Arbrynth - A Place of Buried Light (Full-Length Album - 2020) - Bandcamp Stream

Arbrynth are a folk-inspired metal band from the outer east of Melbourne, Australia. These Aussies have described themselves as Forest Metal, and while that may sound pretentious, it’s actually a fitting description of their sound.

Drawing from a vast array of influences, Arbrynth have developed a sound that reflects the color of folklore, woven with their heavy metal roots. The result of this unlikely combination of darkness and light is a style of music that takes the listener on a journey of love and loss, set against a backdrop of nature and earth. The atmosphere in Arbrynth’s music is refined through a combination of distorted guitar-driven riffs, epic leads and acoustic guitar melodies all intertwined with relentless death growls and ethereal vocals and harmonies.

Upon doing some detective work on the Google machine, I found out that it had been roughly nine years since their last release. Their self-titled album in 2011 garnered a bit of online attention, and many of the comments I’ve read have shown a genuine excitement at this new release. Needless to say, this is fantastic music that is both crushingly hard and trance-inducingly groovy.

Arbrynth’s sophomore album “A Place of Buried Light” is a concept album exploring the themes of love and loss. Each track represents a chapter in the individuals odyssey depicting the sacrifices made as they strive for understanding. It was released on February 3rd 2020. The new album contains 7 tracks totaling 49 minutes so a robust 7 minutes per (instrumental track “The Calling” is only 1:48 which bumps the average up of the others).

Formed In: 2006

Status: Active

Years Active: 2006-Present

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Dodds - Guitar/Vocals
Pete - Guitar/Vocals
Junty - Drums/Percussion
Shane - Bass

Country of Origin:  Australia
Location: Melbourne, Victoria

Genre: Progressive Death/Folk Metal (early) Post-Metal (later)
Current Label: Unsigned/Independent
Booking /Press Contact: Arbrynth@gmail.com

Official Site: https://arbrynth.com
Bandcamp: https://arbrynth.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arbrynth
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/arbrynth
Twitter: https://twitter.com/arbrynth
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/arbrynth
Merch: https://arbrynth.bandcamp.com/merch

A Place of Buried Light (Full-Length Album - 2020)

Released February 3, 2020

Credits

All music & lyrics written, arranged &performed by Arbrynth

Engineered, mixed & produced by Matt Dodds

Drums recorded & engineered by Joel Taylor at the Black Lodge, Melbourne

Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege Mastering

Instrumentation performed & programmed by Matt Dodds & Dylan Imeneo.

Additional vocals performed by Stevie Grumont

Layout & design by Perry Higgins & Matt Dodds