Crossing the Rubicon

Crossing the Rubicon Crossing the Rubicon is a progressive instrumental band that treats sound like a living organism. linkr.ee/ctrprog

◉ Progressive Instrumental Art
∆ genres: Metal, Jazz, Fusion, Saxophone

⌬ FFO: Plini, Animals as Leaders, The Contortionist, Polyphia, Covet
LICANO, JONES, KNOX, BALDWIN, COFFING
⏬️Follow our links!⏬️ The project began as Alejandro’s solitary experiment in Ohio, then grew into a full collective shaped by metal, jazz, fusion, and the strange beauty of saxophone woven into heavy music. Years of col

lapse and rebuilding carved the band into what it is now, a group that writes with scars and curiosity in equal measure. The upcoming concept album Knowledge is the next step in that evolution, a record born from late nights, rewrites, and the stubborn belief that music can still feel cinematic and alive. Joined by drummer Gabriel Coffing, guitarist Madison Jones, bassist Adam Knox, and saxophonist Jonathan Baldwin, the band creates a sound that pulls from Plini, Animals as Leaders, and The Contortionist, yet still feels like its own small universe. CTR is for anyone who listens with their whole chest, anyone chasing the feeling that music can open a door into something bigger.

12/13/2025

We have merch

It's Bandcamp Friday guys If you haven't supported us before, go check us out there. You have access to all our discogra...
12/05/2025

It's Bandcamp Friday guys
If you haven't supported us before, go check us out there. You have access to all our discography and can get our music. If you don't support Spotify this is a perfect opportunity to support us directly.

26 track album

8.12k streams in just 12 days since Knowledge dropped on November 21st.At this pace, we’re on track to hit around 42,000...
12/04/2025

8.12k streams in just 12 days since Knowledge dropped on November 21st.
At this pace, we’re on track to hit around 42,000 total streams by the end of the year, and that’s all because of you.

Spotify Wrapped was cool to see this year, but it didn’t even catch Knowledge. They closed the stats before the album dropped, so the best part of our year isn’t even showing up yet.

And that’s what makes it even crazier, because all those numbers came from you still spinning the old stuff, still showing up, still keeping this thing alive before the record even hit.

You showed up before the release, and you’re still showing up after.
We couldn’t ask for a better community backing us.
We see you, we know who you are, and we’re so grateful for everything you’ve done for us.

Thank you for listening, sharing, and helping Knowledge get off the ground.
And welcome to all the new followers, you’ve made this release something special.

12/01/2025

Me when my taste opens a tesseract

New release next week from Crossing the Rubicon
11/16/2025

New release next week from Crossing the Rubicon

This is the structure. The pulse. Disc I holds the weight. Disc II holds the echoes. Every title here meant something to us long before it was named. And when this album lands, they’ll mean something more.

Disc I – Knowledge
Veritas
Shattered Reflections
Spirals
The Ghost in the Machine
Beneath Two Suns
Interlude I: The Silent Tree
Virtus
Penumbra
Paradox
Vanitas
Interlude II: The Veil of Tomorrow
The Abyss Beckons
Of Dagger and Die
Knowledge

Disc II – Knowledge: B-Sides
Afterglows (10 Yr. Anniversary Redux)
The Abyss Beckons (Vignette of Collapse)
Knowledge – Letters Never Sent (E Minor Reverie)
Knowledge (featuring Adam Jordan)
Spirals (featuring Mike Semesky)
Spirals (Darkplane Transmission)
Beneath Two Suns (featuring Kyle Schaeffer)
Beneath Two Suns – Nocturne for the Forgotten Future (featuring John Heckathorn)
Virtus (featuring Kody Hale)
Virtus (Ethereal Shadows Mix)
Paradox – Fragments in Fading Light (featuring Ánno)
Paradox (The Fire Stays Burning)

It’s almost time "Knowledge" is arriving November 21, 2025. Our second full-length album. Our tenth official release. Th...
11/16/2025

It’s almost time

"Knowledge" is arriving November 21, 2025.
Our second full-length album.
Our tenth official release. The most ambitious record we have ever made.

Over 500 days in the making. Built from scratch, independently, by a band that has never let go of its vision. This album is the result of a decade of story, pressure, growth, and reinvention. It brings an arc to a close that started years ago and it begins a new one carved from everything we have learned.

This double album carries the final movements of a narrative we have been shaping since the beginning. The story follows our central figure through collapse, memory, resistance, and reckoning. These aren’t just songs. This is the framework of who we are.

Fourteen core tracks. Twelve B-sides. Reworks. Ambient versions. Alternate perspectives. Guest collaborations that refract our material into something bigger than ourselves. Spirals. Virtus. Paradox. Knowledge. The sound has evolved. The community has grown with it.

Thank you to the artists who gave their voices to this album:
Kyle Schaefer (Fallujah), Adam Jordan (empatheia), Kody Hale (89 Letters), John Heckathorn of Antediluvian Projekt, Mike Semesky (Ever Forthright) Peter Crescimanno (Anno) : You brought this record to life.

Thank you to every friend and family member who stood by us while this thing took shape. We could not have done this without you.

Special thanks to: Alex Adams (Dead Phantoms)
Tom Flynn, for capturing the Spirals music video
Jamie King, for mastering every version of this record
Rob Walden Rob Walden Design, for creating the visual identity and being part of our world for ten years
Anthony Chavez / Delta Options, for leading the art direction on the singles
Lyric Craft, for crafting the lyric videos
The Circle Pit, for your loyalty and belief in us from the start
The Progspace for noticing us always!

"Knowledge" releases worldwide November 21, 2025.
Available on all streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and YouTube.
Pre-save and pre-order 🔗 are now live. Follow us to stay updated, share the announcement, and join the release.

Our latest single, The Abyss Beckons released today! If you guys haven't checked this out you definitely should. Some su...
11/15/2025

Our latest single, The Abyss Beckons released today! If you guys haven't checked this out you definitely should. Some super good tracks there, plus the 10-year anniversary redux of Afterglows of the Largest Explosions in the Universe.

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