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−	'''''Inferno''''' is the upcoming fifth studio album by [[Boards of Canada]], scheduled for release on '''29 May 2026''' via [[Warp Records]]. It is the long-anticipated follow-up to their 2013 album ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]''&mdash;a gap of nearly thirteen years, the band's longest 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 [[Boards of Canada]]'s darkest album since ''[[Geogaddi]]''. Its themes reference death, rebirth, religion, magic, science, and many more.
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	== Tracks ==		== Tracks ==
		+	''Inferno's'' liner notes credit all writing and production to [[Michael Sandison|Mike Sandison]].<ref name="discogs">[https://www.discogs.com/master/4239108-Boards-Of-Canada-Inferno "Boards Of Canada – Inferno"] on Discogs</ref>
		+	[https://ascap.com ASCAP]'s Repertory Search also credits some writing to [[Marcus Eoin]].<ref>[https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/performer/BOARDS%20OF%20CANADA BOARDS OF CANADA, ACE Repertory], ascap.com</ref>
	# "[[Introit]]" &ndash; 0:36		# "[[Introit]]" &ndash; 0:36
−	# "[[Prophecy At 1420 MHz]]" &ndash; 5:04	+	# "[[Prophecy At 1420 MHz]]"<sup>1</sup> &ndash; 5:04
	# "[[Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan]]" &ndash; 4:44		# "[[Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan]]" &ndash; 4:44
	# "[[Age Of Capricorn]]" &ndash; 3:52		# "[[Age Of Capricorn]]" &ndash; 3:52
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	# "[[Memory Death]]" &ndash; 2:37		# "[[Memory Death]]" &ndash; 2:37
	# "[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" &ndash; 5:20		# "[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" &ndash; 5:20
−	# "[[Into The Magic Land]]" &ndash; 4:35	+	# "[[Into The Magic Land]]"<sup>1</sup> &ndash; 4:35
−	# "[[Blood In The Labyrinth]]" &ndash; 4:55	+	# "[[Blood In The Labyrinth]]"<sup>1</sup> &ndash; 4:55
	# "[[Deep Time]]" &ndash; 3:18		# "[[Deep Time]]" &ndash; 3:18
−	# "[[All Reason Departs]]" &ndash; 6:14	+	# "[[All Reason Departs]]"<sup>1</sup> &ndash; 6:14
−	# "[[Arena Americanada]]" &ndash; 5:22	+	# "[[Arena Americanada]]"<sup>1</sup> &ndash; 5:22
−	# "[[The Process]]" &ndash; 3:01	+	# "[[The Process]]"<sup>1</sup> &ndash; 3:01
	# "[[You Retreat In Time And Space]]" &ndash; 5:25		# "[[You Retreat In Time And Space]]" &ndash; 5:25
	# "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" &ndash; 2:39		# "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" &ndash; 2:39
		+	Bonus flexi disc (Red 2LP vinyl edition only):
		+	# "[[Vol.4 - P. Primers - 177 Giraud's Mirror]]" &ndash; 3:24 ''
		+	<sup>1</sup>: written by [[Michael Sandison|Mike Sandison]] and [[Marcus Eoin]]
−	Total running time &ndash; '''69:51'''
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−	== Announcement ==
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−	The album was officially announced in the lead-up to its '''29 May 2026''' release date, following over a decade of speculation and a substantial uptick in activity on [[Boards of Canada]]'s social media and affiliated web properties through 2025 and into early 2026.
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−	For the prior period of anticipation and speculation, see the article formerly titled ''[[LP5]]''.
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−	=== Official Statements ===
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−	* [[Marcus Eoin]], June 2013: "It feels like neither of those things from our perspective because we've always been working! We'd be making music anyway even if nobody was listening, and '''we've no intention of stopping''', so this is just a continuation." &mdash; in response to the question "Is this record a new beginning or maybe the end? How does it feel for you?", from the interview [[The Charms of the Sphinx]].
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−	* [[MDG]], June 2022: "Nothing specific I'm allowed to share yet unfortunately, just that '''a new album is on its way'''."
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−	* [[Bleep.com|Bleep]], April 2023: "we don't know '''when''' the new [[BoC]] album is coming" &mdash; note the use of ''when'' rather than ''if'', implying the album was confirmed to be in progress.<ref>https://bleep.com/newsletters/boards-of-canada--music-has-the-right-to-children-25th-anv-1</ref>
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−	* [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s official [https://www.threads.net/@boardsofcanada Threads], July 2023: "Follow here for '''future news''' & '''announcements''' etc."
	== Leadup ==		== Leadup ==
−	=== Instagram Likes (2025) ===	+	''Main article: [[Road to Inferno]]''
−	''Main article: [[LP5]]''	+	Speculation for the album's release preceded its official announcement by over a decade, with the band and its associates sparsely giving out new information. Activity notably increased in 2025, including the band's Instagram account [[Road_to_Inferno#Instagram_Likes|liking comments related to a new album]], a ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]''-era [[Cosecha-transmisiones.com|website]] [[Road_to_Inferno#Cosecha_Transmisiones|coming online once again]], and [[Road_to_Inferno#New_Merchandise|new merchandise being put on sale]]. For a more detailed look on the band's activities during this period, see the article [[Road to Inferno]].
−	Starting in March 2025, [[BoC]] liked numerous comments across their official [https://www.instagram.com/boardsofcanada/ Instagram], the vast majority on the topic of new music. See [[:Category:Instagram]] for the full archive and [[LP5#Table|the LP5 table]] for a summary.	+	== Promotional Campaign ==
		+	''Main article: [[2026 Promo Campaign]]''
−	=== Cosecha Transmisiones ===	+	In early April 2026, multiple fans received unmarked VHS tapes through the mail, with sender addresses related to [[Warp Records|Warp]] and their online storefront [[Bleep.com|Bleep]]. About a week after, posters with imagery reminiscent of the band started appearing in multiple places around the UK and US. For an in-depth look at the days preceding the album's announcement, see the article [[2026 Promo Campaign]].
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−	''Main article: [[Cosecha-transmisiones.com]]''
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−	On '''1 May 2025''', users on [[Twoism (messageboard)|Twoism]] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada r/boardsofcanada] noticed that the website [[Cosecha-transmisiones.com|cosecha-transmisiones.com]]&mdash;originally used in the promotion of ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]''&mdash;had been updated to read:
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−	<code>nobody home... /// -. --- -... --- -.. -.-- / .... --- -- . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.-</code>
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−	Over the following months the site displayed a rotating sequence of error messages and cryptic fragments before being redirected to the original [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2lyYEUPat8 ''Tomorrow's Harvest'' Transmission] video on 29 August 2025. With the announcement of ''Inferno'', the relationship between the 2025 reactivation of the site and the eventual album release is an open question for fans.
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−	=== New Merchandise ===
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−	On '''6 June 2025''', new [[Boards of Canada]] merchandise was announced and exclusively available at [[Bleep.com|Bleep]], produced on unisex Stanley and Stella blanks with a [[Boards of Canada]] neck label.<ref>https://bleep.com/boards-of-canada-2025-merchandise</ref><ref>https://warp.net/artists/boards-of-canada</ref><ref>https://bsky.app/profile/bleep.com/post/3lqxaqw2mj22s</ref><ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/DKkNBcdIEfz/?img_index=1</ref> Shipping from Bleep's UK and USA warehouses began on 11 June. The release was widely read as a prelude to an album announcement.
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−	=== Twoism 30 ===
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−	On '''15 August 2025''', [[Boards of Canada]] uploaded a ''[[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]'' 30th-anniversary celebration video to their social media accounts.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/DNYMbzWMJIZ/</ref><ref>https://www.threads.com/@boardsofcanada/post/DNYN0UYMSVj</ref><ref>https://bsky.app/profile/boardsofcanada.bsky.social/post/3lwhdn4y3vk2d</ref><ref>https://x.com/boardsofcanada/status/1956358894902550775</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/videos/1494936234977208</ref> The band's first publicly-available vinyl mini album ''[[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]''&mdash;originally limited to 100 copies in 1995&mdash;was made available through [[Bleep.com]].
