UK goth rock/metal band Reliquia premiere new single and lyric video »The Graveyard School«!
Manchester, UK based goth rock/metal band Reliquia has released a lyric video for their new single »The Graveyard School«.
Listen to »The Graveyard School« on Spotify and all major streaming services!
About the new single:
Following the release of their first two singles, Reliquia’s third release, »The Graveyard School« mixes the influences of gothic rock, doom and black metal even more than before. With a song structure harkening back to early releases by gothic rock legends …And Also The Trees, and mixing in slow, heavy melancholic doom riffs and paranoid black metal leads, »The Graveyard School« is by far the band’s shortest track, but dripping with the same dark,murky and yet somehow romantic atmosphere that has become the band’s trademark.
Vocals and drums for the single were recorded by Ben McEwan at Absolute Recording Solutions in Salford, England. The track was mixed and mastered by the band’s vocalist and synth player, Gregg Neville, who also programmed a John Capenter-esque synth version currently available on the band’s YouTube channel.
»The Graveyard School« is released October 28th, 2024.
About the band:
Reliquia is a UK-based quintet that plays music as equally inspired by post-punk, goth and darkwave as it is by gothic, black and doom metal. Founded in 2023 in Manchester, England, Reliquia fuses goth rock and gothic doom metal with songwriting inspired by the likes of The Sisters Of Mercy, Fields Of The Nephilim and The Mission but peppered with influences from heavy gothic doom bands such as Katatonia, Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and more.
“Their music is a captivating blend of the heavy and dark tones of gothic metal with the raw and emotive sounds of post-punk.” – Metal Devastation Radio
Founded by frontman and US-transplant Gregg Neville (formerly of post-punkers Push Button Press and US dreampop veterans Golden Gardens) and lead guitarist Tobias Gray (currently of Manchester industrial death metal powerhouse The Machinist), the band eventually finalised its lineup with addition of Tobias’s Machinist bandmate George Kal on guitars, Andy Lindley on bass and Karim Nashar on drums.
“Reliquia is a slow and deliberate march to the edge, complete with a grinding steady lead guitar instrumental and punctuated by lamenting vocals that hearken back to a golden age of goth metal.” – All Metal Everything
Reliquia’s songs cover topics such as angst, occultism, sociological alienation and emotional turmoil.
Since first hitting the Manchester scene in 2023, Reliquia has had the opportunity to share the stage with UK goth rock legends Sex Gang Children, Darkest Era, Night Hexe, Hexvessel and Attrition.
“The early gothic rock movement had a unique style and voice that is notable in its absence in today’s world. Manchester based gothic metal band Reliquia however, carry the flag of that era into today’s age. But make no mistake, the band’s take on the genre and the influences they combine with it is innovative and distinct in its own right.” – Nytys Promotions
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well