Experimental metal project Fós from Dublin, Ireland is a fusion of drone metal and a traditional music style called sean-nós. On its four song debut album Rinne mé iarraidh (Fós album) released on March 14, 2020, the results of that alchemical mixture is in the realm of the way certain atmospheric black metal acts and the likes of drone legends SunnO))) and sonically adventurous death metal band Dark Castle draw upon the resonances of ancient spiritual rhythms, tonalities and organic, almost intuitive, song structures to take you on a listening journey to some deep, primeval part of your mind to help disentangle the way our minds have been warped to adhere to the values of a mechanized form of social organization and consciousness. On the lead single “An raibh tú ar an gCarraig?” female vocals luminously intone melodically in presumably Gaelic as though mourning the loss of something or someone important but making way for new beginnings. The voice hits your ears vividly but unobtrusively while distorted drones drift and hang in layers behind like the fog obscuring Avalon. Listen to “An raibh tú ar an gCarraig?” on Soundcloud and connect with Fós at the links provided.
fosmetal.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/fosmetal
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