic darkness of ''[[Geogaddi]]'', the warmth and nostalgia of ''[[Music Has The Right To Children]]'', and the organic guitar instrumentation of ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]''. Inferno is without a doubt [[Boards of Canada]]'s darkest album since ''[[Geogaddi]]''. Its themes reference death, rebirth, religion, magic, science, and many more.
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-'''''Inferno''''' is the fifth studio album by [[Boards of Canada]], released on May 29th, 2026, via [[Warp Records]]. It comes thirteen years after their previous album, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'', the band's longest gap between albums to date. Departing from the Cold, Desolate, and Apocalyptic nature of its predecessor, [[Inferno]] marks a return to the warmth of the duo’s earlier works and arguably the [[Old Tunes Saga]], mixing  the Occult ridden cryptic darkness of [[Geogaddi]], the warmth and nostalgia of [[Music Has The Right To Children, and the organic guitar instrumentation of [[The Campfire Headphase]], [[Inferno]] is without a doubt is [[Boards of Canada]]’s darkest album since [[Geogaddi]], themes of the album reference Death, Rebirth, Religion, Magic, Science, and many more.
+'''''Inferno''''' is the fifth studio album by [[Boards of Canada]], released on May 29th, 2026, via [[Warp Records]]. It comes thirteen years after their previous album, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'', the band's longest gap between albums to date. Departing from the Cold, Desolate, and Apocalyptic nature of its predecessor, [[Inferno]] marks a return to the warmth of the duo’s earlier works and arguably the [[Old Tunes saga]], mixing  the Occult ridden cryptic darkness of [[Geogaddi]], the warmth and nostalgia of [[Music Has The Right To Children]], and the organic guitar instrumentation of [[The Campfire Headphase]], [[Inferno]] is without a doubt is [[Boards of Canada]]’s darkest album since [[Geogaddi]], themes of the album reference Death, Rebirth, Religion, Magic, Science, and many more.
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-'''''Inferno''''' is the fifth studio album by [[Boards of Canada]], released on May 29th, 2026, via [[Warp Records]]. It comes thirteen years after their previous album, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'', the band's longest gap between albums to date.
+'''''Inferno''''' is the fifth studio album by [[Boards of Canada]], released on May 29th, 2026, via [[Warp Records]]. It comes thirteen years after their previous album, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'', the band's longest gap between albums to date. Departing from the Cold, Desolate, and Apocalyptic nature of its predecessor, [[Inferno]] marks a return to the warmth of the duo’s earlier works and arguably the [[Old Tunes Saga]], mixing  the Occult ridden cryptic darkness of [[Geogaddi]], the warmth and nostalgia of [[Music Has The Right To Children, and the organic guitar instrumentation of [[The Campfire Headphase]], [[Inferno]] is without a doubt is [[Boards of Canada]]’s darkest album since [[Geogaddi]], themes of the album reference Death, Rebirth, Religion, Magic, Science, and many more.
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 <sup>1</sup>: written by [[Michael Sandison|Mike Sandison]] and [[Marcus Eoin]]
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 * The font used in the front cover of the album resembles the one used in the title frame of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Tarkovsky?wprov=sfla1 Andrei Tarkovsky]’s 1979 film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_%281979_film%29?wprov=sfla1 ''Stalker''] both in color and design. The main plot of the film revolves around a pilgrimage of a kind walked by the trio of the Stalker, the Writer and the Professor. In the film, the Stalker (who guides tourists through the Zone, which he believes possesses the magical properties of wondermaking and wish fulfilment) plays a role of a mentor and/or a chaperon for the Writer (who has lost any motivation to live and work and who genuinely doesn't believe in the miraculous properties of the Zone yet wants to try making a wish there) and for the Scientist (who believes that the Zone is dangerous and wants to destroy it). The film itself is based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_and_Boris_Strugatsky?wprov=sfla1 Brothers Strugatskys’] book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic?wprov=sfla1 ''The Roadside Picnic'']. Both the book and the film take place in a post-apocalyptic world, which might be a reference to the previous Boards of Canada album [[Tomorrow's Harvest]]. Furthermore, alike to an album, both the book and the film touch upon the topic of miracles and magic that cannot be fully explained by a conventional scientific knowledge.
 * In the liner notes for ''[[Inferno]]'' [[Mike Sandison]] is credited with "audio evocations", although it is currently unknown what it exactly means, the word evocation is often associated with a western tradition which involves magic and the summoning of spirits, demons, deities, or other supernatural agents.
 == Release Notes ==

