Lisbon, Portugal based Heavy Rock power duo Her Name Was Fire have unveiled the official full stream visualizer for their new EP, “Obsidian Light,” released on May 08, 2026.
Stream “Obsidian Light” in full and watch its official visualizer via the YouTube player below:
Her Name Was Fire are a Heavy rock duo from Lisbon, formed by João Campos and Tiago Lopes in 2016.
Built around baritone guitar, drums and a massive low-end setup, the band has always worked from a simple but stubborn idea: two people should be able to sound like much more than two people. Across two full-length albums, “Road Antics” and “Decadent Movement,” the band carved out a sound somewhere between Stoner Rock, Grunge, Psych, Blues and Progressive heaviness. They have toured 50+ dates across Portugal and Europe, shared stages with Mondo Generator, The Vintage Caravan, Radio Moscow and The Black Mirrors, and played to 20,000+ people at Festas do Mar in Cascais. But the real story behind Her Name Was Fire is also one of distance and persistence. For almost ten years, João and Tiago have kept the band alive across different cities, and eventually different countries, building the whole thing themselves without compromising the sound or the aesthetic. Everything around the band is DIY: the music, artwork, videos, production, design and visual direction. The project has always been as much about creating a world as writing songs. After going quiet during the pandemic, Her Name Was Fire return with “Obsidian Light,” out May 08, 2026. The EP is the hardest-hitting thing they have done so far: five songs of Heavy, groove-driven Stoner Rock, sharpened by years of distance, frustration, silence and the need to make the band matter again.
The songs move between slow-burning heaviness, direct choruses and a more physical, almost dance-Heavy fuzzy energy. “Electrify” opens the EP with that feeling front and center: heavy, immediate and built around the moment where being stuck for too long finally turns into movement, light and release. “Facekicker” is about damage, repetition and the strange ways we build thrones out of the things that hurt us. “Head on the Wall” takes aim at hype culture, digital sameness and the feeling of becoming invisible while everyone chases the next thing. “Better Days” is a moody behemoth about the grind of the 9 to 5, slowly building from exhaustion into a jagged, hypnotic trance-like release. “Steamed” closes the EP with a warning: push something down for long enough and eventually it comes back out of control. “Obsidian Light” is not a reinvention. It is a distillation. The riffs are heavier, the choruses are more direct, the grooves hit harder, and the band sounds more focused than ever, even when the songs veer into stranger territory. It is the sound of two people coming back with everything stripped down to what matters: volume, melody, low-end, instinct and the stubborn will to keep building something from nothing.
Band quote:
“Obsidian Light feels like us cutting through all the noise and getting back to what matters: heavy grooves, big low-end, melody, and doing this thing on our own terms. No apologies, no trying to please everyone, just making the songs hit as hard as they can. After years of distance, silence and trying to keep the fire alive across countries, this EP feels like the moment where it all locks back in.”
Purchase “Obsidian Light” EP on Bandcamp: https://hernamewasfire.bandcamp.com/album/obsidian-light
Tracklist:
01. Electrify 04:26
02. Facekicker 02:55
03. Head on the wall 03:53
04. Better Days 05:07
05. Steamed 04:10
Lineup:
João Campos / Vocals and Guitar
Tiago Lopes / Drums and Percussion