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−	On the same post, [[Boards of Canada]] liked a large batch of comments speculating about a forthcoming album.
	== Title and Themes ==		== Title and Themes ==
−	The title ''Inferno'' is '''Dante Alighieri''''s first canticle of the ''Divine Comedy'' (c. 1308&ndash;1320), the descent through the nine circles of hell. The album's 18 tracks thus naturally read as 9 + 9 &mdash; descent and ascent, ''Inferno'' and ''Purgatorio'' &mdash; with the closing "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" supplying the ''Paradiso'''s beatific vision. Taken title by title, ''Inferno'' is the most '''explicitly religious and mystical record''' in the [[Boards of Canada]] catalogue &mdash; a far more concentrated pursuit of the cult-and-scripture thread that ran through ''[[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]'' and ''[[Geogaddi]]''.	+	As a word, ''Inferno'' references hell and places reminiscent of it. It is the most explicit reference to religion and the occult since their 2002 album ''[[Geogaddi]]'' and 2000 EP ''[[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]''. The album's titles also heavily refer to concepts in cosmology and physics.
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−	=== Christian Liturgy ===
−	* "[[Introit]]" &mdash; the processional opening of a Catholic Mass.
−	* "[[Father And Son]]" &mdash; the first two persons of the Holy Trinity.
−	* "[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" &mdash; direct citation of the Gospel of John 1:14 (the Incarnation).
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−	=== Eastern Religions ===
−	* "[[Naraka]]" &mdash; the hell realms of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh cosmology.
−	* "[[Memory Death]]" &mdash; dissolution of memory in the Tibetan bardo (''Bardo Thödol'').
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−	=== Occult, Magick, and New Religious Movements ===
−	* "[[Acts Of Magic]]" &mdash; Crowleyan '''Magick''' as the art of change conforming to will.
−	* "[[The Process]]" &mdash; '''The Process Church of the Final Judgment''', 1960s &ndash; 70s new-religious / cult movement (Robert de Grimston, ex-Scientology), syncretising Christ / Satan / Jehovah / Lucifer.
−	* "[[Into The Magic Land]]" &mdash; the mystical Otherworld / Faerie / land of the dead.
−
−	=== Prophecy, Cosmos, Creation ===
−	* "[[Prophecy At 1420 MHz]]" &mdash; the '''hydrogen line''', the SETI frequency, framed prophetically.
−	* "[[Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan]]" &mdash; Big Bang nucleosynthesis + the biblical sea-monster of Job 41 / Psalm 74 / Isaiah 27:1.
−	* "[[Age Of Capricorn]]" &mdash; astrological / precessional age (Capricorn = the ''sea-goat'').
−	* "[[Deep Time]]" &mdash; geological time as the Hindu/Buddhist ''kalpa'', as eternity.
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−	=== Sacrifice and Martyrdom ===
−	* "[[Blood In The Labyrinth]]" &mdash; the Cretan Minotaur myth, the ritual sacrifice of Athenian youths, and the Chartres labyrinth as medieval pilgrimage substitute.
−	* "[[Arena Americanada]]" &mdash; the '''Roman arena''' as the space of martyrdom / gladiatorial spectacle, portmanteau'd through '''America''' / '''Canada''' / '''''Americana'''''.
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−	=== Contemplation, Time Transcendence, Vision ===
−	* "[[Somewhere Right Now In The Future]]" &mdash; the theological ''nunc stans'', divine timelessness.
−	* "[[You Retreat In Time And Space]]" &mdash; the monastic / Buddhist '''retreat'''.
−	* "[[All Reason Departs]]" &mdash; Goya's "sleep of reason breeds monsters" paired with the mystical ''via negativa'' / apophatic tradition (Pseudo-Dionysius, Eckhart, ''The Cloud of Unknowing'').
−	* "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" &mdash; physicist '''Julian Barbour''''s timeless configuration-space of the universe, read through '''Plato''''s ladder of ascent and the Neoplatonic / Christian-mystical tradition of "seeing through" appearance to the One. The album's closing '''beatific vision'''.
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−	=== Structural Note ===
−	At '''18 tracks''' the album naturally divides 9 + 9, mirroring Dante's '''9 circles of hell''' (doubled for descent-and-ascent, or Inferno-and-Purgatorio). The shape moves: '''liturgical entry''' ("[[Introit]]") &rarr; '''prophetic cosmos''' &rarr; '''Trinity''' &rarr; '''eschatology''' &rarr; '''Eastern hell''' &rarr; '''occult practice''' &rarr; '''Buddhist memory-death''' &rarr; '''Incarnation''' &rarr; '''mystical pilgrimage''' &rarr; '''sacrificial myth''' &rarr; '''deep time''' &rarr; '''ecstatic unreason''' &rarr; '''arena / martyrdom''' &rarr; '''cult''' &rarr; '''retreat''' &rarr; '''beatific vision'''.
		+	* An "[[Introit]]" is a song or psalm that is sung or recited at the beginning of a Christian mass.
		+	* "[[Father And Son]]" could reference the Holy Trinity, which consists of the two and The Holy Spirit.
		+	* "[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" is a quotation from [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:14&version=NIV verse 1:14] of the Gospel of John.
		+	* "[[Naraka]]" references the realm of hell seen in Indian religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
		+	* "[[The Process]]" could refer to the Process Church of the Final Judgement, a new religious movement which briefly existed in the 1960s and 70s. ''The Process'' was the title of their magazine.
		+	* "[[Prophecy At 1420 MHz]]" references the hydrogen line, a specific wavelength of radiation emitted by hydrogen as it undergoes a quantum transition. It has been used to investigate the properties of the universe, and search for extraterrestrial life.
		+	* "[[Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan]]" refers to the first three elements of the periodic table and the mythical sea creature.
		+	* "[[Age Of Capricorn]]" refers to the tenth sign of the astrological zodiac, and is the astrological age that follows the Age of Aquarius. The symbol of capricorn is the goat, which is symbolic in christian and pre-christian beliefs.
		+	* "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" could refer to a concept by Julian Barbour of a realm called Platonia, which contains every possible configuration of the universe.
	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==
−	=== Catalogue number 496 ===	+	* ''[[Inferno]]'' has been assigned the catalog number [https://warp.net/releases/590960-inferno/tracklist WARP496]. This seems to be a deliberate request from the band themselves, as preceding [[Warp]] releases such as Squarepusher's [https://warp.net/releases/576448-kammerkonzert/ Kammerkonzert] and Oneohtrix Point Never's [https://warp.net/releases/552598-tranquilizer/ Tranquilizer] have catalog numbers of 417 and 411, respectively.
−		+	** 496 is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_number perfect number] and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_number hexagonal number].
−	The ''Inferno'' vinyl, CD and digital editions carry the catalogue numbers '''WARPLP496''', '''WARPCD496''' and '''WARP496''' respectively. 496 appears to be a deliberate choice rather than the next number in Warp's sequence:	+	** 496 also holds significance in gematria (Jewish numerology). Representing Kingdom (Malkhut / מלכות). It should be further noted that 496 is the 31st Triangle number, which holds further significance as 31 is the gematria of the word God (El / אֵל).
−		+	* Inferno's runtime is exactly 70 minutes. This seems to be deliberate, as 70 is a reoccurring number in the duo's work (e.g. [[Music70]], "[[Sixtyten]]", "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]").
−	* The immediately preceding Warp albums carry much lower catalogue numbers — Nala Sinephro's ''Endlessness'' is [https://yoyaku.io/release/nala-sinephro-endlessness-lp-warplp358/ WARPLP358] (Sept 2024), [[wikipedia:Kwes|kwes]]'s ''Kinds'' is WARPLP400 (27 Feb 2026), and [[wikipedia:Squarepusher|Squarepusher]]'s April 2026 release is WARPLP417. Seven weeks after Squarepusher at 417, the catalogue jumps 79 numbers straight to 496 for ''Inferno''.	+	** The album's final track, "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]", ends with 9 seconds of silence, bringing up the runtime to exactly 70 minutes. The duo has done this in the past with ''[[Geogaddi]]'', where the fully silent "[[Magic Window]]" brings up the album's runtime to 66:06.<ref>[https://bocpages.org/wiki/Stirred_Up_The_Ashes "Stirred Up The Ashes"], Heiko Hoffmann, Earplug, 2005</ref>
