Today, macabre raconteurs Blackbriar are proud to release their latest single, the soaring ‘Harpy’. The track weaves a tale about the mythological being, the Harpy – the spirit of the wind and storms, a chilling creature who was known to abduct people, particularly those cursed by the gods. Stream ‘Harpy’ …
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Dutch symphonic metal band BLACKBRIAR have announced their brand new album A Thousand Little Deaths, which will be released 22nd August via Nuclear Blast Records. Together with this exciting news the band shares their new single ‘The Fossilized Widow’. The single channels the eerie spirit of the Victorian era, blending …
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Today, Dutch symphonic metal band BLACKBRIAR release their brand new song ‘I Buried Us’, a powerful track blending crushing guitar riffs, soaring orchestral elements, and raw, emotional vocals. Vocalist Zora Cock comments: “‘I Buried Us’ captures the haunting aftermath of love laid to rest. In this song, I mentally dig …
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Somewhere out there a composer works late into the night on a Broadway/West End musical where the leads are Kamelot’s Tommy Karevik and Ad Infinitum’s Melissa Bonny (also Kamelot’s touring guest vocalist). Or, musical theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber is chugging Absinthe straight from the bottle and watching YouTube footage …
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Today, BLACKBRIAR release their brand new studio album A Dark Euphony. The album delivers comprehensive storytelling, just as you would expect from the grandiose raconteurs. Besides gothic beauty and metallic darkness there is infinitely more to explore on this exceptional album. Vocalist Zora Cock comments: “Some say that there is …
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In today’s edition of “Every Day Is a School Day” it turns out that ‘euphony’ means “good sound”, or better still – “…the quality of being pleasing to the ear”. Both of these descriptions sum up Blackbriar’s Nuclear Blast Records debut perfectly. However, one would be forgiven for perhaps going …
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Today BLACKBRIAR announce their new album A Dark Euphony, which will be released on September 29th via Nuclear Blast Records. A Dark Euphony features 11 brand new tracks. Alongside the album, BLACKBRIAR also release a brand new video for the song ‘Cicada’. Zora Cock comments: “It’s said that cicadas were …
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Having refined their broody, mesmerising vision of gothic/symphonic metal to cinematic levels, with three EPs and a full-length album behind them, BLACKBRIAR continue to set their sails towards the future. The Netherlands-based band are currently working towards their second full-length album, accompanied by long-time collaborator, Joost van den Broek. Today, …
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