US blackened doom duo Ragana reveal new single »Winter’s Light Pt. 2«; new full-length album »Desolation’s Flower« out October 27th via The Flenser!
US blackened doom duo Ragana has revealed the third and final single »Winter’s Light Pt. 2« taken from their upcoming full-length album, »Desolation’s Flower«, set to release on October 27th, 2023 via The Flenser.
Tracklist:
01. Desolation’s Flower
02. Woe
03. Ruins
04. DTA
05. Winter’s Light Pt. 2
06. Pain
07. In The Light Of The Burning World
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“a cathartic document of hope and grief that seems perfect for the dark, tumultuous times in which we live” – Decibel Magazine
In anticipation of the release of their crushing full-length »Desolation’s Flower«, Ragana – the black metal duo whose members alternate duties on drums, guitar, and vocals – share the album’s final offering »Winter’s Light Pt. 2«. Equal parts caustic and confident, the track is held together by an intense focus on raw emotion, shifting seamlessly from powerful to haunting and charting the resonances between personal and environmental heartbreak.
Photo by Craig Murray
»Desolation’s Flower« is the band’s most devastating effort to date, containing seven incantations of loss, rage, pain and hope. Expertly engineered by the masterful Nicholas Wilbur at the Unknown Studio in Anacortes, Washington (Planning For Burial, drowse, Divide And Dissolve, Have A Nice Life), the album serves as the culmination of the past decade+ of the band’s ethos and execution.
Stream / share »Winter’s Light Pt. 2« on YouTube!
On »Desolation’s Flower«, Ragana draws upon a number of influences from the flora and fauna of their Pacific Northwest origins to the darkly nostalgic folk of Mt. Eerie and, yes, their Olympian forebears Wolves In The Throne Room, synthesizing them into an experimental, highly idiosyncratic take on black metal. The band came together in 2011 in the DIY punk scene of Olympia, WA and are now based in Olympia and Oakland, CA. In their time together so far, Ragana have self-released 5 albums and teamed up with genre-favorite Thou for a split release in 2018. The following year, Ragana released their heralded »We Know That the Heavens Are Empty« EP and are now preparing for their debut LP for The Flenser, »Desolation’s Flower«, incoming October 27th.
Look for the record to be available on physical and digital formats October 27th from The Flenser (pre-order here) and revisit album singles »Desolation’s Flower« and »DTA« below.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well