Wadera, by Defying

Wadera

by Defying

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mourner The melancholy and longing of post black metal meet the intricacies and complexity of progressive (death) metal and the result is more than convincing. Truely fascinating and extremely well produced.
From what I hear there are only good years for Polish metal, Yoma 😉 Favorite track: Misbegotten.

YomaBarr I started to listen and tripped away... Where am I? Who am I?
I am The Wolvette!

This requires cutting all other stimuli off and sparing an hour of your lifetime for undisturbed listening, and you have my word it will be an hour well spent. This is not a metal soundtrack to a romantic horror movie, this makes you a part of the movie.

After the world killing chronicles of a mad prophet in Hekatomb's Korosta, now this multilayered, multifaceted gem. It will be a great year for Polish metal.

bmurator Polish Black / Progressive Metal. I had never heard of this until recently & I love it! So much so that I cannot wait & need more even before the release date so I shall look into their discography instead. Thank you so much These Hands Melt! For the code & for introducing me to this fantastic project! Highly recommended!!!

Edit: this is totally fantastic! It includes so many different styles & they are all interwoven to make the perfect album! Cannot gush & recommend it enough... :)

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1.	Tempus Infaustum 04:56 video	buy track
2.	...miast cichać szemrają... 03:01	buy track
3.	The Fugue 06:15	buy track
4.	Incomprehensibly woken 08:39	buy track
5.	The Acquaintance Shade 10:16	buy track
6.	The Lurking Spectres 07:07	buy track
7.	Cremaberis igne aeterno! 05:25	buy track
8.	Reluctant to the Grave 04:53	buy track
9.	Misbegotten 05:55	buy track
10.	Quietus 06:45	buy track

about

"Wadera" is a concept album inspired by the Polish horror film "The Wolf" (1983) and the short story "Wadera" (1977) by Jerzy Gierałtowski.

The album is a musical story about revenge from beyond the grave, told in the spirit of dark romanticism. The word "wadera" comes from hunting vocabulary and means a female wolf.

In order to achieve a 19th century atmosphere, the album was captured with traditional equipment and microphones - without the use of any plugins or samples during recording.

We also utilized more than a hundred-year-old instruments, such as zither or hunting horn. The goal was to make "Wadera" sound like an old film tape.

credits

released February 23, 2024

Recorded & produced by Tomasz Semeniuk in 2022.
Mixed & mastered by Filip Hałucha at Heinrich House Studio.

All music by Defying:
Piotr Stępiński - guitars, vocals
Szymon Stadniczenko - guitars, clean vocals
Paweł Siemaszko - bass guitar, vocals (backing)
Tomasz Semeniuk - drums, programming

Guests:
Tymon Urbańczyk - ambient music in "...miast cichać szemrają...",
"The Acquaintance Shade" and "The Lurking Spectres"
Natalia Semeniuk - vocals in "Tempus Infaustum" and "Quietus"

Concept and lyrics by Piotr Stępiński except quotations:
Edgar Allan Poe "Silence" in "Incomprehensibly woken"
Luke 11:24, The Peshitta Holy Bible Translated in "The Acquaintance Shade"
Edgar Allan Poe "Ligeia" in "The Acquaintance Shade"
Edgar Allan Poe "Spirits of the Dead" in "The Acquaintance Shade"

Cover art by Paweł Siemaszko.

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We're Defying - post-metal band from Olsztyn, Poland.

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