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 == Artwork Sources and Locations ==
-* The Artwork inside the liner notes for [[Inferno]] consists of images likely from the 1970s to 1980s (sometimes with second images overlaid onto them) made to look extremely deteriorated and in very poor condition with scratches, warping, discoloration, and reddish stains in a similar way to the cover art for []Inferno]], some of the sources for the images have been found, while the places inside the images have been located,
+* The Artwork inside the liner notes for [[Inferno]] consists of images likely from the 1970s to 1980s (sometimes with second images overlaid onto them) made to look extremely deteriorated and in very poor condition with scratches, warping, discoloration, and reddish stains in a similar way to the cover art for [[Inferno]], some of the sources for the images have been found, while the places inside the images have been located,
-* One of the images is a heavily distorted still from a 1971 Educational film called “Wondering About Things”.
+* One of the images is a heavily distorted still from a 1971 Educational film called “[https://youtu.be/-eZiuQbInbs?si=UNznGsr8WxKg4LTt&t=178/ Wondering About Things]”.
-* An image in the artwork featuring a modernist style church with a hexagon pattern overlaid behind it is a highly edited version of a 1970s post card of the St Timothy’s Memorial Chapel, located near the ghost town of Southern Cross in Montana.
+* An image in the artwork featuring a modernist style church with a hexagon pattern overlaid behind it is a highly edited version of a [https://www.ebay.com/itm/175347279305/ 1970s post card of the St Timothy’s Memorial Chapel], located near the ghost town of Southern Cross in Montana.
-* An image in the artwork appears to show what appears to be a brutalist style wall inside a prairie, this wall turns out to be a side of the Canadian War Museum located in Ottawa, Ontario, although the museum isn’t actually in a prairie like in the image.
+* An image in the artwork appears to show what appears to be a brutalist style wall inside a prairie, this wall turns out to be a side of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_War_Museum/ Canadian War Museum] located in Ottawa, Ontario, although the museum isn’t actually in a prairie like in the image.
-* One of the images shows a Rocket-like brutalist structure looming over a landscape, the structure in the image is the 300 Aragvians memorial in Zhinvali, Georgia during the Soviet-era, it was built to honor the 300 Highlanders from the Aragvi Valley who died defending Tbilisi during The Battle of Krtsanisi, the structure seems to be edited into a prairie in a similar style to a few other images.
+* One of the images shows a Rocket-like brutalist structure looming over a landscape, the structure in the image is the 300 Aragvians memorial in Zhinvali, Georgia during the Soviet-era, it was built to honor the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_Aragvians/ 300 Highlanders] from the Aragvi Valley who died defending Tbilisi during The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Krtsanisi/ Battle of Krtsanisi], the structure seems to be edited into a prairie in a similar style to a few other images.
-* One of the images features a giant structure looming over a crowd of people wearing straw hats, the structure in the image is the Joseph Regenstein library on the main campus of the University of Chicago located in Illinois.
+* One of the images features a giant structure looming over a crowd of people wearing straw hats, the structure in the image is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenstein_Library/ Joseph Regenstein library] on the main campus of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago/ University of Chicago] located in Illinois.
 == Leadup ==

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	== Artwork Sources and Locations ==		== Artwork Sources and Locations ==
		+	* The Artwork inside the liner notes for [[Inferno]] consists of images likely from the 1970s to 1980s (sometimes with second images overlaid onto them) made to look extremely deteriorated and in very poor condition with scratches, warping, discoloration, and reddish stains in a similar way to the cover art for []Inferno]], some of the sources for the images have been found, while the places inside the images have been located,
		+	* One of the images is a heavily distorted still from a 1971 Educational film called “Wondering About Things”.
		+	* An image in the artwork featuring a modernist style church with a hexagon pattern overlaid behind it is a highly edited version of a 1970s post card of the St Timothy’s Memorial Chapel, located near the ghost town of Southern Cross in Montana.
		+	* An image in the artwork appears to show what appears to be a brutalist style wall inside a prairie, this wall turns out to be a side of the Canadian War Museum located in Ottawa, Ontario, although the museum isn’t actually in a prairie like in the image.
		+	* One of the images shows a Rocket-like brutalist structure looming over a landscape, the structure in the image is the 300 Aragvians memorial in Zhinvali, Georgia during the Soviet-era, it was built to honor the 300 Highlanders from the Aragvi Valley who died defending Tbilisi during The Battle of Krtsanisi, the structure seems to be edited into a prairie in a similar style to a few other images.
		+	* One of the images features a giant structure looming over a crowd of people wearing straw hats, the structure in the image is the Joseph Regenstein library on the main campus of the University of Chicago located in Illinois.

	== Leadup ==		== Leadup ==

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