rýr (Icelandc: barren, sparse, weak) is an instrumental post-metal band from Berlin, Germany. transient is their second full-length album, which will be available from Golden Antenna Records on October 28th.
Like on the first album, left fallow, the band creates diverging spheres and heavy riffs, but with a more riff-centric focus on this album, to create a slightly more versatile and forward-going atmosphere.
The sound origin is located in post and black metal, but the band tries to incorporate inspirations from every genre of music that has atmo- spheric and forward-going parts in it, without being to accommodating. The five songs constitute a diverting, 40 minutes long auditive journey
trajectory is the first single from transient, and Everything Is Noise has the premiere right here: https://everythingisnoise.net/premieres/contemplate-your-own-trajectory-with-the-stunning-doom-of-ryr/
Everything Is Noise notes that “Trajectory sees the band shift away from using copiuous amounts of echo and reverb to bring their flavour of atmosphere to the table, and move towards a fuller, richer sound that sends you to the skies. Growling yet clean guitar thrums play off against a typical post-rock ascending riff for the opening few minutes, a sombre procession to clear the path for the crushing riffs to follow.”
transient was written by the band in 2020 and 2021 and then recorded in September 2021 by Jan Oberg at Hidden Planet Studios (The Ocean, Abest, Sun Worship), who also mixed and mastered the songs.
The cover art is designed by Fabian Schlinsog (@poorlifechoicesclub) and emphasizes the concept of this album which focuses on the fleetingness of the moment, the relationships we build, the struggles we have to face— all taking place in enclosed walls and countries we live in. The sound of the album tries to capture the dialectics of these transient phenomenon in dense and enclosed environments, yet still tries to identify small, sometimes clandestine portions of positive sentiments in modern world’s urban emptiness.
transient is out October 28, 2022 on Golden Antenna Records, pre-order it here: https://goldenantenna.com/?s=ryr
Tracklist
1. Trajectory
2. Derisive
3. Alienated
4. Transient
5. Shattered