NEWS: Dust Orchard pray to the void?

Telling the story of a desperate struggle for survival in an apocalyptic future, Helskini Finland Progressive Metal band Dust Orchard have returned with new single “Hours in the Void”. Known for their love of Swedish Melodic Death Metal as well as for weaving violin-led melodies into a dense, riff-driven foundation of modern heavy music, they are said to have more new material in the works that is equally as ambitious, dark and deliberately dynamic. Inverse Records released their self titled EP back in 2022 with subsequent line up changes leading to this renewed focus.

Violinist Vegard Lillevoll describes the song as a statement of intent: “I think ‘Hours in the Void’ lights the way forward for the new metamorphosis of Dust Orchard. It’s lofty, catchy and heavy in all the right places.”

Founder and guitarist Petri Siikander highlights the song’s scene-setting approach and the way the arrangement pivots between extremes: “I try to paint a picture with every song. Usually I’ll have a specific scenery and feeling in mind when writing… The upcoming single has a heavy intro, trashy metal growls, an epic chorus and some Rush stuff in the middle. What’s not to love?”