−	* Warp's digital (WARPDA) sequence shows the same jump: recent numbers include WARPDA408, 411, 414, 415, 417, then skip to WARPDA496 as the digital SKU for ''Inferno''.<ref>https://warp.net/discography</ref>	+	* On May 27th, 2026, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House] posted a promotional video for the Trump administration that featured an audio excerpt from [[Tape 05]]/[[Deep Time]] with a familiar degraded VHS tape aesthetic. They received heavy criticism from fans, with [[Warp Records|Warp]] and [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] condemning the "unauthorised use of their music for political messaging."<ref>[https://ra.co/news/85287 "The White House uses new Boards of Canada track for promo video"], Michael Lawson, Resident Advisor, 2026</ref>
−		+	* 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.
−	'''496 is mathematically and physically significant in several ways:'''	+	* 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.
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−	* It is the '''third perfect number''' — a positive integer equal to the sum of its proper divisors: 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 31 + 62 + 124 + 248 = 496. The first two perfect numbers are 6 and 28. 496 = 2<sup>4</sup>·(2<sup>5</sup> − 1), where 31 is a [[wikipedia:Mersenne prime|Mersenne prime]].
−	* It is the '''31st [[wikipedia:Triangular number|triangular number]]''' — the sum of all integers from 1 to 31.
−	* In theoretical physics, '''496 is the dimension of the gauge groups E<sub>8</sub>×E<sub>8</sub> and SO(32)''' — the two groups that allow [[wikipedia:Heterotic string|heterotic string theory]] to be anomaly-free under the [[wikipedia:Green–Schwarz mechanism|Green–Schwarz mechanism]] (1984). It is one of the most recognisable numbers in 20th-century mathematical physics.
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−	The choice is consistent with [[Boards of Canada]]'s history of numerical encoding (e.g. ''[[Geogaddi]]'' contains 23 tracks tied to the "23 Enigma" / Discordianism, a 66:06 running time read as 666, and a Japanese release date of 13 February 2002 keyed to Revelation 13:18) and with the album's pervasive physics and cosmology references — see "[[Prophecy At 1420 MHz]]", "[[Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan]]", "[[Deep Time]]" and "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]".
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−	=== Running time 70:00 ===
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−	The album proper runs '''69:51'''. However, a companion digital release — '''''Inferno (Continuous Mix)''''', issued alongside the album on 29 May 2026 via [[Bleep.com|Bleep]] as a standalone pre-order in MP3, FLAC and WAV 24-bit formats<ref>https://bleep.com/release/590977-boards-of-canada-inferno-continuous-mix</ref> — is '''exactly 70:00''' in length. The round 70-minute target appears deliberate.
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−	70 carries dense religious and mystical weight that is consistent with the album's cross-tradition themes:
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−	* '''[[wikipedia:Septuagint|Septuagint]]''' (LXX, literally "seventy") — the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, legendarily produced by 70 (or 72) translators under Ptolemy II. It is the Old Testament used by the early Christian Church and remains the canonical text of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. A natural pairing with "[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]".
−	* '''The 70 disciples''' sent out by Jesus in [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A1 Luke 10:1], mirroring the '''70 nations''' of Genesis 10's Table of Nations — the traditional list of all the peoples of the world.
−	* '''70 elders of Israel''' (Numbers 11:16-25), the original [[wikipedia:Sanhedrin|Sanhedrin]] — the body that, in the Gospel narratives, tries Jesus.
−	* '''70 years of Babylonian exile''' (Jeremiah 25:11, 29:10) — an exact span of captivity and return. Thematically adjacent to "[[You Retreat In Time And Space]]".
−	* '''[[wikipedia:Seventy weeks|Daniel's 70 weeks]]''' (Daniel 9:24-27) — one of the most famous apocalyptic prophecies in scripture, spelling out the sequence leading to "the end of desolations". A direct parallel to "[[Prophecy At 1420 MHz]]" and the album title's descent-and-judgement frame.
−	* In Kabbalah, '''the 70 names of God''' and the ''70 faces of Torah'' — each verse holding 70 legitimate readings.
−	Taken with the 496-number catalogue choice above, the running time strengthens the reading that ''Inferno'' is numerologically constructed: '''70 (biblical / Kabbalistic completeness)''' and '''496 (the third perfect number; anomaly-cancellation in heterotic string theory)'''.	+	== 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, discolouration, 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 "[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 [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 [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 [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.
		+	* The back cover art for [[Inferno]] features a highly edited version of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal%C3%A1cio_do_Planalto/ Palácio do Planalto], a government Building located in Brasília, Brazil, edited into a canyon
	== Release Notes ==		== Release Notes ==
		+	All personnel credits adapted from ''Inferno's'' liner notes.<ref name="discogs" />
−	''(To be populated from Warp's promotional copy once released.)''	+	* [[Mike Sandison]]&nbsp;– electronics, synths, tapes, programming, audio evocations, drums, percussion, guitars, bass, string instruments, processes, sound design
		+	* [[Marcus Eoin]]&nbsp;– electronics, synths, tapes, processes, sound design
		+	* [[Boards of Canada]]&nbsp;– recording, artwork, films, photo collage, design
		+	* [https://www.thisismetropolis.com/engineers/matt-colton/ Matt Colton] &nbsp;– mastering engineer
−	== Quotes ==	+	On streaming platforms, [[Boards of Canada]] is credited as the sole composer and producer.<ref>[https://tidal.com/album/528351285/credits Inferno / Boards of Canada / Credits] on Tidal</ref>
−
−	''(To be populated as interviews appear around the release.)''
	== See Also ==		== See Also ==
−		+	* [[Road to Inferno]]
−	* [[LP5]] &ndash; archived speculation/leadup page
	* [[2026 Promo Campaign]]		* [[2026 Promo Campaign]]
−	* [[Tomorrow's Harvest]] &ndash; previous studio album (2013)	+	* [[Inferno listening parties]]
	* [[Discography]]		* [[Discography]]
	* [[Timeline]]		* [[Timeline]]
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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
		+	=== Press ===
		+	{| class="wikitable sortable"
		+	! publication !! article
		+	|-
		+	| Asatunews || [https://www.asatunews.co.id/en/boards-canada-announces-new-album Boards of Canada Announces New Album Inferno for May Release]
		+	|-
		+	| Billboard || [https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/boards-of-canada-inferno-stream-it-now-1236259803/ After a Prolonged Absence, Boards of Canada Fires-Up With ‘Inferno’ - Stream It Now]
		+	|-
		+	| Billboard || [https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/boards-of-canada-new-album-inferno-1236229593/ Boards of Canada set new album 'inferno']
		+	|-
		+	| Clash Magazine || [https://www.clashmusic.com/news/boards-of-canada-announce-new-album-inferno/ Boards Of Canada Announce New Album ‘Inferno’]
		+	|-
		+	| Consequence Sound || [https://consequence.net/2026/04/boards-of-canada-inferno-new-album/ Boards of Canada Announce New Album Inferno]
		+	|-
		+	| DJ Mag || [https://djmag.com/news/boards-of-canada-announce-new-album-inferno Boards Of Canada announce new album, ‘Inferno’]
		+	|-
		+	| Igloo Magazine || [https://igloomag.com/newswire/boards-of-canada-announce-inferno-warp Boards of Canada announce Inferno (Warp) — May 29, 2026]
		+	|-
		+	| MusicRadar || [https://www.musicradar.com/artists/boards-of-canada-dayvan-cowboy-repub “It’s like you are witnessing the fading of your own memories”: How Boards of Canada brewed a serene genre-blurring classic]
		+	|-
		+	| NME || [https://www.nme.com/news/music/boards-of-canada-announce-inferno-their-first-album-in-13-years-3941899 Boards Of Canada announce ‘Inferno’ – their first album in 13 years]
		+	|-
		+	| Opus || [https://opus.ing/p/boards-of-canada-announce-new-album-titled-inferno Boards of Canada Announce New Album Titled Inferno]
		+	|-
		+	| Pitchfork || [https://pitchfork.com/news/boards-of-canada-announce-new-album-inferno/ Boards of Canada Reveal New Album Inferno]
		+	|-
