Polish post-metal band Defying presents live session video with selected songs from the latest album »Wadera«

Photo by Beata Wiśniowska

Olsztyn, Poland based post-metal band Defying presents live session video with selected songs from their latest album »Wadera«.

Defying’s second studio album »Wadera« was released on February 23rd, 2024 via Italian label These Hands Melt.

Courtesy of Solid Rock PR:

Defying was formed in 2008. Within 15 years of existing they released two records: »Nexus Artificial« (2014, LP) and »The Splinter Of Light We Misread« (2016, EP) which include Joy Division cover »New Dawn Fades«. They combine a variety of genres in their music: post- and progressive metal with sludge, black metal and elements or ambient.

Earlier this year, February 23, 2024, Defying released brand new studio album titled »Wadera« which was released by Italian label These Hands Melt (buy CD). Music was self-recorded by Tomasz Semeniuk, and later mixed & mastered by Filip Hałucha at Heinrich House Studio (Azarath, Behemoth, Entropia, Obscure Sphinx). Cover artwork was done by Paweł Siemaszko.

»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.

After well-received album »Wadera«, Olsztyn post-metal band Defying published a live session where they perform selected songs from the previous-mentioned album.

Tomasz comments: “Just like our music, the form of the recording itself is unusual. Filmed in one continuous take, without cuts or corrections. The authors of the picture are the duo Ćmy i Paprocie: Natalia Semeniuk behind the camera and I, responsible for the lights and post-production of the shots. Szymon Stadniczenko, the band’s guitarist, supervised the sound. The recording may be a foretaste of what the band performs live, and soon you will be able to hear us, among others: at the Summer Dying Loud festival in Aleksandrów Łódzki [PL].”

This record is a must to hear for fans of bands such as Absent in Body, Amenra, Triptykon as well as Polish bands: Obscure Sphinx, Entropia and Blindead.

Defying is:
Piotr Stępiński – Guitars, Vocals
Szymon Stadniczenko – Guitars, Clean Vocals
Paweł Siemaszko – Bass, Vocals (Backing)
Tomasz Semeniuk – Drums, Programming

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well