“How can it be that this devouring design led to creation? Just willed into being with hands drawing hands. The pen and the ink predestination. Strange loop source code intertwined” Nine months after “Past Lives” first broke the airwaves offering up a fresh wound in Melodic Death Metal from Irish multi instrumentalist Sonus Mortis a
We reached a lot of milestone markers in the success of Metal Noise in 2021 and while we weren’t able to bring you anywhere near as many live reviews as we’d hoped for or any summer Festival coverage (for obvious reasons), there were some real bucket list moments chalked off, including our fly on the
Why have one interview when you can have two? Twice the fun, twice the insight and a second opportunity to read about how Kevin Byrne, the multi instrumentalist behind Irish Dark Metal project Sonus Mortis goes about his business? After releasing the essential listening that is “Past Lives” with its incredible Melodic Death Metal lead
At the forefront of Irish Dark Metal, combining elements of Black Metal with Melodic Death Metal is Kevin Byrne, the multi instrumentalist behind solo project Sonus Mortis. The former Valediction bassist unveiled a new album in “Past Lives” a few weeks back, the follow up to the critically acclaimed “Hold This Mortal Coil” and was
Former Valediction bassist Kevin Byrne has been grafting at the Symphonic Dark Metal coal face for the past eight years in Dublin Ireland, grinding out five full length albums and a demo in that time. Each one of those has seen his stature as a multi instrumentalist working under the moniker Sonus Mortis grow progressively
The follow up to the critically acclaimed fifth studio album “Hold This Mortal Coil” from multi instrumentalist and former Valediction bassist Kevin Byrne’s solo project Sonus Mortis has seen another preview with the title track “Past Lives” beginning its streaming life. 25th August is the date inked in blood in the Black Book for the
April saw the announcement of the follow up to the critically acclaimed fifth studio album “Hold This Mortal Coil“, from one man Symphonic Dark Metal project Sonus Mortis. The third single from that is “Become Static” which sees former Valediction bassist and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Byrne in fine fettle with something of a socially aware lyrical
…with the second single from the follow up to the brilliance that is “Hold This Mortal Coil“. Entitled “The Last Fragments of Earth“, it continues building the epic, something that former Valediction bassist and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Byrne specialises in with his Symphonic Dark Metal project. Fifth studio album “Past Lives” is still a little while
14 months after the critically acclaimed “Hold This Mortal Coil“, a fifth studio album from one man Symphonic Dark Metal project Sonus Mortis entitled “Past Lives”, written and performed solely by former Valediction bassist and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Byrne has been announced for 25th August. It may not be available for pre-order yet, but we do
Inspired by the stories and tales of old Mythological Ireland, Belfast Northern Ireland based multi instrumentalist Dratna has been creating in the Black Metal genre with a trio of EPs in 2018’s “Altar” and “Clíodhna“, 2019’s “An Cath (The Battle)” which have set the tone for a forth offering entitled “Druid Winds & The Fall