		+	| Resident Advisor || [https://nl.ra.co/news/85026 Boards of Canada confirm new album, Inferno]
		+	|-
		+	| Rockshit Magazine || [https://rockshotmagazine.com/boards-of-canada-announce-long-awaited-new-album-inferno/ Boards Of Canada Announce Long-Awaited New Album ‘Inferno’]
		+	|-
		+	| Stereogum || [https://stereogum.com/2496646/boards-of-canada-announce-new-album-inferno/news Boards Of Canada Announce New Album Inferno]
		+	|-
		+	| The Line of Best Fit || [https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/boards-of-canada-reveal-details-of-inferno-first-new-album-in-13-years Boards of Canada reveal details of Inferno, first new album in 13 years]
		+	|-
		+	| The Quietus || [https://thequietus.com/news/boards-of-canada-announce-new-album-inferno/ Boards Of Canada Detail New Album, ‘Inferno’]
		+	|-
		+	| We Rave You || [https://weraveyou.com/2026/04/boards-of-canada-inferno-album-2026/ Boards of Canada announce new album ‘Inferno’ after 13-year break]
		+	|}
		+
		+	=== Reviews ===
		+	{| class="wikitable sortable"
		+	! score !! favorable !! publication !! independent !! foreign !! lang !! writer !! link !! paywall !! notes
		+	|-
		+	| 10 || 🟢 || Spill Magazine || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Andre Skinner || [https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★★★
		+	|-
		+	| 10 || 🟢 || Written In Music || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇳🇱 || Jeroen van der Vring || [https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★★★
		+	|-
		+	| 10 || 🟢 || The Herald || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Barry Didcock || [https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/26119902.indepth-review-boards-canada-inferno-five-star-return/ article] || 🔐 || ★★★★★
		+	|-
		+	| 10 || 🟢 || musicOMH || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Steven Johnson || [https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/boards-of-canada-inferno article] || 🔐 || ★★★★★
		+	|-
		+	| 10 || 🟢 || Europe Says || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || n/a || [https://www.europesays.com/canada/57411/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★★★
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Uncut || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Michael Bonner || [https://bsky.app/profile/uncutmagazine.bsky.social/post/3mmbyeuto722l article] || 🔐 || album of the month
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Arctic Reviews || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Andy || [https://arcticreviews.co.uk/2026/07/05/the-9s-13-boards-of-canada-inferno/ review] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Clash || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Sam Walker-Smart || [https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Sound of Violence || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇫🇷 || Franck Narquin || [https://www.soundofviolence.net/articles/album/6413/boards_of_canada_inferno.html article] || 🆓 || ★★★★½
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || File Under Fire || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Matt Young || [https://fileunderfire.com/album-reviews/is-boards-of-canadas-inferno-the-soundtrack-of-the-end-times-we-deserve/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Beats Per Minute || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Todd Deman || [https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 || 90%
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Under The Radar || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Tobias Furlong || [https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/inferno_boards_of_canada article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Northern Transmissions || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Erin Macleod || [https://northerntransmissions.com/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Dansende Beren || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇳🇱 || Tom Verhavert || [https://www.dansendeberen.be/2026/05/29/boards-of-canada-inferno-nostalgische-soundtrack-van-vergeten-herinneringen/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★★½
		+	|-
		+	| 9 || 🟢 || Gos Is In The TV || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Ed Jupp || [https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/06/02/boards-of-canada-inferno-warp/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★★☆
		+	|-
		+	| 8,6 || 🟢 || Pitchfork || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Philip Sherburne || [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🔐 || best new music
		+	|-
		+	| 8,5 || 🟢 || Boolin Tunes || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Dobbin T || [https://boolintunes.com/reviews/album-review-boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 8 || 🟢 || Stereo Board || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Jack Butler-Terry || [https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/251813/9 article] || 🆓 || ★★★★☆
		+	|-
		+	| 8 || 🟢 || RollingStone || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Michaelangelo Matos || [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/boards-of-canada-inferno-review-1235571024/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★★☆
		+	|-
		+	| 8 || 🟢 || Paste Magazine || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Grant Sharples || [https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/joanna-newsom/may-27-is-now-joanna-newsom-day article] || 🆓 || B
		+	|-
		+	| 8 || 🟢 || The Scotsman || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Fiona Shepherd || [https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/album-reviews-boards-of-canada-inferno-the-coral-radhika-autoleisureland-8636190 article] || 🔐 || ★★★★☆
		+	|-
		+	| 8 || 🟢 || The Skinny || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Lewis Wade || [https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/boards-of-canada-inferno article] || 🆓 || ★★★★☆
		+	|-
		+	| 8 || 🟢 || Mojo || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Andrew Male || [https://www.mojo4music.com/reviews/new-music/boards-of-canada-inferno-review-enigmatic-duo-turn-their-focus-to-the-present/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★★☆
		+	|-
		+	| 8 || 🟢 || Exclaim || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Daryl Keating || [https://exclaim.ca/music/rarticle/boards-of-canada-inferno-album-review article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 7 || 🟢 || Reading Indie Life || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Gareth Reading Indie Life || [https://readingindielife.uk/2026/05/29/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★½☆
		+	|-
		+	| 7 || 🟢 || Far Out Magazine || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Tom Phelan || [https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/boards-of-canada-inferno-album-review/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★½☆
		+	|-
		+	| 7 || 🟢 || Our Culture || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Konstantinos Pappis || [https://ourculturemag.com/2026/05/28/album-review-boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★½☆
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || dod Magazine || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇪🇸 || Fran González || [https://www.dodmagazine.es/critica-boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || POPnews || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇫🇷 || Mathieu Gandin || [https://www.popnews.com/2026/07/06/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Everything Is Noise || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Joseph Krebaum || [https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || A Cabine || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇵🇹 || Marco Rodrigues || [https://acabine.pt/2026/07/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Inverted Audio || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Ryan Pivovar || [https://inverted-audio.com/feature/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Big Takeover Magazine || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || James Broscheid || [https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/boards-of-canada-inferno-warp-records/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Manc Union || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Noah Mckie || [https://mancunion.com/2026/06/08/boards-of-canada-review/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || The Triangle || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Tegan Doherty || [https://www.thetriangle.org/article/electronic-duo-boards-of-canada-reemerge-with-inferno article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Les Inrocks || 🏢 || 🌍 || 🇫🇷 || François Moreau || [https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/inferno-comment-mettre-des-mots-sur-le-nouvel-album-de-boards-of-canada-697028-05-06-2026/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Is This Music? || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Ed Jupp || [https://www.isthismusic.com/boards-of-canada article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || OOR || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇳🇱 || Koen Poolman || [https://oor.nl/achtergronden/boards-of-canada-verkiest-de-schaduw-boven-de-schijnwerpers/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || No More Workhorse || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Killian Laher || [https://nomoreworkhorse.com/2026/06/03/boards-of-canada-inferno-album-review/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Echoes And Dust || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Geoff Topley || [https://echoesanddust.com/2026/06/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Igloo Magazine || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Kent Williams || [https://igloomag.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-inferno-warp article] || 🆓 || album of the week
