Heretoir

With their new album "Solastalgia", the German purveyors of soaring post metal work their way to their innermost core and deliver what is easily their most vulnerable and accessible record to date. "Solastalgia describes the grief over the loss of the natural world," Heretoir explains. The very existence of such a term brutally exposes our alienation from this planet. Just 2 years after their stunning full-length "Nightsphere", followed by headlining tours through Europe and Latin America and appearances at festival A-listers such as Resurrection Fest, Party-San and Summer Breeze, Heretoir are back with another crushing masterclass in melancholy and world-weariness. Bonded by the firm belief that empathy is the only thing that can truly keep us safe, David, Matthias and Nils have created an album so full of life that it can be overwhelming at first. It hurts. But sometimes it has to. Blurred tremolo guitars burst into cascading mountains of sublime melody, harsh cries from the end of the world join mournful vocals, post-rock clouds evaporate against thunderous post metal ferocity. The joint songwriting of the trio creates the new sound of Heretoir. The songs of "Solastalgia" cover a wide range of emotional and heavy music. From Modern Metal to Black Metal to Post Rock to maybe even Screamo. Whatever you want to call it: essentially, this is pure melancholy and a spark of hope in utter darkness.