Queer black metal duo Ragana are to release their debut album, Desolation’s Flower, on October 27 through The Flenser. With the announcement of the album, the duo have also released the title track off of it.
Listen to the song on YouTube:
Ragana comments:
“Death is a new beginning, just a word to inspire a different vision of a future.”
According to the press release:
“On ‘Desolation’s Flower,’ Ragana draws upon a number of influences from the flora and fauna of their Pacific Northwest origins to the darkly nostalgic folk of Mt. Eerie and, yes, their Olympian forebears Wolves In The Throne Room, synthesizing them into an experimental, highly idiosyncratic take on black metal. Held together by an intense focus on raw emotion and haunting atmospherics, Ragana shifts seamlessly from tender, mesmerizing vocal harmonies to piercing, heart-ripping screams and back again, yielding music that is heavy, beautiful and punishing all at once.
Desolation’s Flower Track Listing:
Desolation’s Flower
Woe
Ruins
DTA
Winter’s Light Pt. 2
Pain
In the Light of the Burning World
Preorder Desolation’s Flower here.
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Photo courtesy of Bailey Kobelin