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Treble || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Adam Blyweiss || [https://www.treblezine.com/boards-of-canada-inferno-review/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Anxious Musick Magazine || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇵🇱 || Karol Mazurek || [https://anxiousmagazine.pl/recenzje/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Chaos Reign || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇫🇷 || Romain Le Vern || [https://www.chaosreign.fr/inferno-le-nouvel-album-de-boards-of-canada-critique-review-avis-une-merveille-crepusculaire/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Nieuwste Hits || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇳🇱 || Jeroen Seegers || [https://nieuwstehits.nl/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || The Quietus || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Sereptie || [https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || DJ Mag || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Ben Cardew || [https://djmag.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-inferno article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || The Wall Street Journal || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Mark Richardson || [https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/inferno-by-boards-of-canada-review-bleak-and-beautiful-167e6e07 article] || 🔐 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Resident Advisor || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Sasha Geffen || [https://de.ra.co/reviews/36354 article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Attack Magazine || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Adam Douglas || [https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/columns/what-happened-at-boards-of-canadas-inferno-tokyo-listening-session/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Juno Daily || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Charlie Wright || [https://www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/2026/05/23/boards-of-canadas-inferno-album-first-listen-review/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || OOR || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇳🇱 || Koen Poolman || [https://oor.nl/albums/inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || taz.on weekend || 🏢 || 🌍 || 🇩🇪 || Julian Weber || [https://taz.de/!6177981/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || The Pop Corporation || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || ? || [https://thepopcorps.co.uk/2026/05/25/review-boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Sustratro || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇪🇸 || Miguel Pardo || [https://www.sustrato.io/textos/mantras-para-un-mundo-en-llamas-reflexiones-en-torno-a-inferno-de-boards-of-canada article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Dagens Nyheter || 🏢 || 🌍 || 🇸🇪 || Mattias Dahlström || [https://www.dn.se/kultur/boards-of-canadas-comeback-var-vard-all-vantan/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟢 || Stereogum || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Ted Davis || [https://stereogum.com/2502885/through-the-flames-of-hell-with-boards-of-canada/columns/crossing-wires article] || 🔐 ||
		+	|-
		+	| n/a || 🟡 || Loud And Quiet || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Sam Walton || [https://loudandquiet.substack.com/p/boards-of-canada-inferno-album-review article] || 🆓 || ★★★★☆☆
		+	|-
		+	| 6,6 || 🟡 || Magic || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇫🇷 || Wilfried Paris || [https://www.magicrpm.com/inferno-de-boards-of-canada-enfer-et-damna-son/ article] || 🆓 || ★★★☆☆
		+	|-
		+	| 6 || 🟡 || Slant Magazine || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Jackson Diianni || [https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/boards-of-canada-inferno-album-review/ article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 6 || 🟡 || The Needle Drop || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Anthony Fantano || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WFptvdd1Dw article] || 🆓 || ★★★☆☆
		+	|-
		+	| 6 || 🟡 || NRC || 🏢 || 🌍 || 🇳🇱 || Jonasz Dekkers || [https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/05/29/boards-of-canada-is-eindelijk-terug-bleachers-gooit-alle-registers-open-en-jan-vriend-heeft-een-nieuwe-voltreffer-a4928823?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=clipboard&utm_campaign=share&utm_term=share-modal&gift_token=49288233~1780762052~t53zRDOtRtCzEct0DTNzGw~ne8S1d9iDEQYNOwTgGgpXKP3-Or7TcOCOSqq5FV6Ihs article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|-
		+	| 6 || 🟡 || Mondo Sonoro || 🌱 || 🌍 || 🇪🇸 || Lluís S. Ceprián || [https://www.mondosonoro.com/criticas/discos-musica/boards-of-canada-inferno/ article] || 🆓 || ★★☆☆☆
		+	|-
		+	| 4 || 🔴 || Financial Times || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Ludovic Hunter-Tilney || [https://www.ft.com/content/af214775-519b-4c94-8db7-6b5207cc70bd?syn-25a6b1a6=1 article] || 🔐 || ★★☆☆☆
		+	|-
		+	| 4 || 🔴 || The Guardian || 🏢 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Ben Beaumont-Thomas || [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/23/boards-of-canada-inferno-review-after-13-years-away-their-prodigal-return-is-a-big-disappointment article] || 🆓 || ★★☆☆☆
		+	|-
		+	| 4 || 🔴 || The Arts Desk || 🌱 || 🏠 || 🇬🇧 || Ibi Keita || [https://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/boards-canada-channel-dante-inferno-seem-even-more-lost article] || 🆓 ||
		+	|}
−	* [https://warp.net/artists/boards-of-canada Boards of Canada on Warp Records]	+	Additional reviews: https://www.metacritic.com/music/inferno/boards-of-canada
−	* [https://bleep.com/boards-of-canada Boards of Canada on Bleep]	+
		+	=== Shops ===
		+	* [https://bleep.com/boards-of-canada-inferno Bleep]
		+	* [https://www.hhv.de/en/records/item/boards-of-canada-inferno-1392710 HHV]
		+	* [https://www.crashrecords.co.uk/products/boards-of-canada-inferno-pre-order Crash Records]
		+	* [https://www.jumborecords.co.uk/music-single.asp?product_id=WARPCD496 Jumbo Records]
		+	* [https://www.normanrecords.com/records/215515-boards-of-canada-inferno Norman Records]
		+	* [https://www.roughtrade.com/product/boards-of-canada/inferno-4 Rough Trade]
		+	* [https://thevaultcollectiveltd.co.uk/products/boards-of-canada-inferno The Vault Collective ltd]
		+
		+	=== Various ===
		+	* [https://cutt.ly/inferno-survey-results bocpages: Inferno Survey Results]
		+	* [https://forum.keyosc.com/topic/1980-inferno-may-29-2026/ Keyosc discussion: "Inferno" May 29 2026]
	* [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15631 Twoism discussion: General New Release Speculation Topic Part II]		* [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15631 Twoism discussion: General New Release Speculation Topic Part II]
		+	* [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16008 Twoism discussion: LP5 - Inferno]
		+	* [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16027 Twoism discussion: Inferno Sessions]
		+	* [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16126 Twoism discussion: Inferno Reviews]
	== References ==		== References ==
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Inferno
Label(s)	Warp Records
Catalogue No(s)	WARP496
Release date(s)	29 May 2026
Format(s)	Gatefold 2xLP Deluxe 2xLP + Flexi Disc CD Cassette Digital Merch Bundles
Running time(s)	70:00

