Belarusian doom/post-black metal band Dymna Lotva reveal new single and music video »The Boat Of Despair« feat. Aaron Stainthorpe
Belarusian doom/post-black metal band Dymna Lotva premiere new single and music video »The Boat Of Despair« featuring guest vocals by Aaron Stainthorpe (High Parasite, ex-My Dying Bride).
»The Boat Of Despair« is the second single taken from the band’s upcoming album, »Vyraj«, set to release on August 7th, 2026 via Prophecy Productions.
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 reveal the outstanding music video »The Boat Of Despair«, which was filmed deep underground in a historic mine in Tarnowskie Góry, Poland. The track features guest vocals by former My Dying Bride frontman Aaron Stainthorpe (High Parasite). Directed by Ryncuk Vystarobski.
»The Boat Of Despair« is the second advance single taken from the forthcoming new full-length »Vyraj«. The fourth album of the post-black metal band has been slated for release on August 7, 2026.
Pre-order »Vyraj« HERE.
Photo by @greena_photos
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.
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.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well