Irregularly scheduled music post
Aug. 23rd, 2024 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lucymonsterUnto Others have released another new single, Momma Likes the Door Closed! It's my favourite off the new album so far: faster, heavier, and absolutely oozing camp. Cheesy satanic-themed 80s horror vibes, and the music video leans into that so hard I had to laugh aloud. I love this band so fucking much.
Sonja also have a new single out, called Discretion for the Generous, that has me SUPER excited for their next album. It sounds mostly on par with Loud Arriver (which is a VERY GOOD THING imo), but with a cleaner vocal mix - the overused vocal distortion was my only complaint about the last album, so it's great to hear Moore maturing into her voice a bit more and letting it come to the forefront.
Onto full albums: The Ritual by Tryglav is good, solid black metal with catchy melodic riffs that have been floating through my head on and off since I first heard it. I don't think there's anything groundbreaking going on here, but it's a fun, repeatable listen.
Ashes by Grai reached my radar by way of some guest vocals their singer, Irina Zybina, did for Rotting Christ. This is hauntingly beautiful female-fronted Russian folk metal that I've listened to the whole way through an embarrassing number of times already. Disappointingly, the previous album of theirs that I also listened to left me a bit cold, but I love Ashes so much that I'm going to keep giving the rest of their discography a chance. Maybe it just needs time to sink in?
Sonja also have a new single out, called Discretion for the Generous, that has me SUPER excited for their next album. It sounds mostly on par with Loud Arriver (which is a VERY GOOD THING imo), but with a cleaner vocal mix - the overused vocal distortion was my only complaint about the last album, so it's great to hear Moore maturing into her voice a bit more and letting it come to the forefront.
Onto full albums: The Ritual by Tryglav is good, solid black metal with catchy melodic riffs that have been floating through my head on and off since I first heard it. I don't think there's anything groundbreaking going on here, but it's a fun, repeatable listen.
Ashes by Grai reached my radar by way of some guest vocals their singer, Irina Zybina, did for Rotting Christ. This is hauntingly beautiful female-fronted Russian folk metal that I've listened to the whole way through an embarrassing number of times already. Disappointingly, the previous album of theirs that I also listened to left me a bit cold, but I love Ashes so much that I'm going to keep giving the rest of their discography a chance. Maybe it just needs time to sink in?