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.

Tracks[edit]

Inferno's liner notes credit all writing and production to Mike Sandison.^[1] ASCAP's Repertory Search also credits some writing to Marcus Eoin.^[2]

1. "Introit" – 0:36
2. "Prophecy At 1420 MHz"¹ – 5:04
3. "Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan" – 4:44
4. "Age Of Capricorn" – 3:52
5. "Father And Son" – 3:24
6. "Somewhere Right Now In The Future" – 2:26
7. "Naraka" – 5:01
8. "Acts Of Magic" – 1:18
9. "Memory Death" – 2:37
10. "The Word Becomes Flesh" – 5:20
11. "Into The Magic Land"¹ – 4:35
12. "Blood In The Labyrinth"¹ – 4:55
13. "Deep Time" – 3:18
14. "All Reason Departs"¹ – 6:14
15. "Arena Americanada"¹ – 5:22
16. "The Process"¹ – 3:01
17. "You Retreat In Time And Space" – 5:25
18. "I Saw Through Platonia" – 2:39

Bonus flexi disc (Red 2LP vinyl edition only):

1. "Vol.4 - P. Primers - 177 Giraud's Mirror" – 3:24

¹: written by Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin

Leadup[edit]

Main article: Road to Inferno

Speculation for the album's release preceded its official announcement by over a decade, with the band and its associates sparsely giving out new information. Activity notably increased in 2025, including the band's Instagram account liking comments related to a new album, a Tomorrow's Harvest-era website coming online once again, and new merchandise being put on sale. For a more detailed look on the band's activities during this period, see the article Road to Inferno.

Promotional Campaign[edit]

Main article: 2026 Promo Campaign

In early April 2026, multiple fans received unmarked VHS tapes through the mail, with sender addresses related to Warp and their online storefront Bleep. About a week after, posters with imagery reminiscent of the band started appearing in multiple places around the UK and US. For an in-depth look at the days preceding the album's announcement, see the article 2026 Promo Campaign.

