| Outbound | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Keldian |
| Cover: | Outbound - Keldian.jpg |
| Released: | October 31, 2013 |
| Genre: | Symphonic power metal |
| Length: | 52:07 |
| Label: | Galactic Butterfly Music Perris Records |
| Producer: | Keldian |
| Prev Title: | Journey of Souls |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Darkness and Light |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Outbound is the third album by Norwegian symphonic power metal band Keldian. It was released on October 31, 2013 via Galactic Butterfly Music.[1] Outbound was largely funded by a campaign on IndieGoGo, which raised $6,808 for the project between February 26, 2013 and April 27, 2013. Supporters of the campaign received a limited-edition signed copy of the album.[2]
The album starts with "Burn the Sky". Lyrically, the song is a critique of militarisation of space by such groups as the Project for a New American Century.[3] It specifically refers to its influential report, Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces, and Resources For a New Century, which call to protect resources of rich and influential "haves" from poor and frustrated "have nots".[4]
Based on Dan Simmons' Endymion series.[5]
Based on Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga.
Additional musicians