Hi, guys! How’s your weekend going? Hope everything is great 🙂 Today here is Shrine Maiden — drone / doom metal band from Los Angeles, United States, and the track “Sunless Solstice Pt. 1”. Let’s check this dark stuff out right away!
I think if you’ve seen the tags “drone / doom” then you are here with full understanding that this music is not for a summer evening with a glass of wine. This stuff is noisy, dark, and psychedelic. Slow guitar riffs with long feedback sound mixed with incredibly soft vocal melody create an atmosphere of contrast and dissonance. I’ll be honest, this type of music makes me feel calm and comfortable (yeah, that’s me).
If you want you can check out the lyrics of the track below the post (they’re in Hawaiian btw). But in my opinion, this music is exceptionally for perception by ears. I mean, I don’t even want to know the meaning behind the words, because the composition already sounds very full and translates to the listener all emotions and feelings without any transcriptions. Stylistically it reminds me of sunn o))) mixed with Cult Of Luna, and without drums. Very atmospheric vibes out there.
A bit more information about Shrine:
Shrine Maiden — a Mele Oli (Hawaiian Chant) Doomgaze band from Los Angeles. Our music is in tribute to the Trve Gods of our indigenous brothers and sisters and the lands those gods have let us borrow (or watch us trespass upon). We use the Oli (Hawaiian Chant) as requesting permission to enter or for guidance, and ambient heavy noise to prime ourselves and our audience for such an invocation.
What can I say… Beautiful and very pleasant music for my brain. Hope you feel the same way. Enjoy the music and stand with Ukraine! Peace.
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LYRICS
Li’u-li’u aloha ia’u, Ka uka o Koholá-lele, Ka nahele mauka o Ka-papala la. Komo, e komo aku hoi au maloko. Mai ho’ohewahewa mai oe ia’u; oau no ia, Ke ka-nae-nae a ka mea hele, He leo, e-e, A he leo wale no, e-e! Eia ka pu’u nui owaho nei la, He ua, he ino, he anu, he ko’e-ko’e. E ku’u aloha, e, Maloko aku au.