Title and Themes[edit]

As a word, Inferno references hell and places reminiscent of it. It is the most explicit reference to religion and the occult since their 2002 album Geogaddi and 2000 EP In a Beautiful Place out in the Country. The album's titles also heavily refer to concepts in cosmology and physics.

• An "Introit" is a song or psalm that is sung or recited at the beginning of a Christian mass.
• "Father And Son" could reference the Holy Trinity, which consists of the two and The Holy Spirit.
• "The Word Becomes Flesh" is a quotation from verse 1:14 of the Gospel of John.
• "Naraka" references the realm of hell seen in Indian religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
• "The Process" could refer to the Process Church of the Final Judgement, a new religious movement which briefly existed in the 1960s and 70s. The Process was the title of their magazine.
• "Prophecy At 1420 MHz" references the hydrogen line, a specific wavelength of radiation emitted by hydrogen as it undergoes a quantum transition. It has been used to investigate the properties of the universe, and search for extraterrestrial life.
• "Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan" refers to the first three elements of the periodic table and the mythical sea creature.
• "Age Of Capricorn" refers to the tenth sign of the astrological zodiac, and is the astrological age that follows the Age of Aquarius. The symbol of capricorn is the goat, which is symbolic in christian and pre-christian beliefs.
• "I Saw Through Platonia" could refer to a concept by Julian Barbour of a realm called Platonia, which contains every possible configuration of the universe.

Trivia[edit]

• Inferno has been assigned the catalog number WARP496. This seems to be a deliberate request from the band themselves, as preceding Warp releases such as Squarepusher's Kammerkonzert and Oneohtrix Point Never's Tranquilizer have catalog numbers of 417 and 411, respectively.
  • 496 is a perfect number and a hexagonal number.
  • 496 also holds significance in gematria (Jewish numerology). Representing Kingdom (Malkhut / מלכות). It should be further noted that 496 is the 31st Triangle number, which holds further significance as 31 is the gematria of the word God (El / אֵל).
• Inferno's runtime is exactly 70 minutes. This seems to be deliberate, as 70 is a reoccurring number in the duo's work (e.g. Music70, "Sixtyten", "The Smallest Weird Number").
  • The album's final track, "I Saw Through Platonia", ends with 9 seconds of silence, bringing up the runtime to exactly 70 minutes. The duo has done this in the past with Geogaddi, where the fully silent "Magic Window" brings up the album's runtime to 66:06.^[3]
• On May 27th, 2026, the White House posted a promotional video for the Trump administration that featured an audio excerpt from Tape 05/Deep Time with a familiar degraded VHS tape aesthetic. They received heavy criticism from fans, with Warp and BoC condemning the "unauthorised use of their music for political messaging."^[4]
• The font used in the front cover of the album resembles the one used in the title frame of Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 film 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 Brothers Strugatskys’ book 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.

Artwork Sources and Locations[edit]

• 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, discolouration, 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.
• The back cover art for Inferno features a highly edited version of the Palácio do Planalto, a government Building located in Brasília, Brazil, edited into a canyon

Release Notes[edit]

All personnel credits adapted from Inferno's liner notes.^[1]

• Mike Sandison – electronics, synths, tapes, programming, audio evocations, drums, percussion, guitars, bass, string instruments, processes, sound design
• Marcus Eoin – electronics, synths, tapes, processes, sound design
• Boards of Canada – recording, artwork, films, photo collage, design
• Matt Colton  – mastering engineer

On streaming platforms, Boards of Canada is credited as the sole composer and producer.^[5]

See Also[edit]

• Road to Inferno
• 2026 Promo Campaign
• Inferno listening parties
• Discography
• Timeline
• Statements from Hexagon Sun

External Links[edit]

Press[edit]

publication	article
Asatunews	Boards of Canada Announces New Album Inferno for May Release
Billboard	After a Prolonged Absence, Boards of Canada Fires-Up With ‘Inferno’ - Stream It Now
Billboard	Boards of Canada set new album 'inferno'
Clash Magazine	Boards Of Canada Announce New Album ‘Inferno’
Consequence Sound	Boards of Canada Announce New Album Inferno
DJ Mag	Boards Of Canada announce new album, ‘Inferno’
Igloo Magazine	Boards of Canada announce Inferno (Warp) — May 29, 2026
MusicRadar	“It’s like you are witnessing the fading of your own memories”: How Boards of Canada brewed a serene genre-blurring classic
NME	Boards Of Canada announce ‘Inferno’ – their first album in 13 years
Opus	Boards of Canada Announce New Album Titled Inferno
Pitchfork	Boards of Canada Reveal New Album Inferno
Resident Advisor	Boards of Canada confirm new album, Inferno
Rockshit Magazine	Boards Of Canada Announce Long-Awaited New Album ‘Inferno’
Stereogum	Boards Of Canada Announce New Album Inferno
The Line of Best Fit	Boards of Canada reveal details of Inferno, first new album in 13 years
The Quietus	Boards Of Canada Detail New Album, ‘Inferno’
We Rave You	Boards of Canada announce new album ‘Inferno’ after 13-year break

Reviews[edit]

