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Belarusian dark post-metal duo Dymna Lotva, who recently signed a record deal with Prophecy Productions, revealed the first single "Buried Alive" (Пахаваны Жыўцом) taken from the duo's forthcoming new album entitled The Land Under The Black Wings: Blood (Зямля Пад Чорнымі Крыламі: Кроў), which is scheduled for release on the 4th of August.
"Our first single 'Пахаваны Жыўцом', which translates to 'Buried Alive' is a song about panic attacks", vocalist Katsiaryna "Nokt Aeon" Mankevich explains. "When you suffer from panic attacks or depression, you have one big problem: you cannot ask for help. It feels like being imprisoned and buried alive in your own body along with your inner darkness that keeps saying: no one will help you, no one cares about you, others have bigger problems. Maybe also drowning in alcohol that voice insists that nobody cares, nobody will be able to help you, and it is probably better to just give up and die. The video clip for 'Buried Alive' depicts an avatar of that inner darkness. She is so beautiful. And her seductive dance will lead you into a thorny thicket, from which there seems to be no escape."
Metal has always had a rebellious streak. And while it has lost some of its revolutionary energy - with the notable exception of black metal - in its Western European and American centres, metal very much remains a source of empowerment and an expression of dissent in most other parts of the word.
Dymna Lotva have many reasons to carry the torch of rebellion. The duo had to flee their native Belarus due to political persecution and attempts by the Lukashenka dictatorship to censure and suppress their art.
For Dymna Lotva the release of The Land Under The Black Wings: Blood (Зямля Пад Чорнымі Крыламі: Кроў) is also an act of defiance. Their music can be read in more than one way. By itself, it is an extremely beautiful yet also a very painful piece of contemporary metal on the dark end of the spectrum with an audible Belarusian sound. Yet in a wider artistic context, Dymna Lotva unleash a furious and mournful cry for freedom and justice with The Land Under The Black Wings: Blood (Зямля Пад Чорнымі Крыламі: Кроў). Check out the brand new stunning and haunting music video for "Buried Alive" right below. Link
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