NEWS: Progeny of Sun seek a damsel in distress?
Dark wanderers Progeny of Sun have returned with “Damsel“, the first burnt offering from a long awaited debut album titled “Throne of Desolation”. That title is a reference to someone or something that terrorizes the existence of life in multiple forms when given authority, with the record tentatively scheduled for an end of 2023 release via Inverse Records. Finnish Blackened Death Metal at its finest…
The band comments: “We accidentally managed to compress the entire album’s setting into this song. Damsel consists of blasts, speed and aggression, all the while also containing melody, sensitivity and surprise. This is a miniature model of the album, the themes of which can be heard more extensively in the remaining 11 tracks. Joni [Kiviniemi, guitar] doesn’t remember exactly how the song came about, but most likely the end result was created semi-accidentally. Two different parts happened to function together and ended up creating a strange cohesion”