Belarusian doom/post-black metal band Dymna Lotva premiere new single and music video »The Boat Of Despair« feat. Ingvarr (Schreigarm)
Belarusian doom/post-black metal band Dymna Lotva premiere new single and music video »Return My Coffin Home« taken from their upcoming album, entitled »Vyraj«, set to release on August 7th, 2026 via Prophecy Productions.
»Return My Coffin Home« features guest vocals by Ingvarr (Schreigarm). Video directed by Ryncuk Vystarobski.
Tracklist:
01. Zory
02. Veha
03. The Boat Of Despair (feat. Aaron Stainthorpe)
04. Viedźmieragina
05. Niama Darohi
06. Bu Samoje
07. Ustań Za Mianie
08. Return My Coffin Home (feat. Ingvarr)
Courtesy of Prophecy Productions:
Belarus metal pioneers Dymna Lotva unveil the music video »Return My Coffin Home«, which also features Ukrainian musician Ingvarr (Schreigarm). The song is taken from the post-black metal band’s fourth album »Vyraj«, set for release on August 7, 2026.
Pre-order »Vyraj« HERE.
Dymna Lotva are taking a quantum leap in their rapid musical evolution with their fourth album »Vyraj«. The rebellious Belarus dissidents are powerfully demonstrating that they are far more than a ‘one-trick pony’ in every conceivable artistic aspect. Although »Vyraj« is still based on a solid foundation of black and post-black metal, Dymna Lotva move far beyond any easy labelling by also drawing inspiration from doom, heavy, and progressive metal, while venturing even deeper by incorporating elements from electronic music, goth, and folklore.
Photo by Vasili Korzun
The album is a cornucopia of great songs that are atmospherically dense and invite the listener onto an emotional roller-coaster ride from the darkest depths of depression and fear, via raw anger and defiance, to heights of ecstatic exhilaration. »Vyraj« is a musical kaleidoscope with ever changing patterns and sonic colours of remarkable beauty – that often dissolves into captivating melodies that at times even achieve a pop-like appeal. Dymna Lotva continue to carry the torch of rebellion, which is only natural as the founding members had to flee their native Belarus due to political persecution and continued attempts by the Lukashenka regime to censor and suppress their art. Yet on »Vyraj«, they put their lyrical focus elsewhere.
The album’s main concept could be described as ‘Belarusian ethno-astronomy.’ In Slavonic legends, the starry sky is associated both with the afterlife and with journeys, which becomes closely intertwined with the musicians’ personal experience of forced emigration. This idea is captured in the album title »Vyraj«, which is a mythical realm to where birds migrate for the winter, and where the souls of the departed find their final rest. Dymna Lotva take another big step with »Vyraj« in their breathtakingly rapid artistic evolution. It is easy to predict that this unique and highly original band will soon appear on even bigger festival billings and European stages.
“Many of our friends and we ourselves may die in exile, in captivity or at war, but all of us want our bodies to be buried in our homeland,” vocalist Nokt states matter of fact and from personal experience. “If we cannot return alive, we still hope to return in death. The lyrics of this song are written in Belarusian and Ukrainian. Our friend Ingvarr from the Ukrainian band Schreigarm helped shape this song by bringing his language, his voice, and his heart to it. In the of this song, I recite an authentic Belarusian protective incantation from beginning to end. Thes magical words are meant to protect travellers on their journey and ensure a safe return home. Will it work for us? For the first and second verses, we also drew on several traditional protective travel spells, weaving them together into a single text. »Return My Coffin Home« furthermore contains quotes from the old Ukrainian folk song »Plyve kacha po Tysyni« (A Duckling Swims in the Tisza) that became widely known in the 21st century for its use as a requiem for fallen Ukrainian heroes. The traditional instruments sopilka and ocarina were made by master craftsmen from Lviv. We love Ukraine with all our hearts. We wish our friends victory. Slava Ukraini!”
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well