US alternative/goth/post-punk outfit Fourth Dominion launch music video for »Lilim«; new album »Diana’s Day« out August 1st via Fiadh Productions!
Rochester, New York based alternative/goth/post-punk outfit Fourth Dominion has launched new single and music video »Lilim« taken from their upcoming sophomore album, »Diana’s Day«, set to release on August 1st, 2024 via Fiadh Productions.
Tracklist:
01. Bloodstains
02. Lilim
03. Burn The Prisons!
04. From Below
05. Goetia
06. Hill Of Swords
07. Death In Fall
08. Tormenta Purgatoria
09. Her Wings
10. Casca Dreaming
Courtesy of ClawHammer PR:
(Rochester, NY) – Deathwave band Fourth Dominion has posted the official music video for »Lilim«, the final single off their upcoming new album, »Diana’s Day«.
The video pays tribute to some of the band’s favorite films, which also served to inform the cover art for Diana’s Day. Keep your eyes peeled for references to films such as The Wicker Man, The Seventh Seal, The VVitch, Alucarda, Black Sunday, and Häxan.
Stream »Lilim« and previously released Fourth Dominion music on Spotify and Apple Music.
Fourth Dominion live dates:
8/1 – Album Release Party @ Vertex, Rochester, NY
8/3 – w/Torvus and Cemetery Sex @ Atlas Brew Works, Washington, DC
8/17 – Acoustic Performance @ Genesee Valley, Rochester, NY
9/8 – Live @ WAYO, 104.3, Rochester, NY
9/20 – Autumn of Artemis Weekender w/ Eternal Crypt @ CNY
9/21 – Autumn of Artemis Weekender w/ Eternal Crypt @ JB Lovedraft’s,
9/28 – w/Eternal Crypt, Haishen, & Mortus Eternum @ Bug Jar, Rochester, NY
Fiadh Productions will release »Diana’s Day« on CD, cassette, vinyl, and digital formats on August 1. The album confronts themes of queerness, feminine magick, and existentialism, and is already drawing critical acclaim months ahead of the album’s release.
Pre-order »Diana’s Day« now at fourthdominion.bandcamp.com
Biography:
“In filth, evil stands.” A line from Fourth Dominion’s upcoming sophomore album that proclaims songwriter Meadow Wyand’s singular and novel point-of-view. An out trans frontwoman, her songs reflect queer trauma and defiance, as well as speaking to existential despair and spiritual divination. The group’s emotionally dense and literate songs draw just as much from the contemplative gothic metal of Anathema and Sentenced, as they do the unapologetic alternative punk of Hole and PJ Harvey. With compositions that are simultaneously somber, catchy and intricate, Fourth Dominion radiate a hunger and commercial appeal beyond the confines of heavy metal to which they are rooted.
Their debut album, 2017’s »Wings Of A Dying Crow«, marked an important stride in developing the type of post-In Solitude heavy metal deathrock that has taken off in the years since. Its follow-up shows a love for Angel Witch, as well as the guitar playing of The Smiths and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The album reflects themes not often confronted in heavy metal: disability, gender, the divine feminine, anti-futurist queer politics, and sexual assault. Its exploration of trauma seeks to be a response and companion piece to Hole’s »Live Through This«.
With their forthcoming mission statement, Fourth Dominion showcases their ability to rise to the top of the new wave of gothic metal, or “deathwave” as Wyand refers to it. Featuring new drummer Brady Mentz and the production talents of Casey Ahrens-Cavallo and Tom Gerwitz, the band have Frankensteined an album of profound emotional depth and commercial readiness. “When we fight, we bash back!” is a promise to both the queer empowerment the album represents, as well as the band’s uncompromising attitude for growth.
Fourth Dominion is:
Meadow Wyand – Bass/Vocals
Dave Milburn – Guitars
Brady Mentz – Drums
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