It was fantastic being a part of the first Ultimate Insider Genre conference organised by UCL Music Futures and Daniel Lukes (Black Metal Rainbows). A huge thank you to the hosts for inviting me and for organising the event.
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It was wonderful to be a part of the first Heavy Metal on the Airwaves Symposium and have the opportunity to share my paper ‘Cultivating Subculture in Virtual Spaces: The Importance of Online Radio for Underground Metal’. The day was filled with so many wonderful papers, and spending the evening at the Show No Mersey showcase was a perfect way to end a day of metal!
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I’m thrilled to share that my band’s (Disconnected Souls) debut album Fragments of Consciousness is out today!! We’ve been working incredibly hard on improving our compositional style, recording and production over the past few years, and I’m thrilled with how the album has turned out!
Stream the album on all major platforms here: https://lnkfi.re/CMfZrnYe/
And you can purchase the album digitally or on CD here: https://disconnectedsouls.bandcamp.com/album/fragments-of-consciousness
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Step into haunting realms with our new single ‘Fragments’ featuring a guitar solo from New Years Day’s Jeremy Valentyne! Again, it’s quite different musically and that’s what we love about our band – we can explore so many different styles in each of our songs.
Our new single ‘Loveless’ is quite a personal release that also showcases a few twists and turns in our musical journey!
Well, after two years of video planning (with a few hiccups along the way), several handmade extravagant costumes and transporting our instruments up a mountain – we did it! We made our first ever music video!
As band, we thrive in experimenting with our music. I’m thrilled with how ‘Kintsukuroi’ turned out and how it shows yet another side to our music! We have lots more planned… watch this space!
I’m excited to share with you a cover of Ronnie James Dio’s ‘We Rock’! Organised by journalist and YouTuber Belgian Jasper, I was asked to take part alongside some amazing musicians!
For the second part of this mini series about the upcoming Sensory Enigma album, I thought I’d delve into my song writing process.
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Around October 2021 I decided, with my band mates at Disconnected Souls, that we would release a new original single the following month. It was a rush finishing the track in time for some promotion, but we did it and unleashed ‘Petrichor’ into the world.
Holly Royle 