ORYAD: Progressive Doom Opera 2024 Promo
"[Oryad] appears to have found its niche in mysterious, symphonic metal with operatesque, burlesque and jazzy touches...what a debut!" -Aardschok "Sacred & Profane is a career defining moment...and is destined to be one of the outstanding releases of 2023." -Metal Epidemic "I don’t really have another artist to compare them to in how they make you feel, and that’s tremendous. They’ve stumbled onto something new.” -Brutally Delicious “Moira Murphy’s classically trained voice is exquisite and she has achieved something that not many singers have done for me in recent years: she made me listen with anticipation and gave me goosebumps. I would go so far as to say that she has one of the best soprano voices in modern metal.” -Female Fronted Power LEARN MORE https://oryad.band/press-kit/
Oryad's debut Full-Length SACRED & PROFANE, released May 2023. Vocals/Piano/Orchestrations: Moira Murphy Guitar: Luca Grieman, Natalie Rodriguez, Andre Sobral Drums: Matt Gotlin-Sheehan Live Strings: Nina Anto Mixed and Mastered: Vikram Shankar at Black Bear Audio in Asheville, North Carolina Recorded: Moira Murphy at Toxoplasma Arts in East Tennessee and Collin Ingram at The Band Cave Studios in Denver, Colorado
Oryad's debut EP Hymns of Exile & Decay, released June 25, 2021. Vocals/Piano/Synth: Moira Murphy Guitar: Luca Grieman Bass: Adam Sanders Drums: Matt Gotlin-Sheehan Mixed and Mastered: Vikram Shankar at Black Bear Audio in Asheville, North Carolina Recorded: Collin Ingram at The Band Cave Studios in Denver, Colorado