score	favorable	publication	independent	foreign	lang	writer	link	paywall	notes
10	🟢	Spill Magazine	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Andre Skinner	article	🆓	★★★★★
10	🟢	Written In Music	🌱	🌍	🇳🇱	Jeroen van der Vring	article	🆓	★★★★★
10	🟢	The Herald	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Barry Didcock	article	🔐	★★★★★
10	🟢	musicOMH	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Steven Johnson	article	🔐	★★★★★
10	🟢	Europe Says	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	n/a	article	🆓	★★★★★
9	🟢	Uncut	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Michael Bonner	article	🔐	album of the month
9	🟢	Arctic Reviews	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Andy	review	🆓
9	🟢	Clash	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Sam Walker-Smart	article	🆓
9	🟢	Sound of Violence	🌱	🌍	🇫🇷	Franck Narquin	article	🆓	★★★★½
9	🟢	File Under Fire	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Matt Young	article	🆓
9	🟢	Beats Per Minute	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Todd Deman	article	🆓	90%
9	🟢	Under The Radar	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Tobias Furlong	article	🆓
9	🟢	Northern Transmissions	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Erin Macleod	article	🆓
9	🟢	Dansende Beren	🌱	🌍	🇳🇱	Tom Verhavert	article	🆓	★★★★½
9	🟢	Gos Is In The TV	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Ed Jupp	article	🆓	★★★★☆
8,6	🟢	Pitchfork	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Philip Sherburne	article	🔐	best new music
8,5	🟢	Boolin Tunes	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Dobbin T	article	🆓
8	🟢	Stereo Board	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Jack Butler-Terry	article	🆓	★★★★☆
8	🟢	RollingStone	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Michaelangelo Matos	article	🆓	★★★★☆
8	🟢	Paste Magazine	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Grant Sharples	article	🆓	B
8	🟢	The Scotsman	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Fiona Shepherd	article	🔐	★★★★☆
8	🟢	The Skinny	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Lewis Wade	article	🆓	★★★★☆
8	🟢	Mojo	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Andrew Male	article	🆓	★★★★☆
8	🟢	Exclaim	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Daryl Keating	article	🆓
7	🟢	Reading Indie Life	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Gareth Reading Indie Life	article	🆓	★★★½☆
7	🟢	Far Out Magazine	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Tom Phelan	article	🆓	★★★½☆
7	🟢	Our Culture	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Konstantinos Pappis	article	🆓	★★★½☆
n/a	🟢	dod Magazine	🌱	🌍	🇪🇸	Fran González	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	POPnews	🌱	🌍	🇫🇷	Mathieu Gandin	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Everything Is Noise	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Joseph Krebaum	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	A Cabine	🌱	🌍	🇵🇹	Marco Rodrigues	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Inverted Audio	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Ryan Pivovar	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Big Takeover Magazine	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	James Broscheid	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Manc Union	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Noah Mckie	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	The Triangle	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Tegan Doherty	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Les Inrocks	🏢	🌍	🇫🇷	François Moreau	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Is This Music?	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Ed Jupp	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	OOR	🌱	🌍	🇳🇱	Koen Poolman	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	No More Workhorse	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Killian Laher	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Echoes And Dust	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Geoff Topley	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Igloo Magazine	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Kent Williams	article	🆓	album of the week
n/a	🟢	Treble	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Adam Blyweiss	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Anxious Musick Magazine	🌱	🌍	🇵🇱	Karol Mazurek	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Chaos Reign	🌱	🌍	🇫🇷	Romain Le Vern	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Nieuwste Hits	🌱	🌍	🇳🇱	Jeroen Seegers	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	The Quietus	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Sereptie	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	DJ Mag	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Ben Cardew	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	The Wall Street Journal	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Mark Richardson	article	🔐
n/a	🟢	Resident Advisor	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Sasha Geffen	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Attack Magazine	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Adam Douglas	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Juno Daily	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Charlie Wright	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	OOR	🌱	🌍	🇳🇱	Koen Poolman	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	taz.on weekend	🏢	🌍	🇩🇪	Julian Weber	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	The Pop Corporation	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	?	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Sustratro	🌱	🌍	🇪🇸	Miguel Pardo	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Dagens Nyheter	🏢	🌍	🇸🇪	Mattias Dahlström	article	🆓
n/a	🟢	Stereogum	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Ted Davis	article	🔐
n/a	🟡	Loud And Quiet	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Sam Walton	article	🆓	★★★★☆☆
6,6	🟡	Magic	🌱	🌍	🇫🇷	Wilfried Paris	article	🆓	★★★☆☆
6	🟡	Slant Magazine	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Jackson Diianni	article	🆓
6	🟡	The Needle Drop	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Anthony Fantano	article	🆓	★★★☆☆
6	🟡	NRC	🏢	🌍	🇳🇱	Jonasz Dekkers	article	🆓
6	🟡	Mondo Sonoro	🌱	🌍	🇪🇸	Lluís S. Ceprián	article	🆓	★★☆☆☆
4	🔴	Financial Times	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Ludovic Hunter-Tilney	article	🔐	★★☆☆☆
4	🔴	The Guardian	🏢	🏠	🇬🇧	Ben Beaumont-Thomas	article	🆓	★★☆☆☆
4	🔴	The Arts Desk	🌱	🏠	🇬🇧	Ibi Keita	article	🆓

Additional reviews: https://www.metacritic.com/music/inferno/boards-of-canada

Shops[edit]

• Bleep
• HHV
• Crash Records
• Jumbo Records
• Norman Records
• Rough Trade
• The Vault Collective ltd

Various[edit]

• bocpages: Inferno Survey Results
• Keyosc discussion: "Inferno" May 29 2026
• Twoism discussion: General New Release Speculation Topic Part II
• Twoism discussion: LP5 - Inferno
• Twoism discussion: Inferno Sessions
• Twoism discussion: Inferno Reviews

References[edit]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Boards Of Canada – Inferno" on Discogs
2. ↑ BOARDS OF CANADA, ACE Repertory, ascap.com
3. ↑ "Stirred Up The Ashes", Heiko Hoffmann, Earplug, 2005
4. ↑ "The White House uses new Boards of Canada track for promo video", Michael Lawson, Resident Advisor, 2026
5. ↑ Inferno / Boards of Canada / Credits on Tidal

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Discography Overview | view ⬢ edit

Albums	Music Has the Right to Children ⬢ Geogaddi ⬢ The Campfire Headphase ⬢ Tomorrow's Harvest ⬢ Inferno
EPs	Twoism ⬢ Hi Scores ⬢ Aquarius ⬢ Peel Session ⬢ In a Beautiful Place out in the Country ⬢ Trans Canada Highway
Singles	Reach For The Dead ⬢ Introit / Prophecy At 1420 MHz
Rare / Early Releases	Catalog 3 ⬢ Acid Memories ⬢ Closes Vol. 1 ⬢ Play by Numbers ⬢ Hooper Bay ⬢ Boc Maxima ⬢ Old Tunes Vol. 1 ⬢ Old Tunes Vol. 2 ⬢ Random 35 Tracks Tape ⬢ Boc Remii Vol. 1
Mixtapes	Marcus Eoin's Campfire Mixtape ⬢ Societas x Tape
Live Sets	Live @ Warp10 ⬢ Live @ Lighthouse ⬢ Live @ ATP ⬢ All Gigs
Promotional Releases	Telephasic Workshop ⬢ MHTRTC (promo cassette) ⬢ Orange Romeda ⬢ Geogaddi (promo lp) ⬢ Geogaddi (test pressing) ⬢ Geogaddi (promo cassette) ⬢ ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ ⬢ Reach For The Dead (promo cd) ⬢ Come To Dust (promo cd)
Compilation Exclusives	Korona ⬢ Orange Romeda ⬢ Seven Forty Seven
Produced by BoC for Others	Here Come The Rubber Cops ⬢ Orangutang
Bootleg Releases	Unreleased Tracks
Other	Kaleidoscope ⬢ Promotional Events ⬢ Promotional Items ⬢ Merchandise ⬢ Web media
Lead-up	RSD 2013 ARG ⬢ Road to Inferno ⬢ 2026 Promo Campaign
To Be Determined	BoCset