Alt-metallers MOODRING mark the release of the ‘YOUR LIGHT FADES AWAY’ EP with new single ‘SHI=DEATH’

‘YOUR LIGHT FADES AWAY’ is out today on UNFD

Floridian alt-metallers, MOODRING, have today released their new EP, ‘YOUR LIGHT FADES AWAY’, alongside focus track, ‘SHI=DEATH’. The EP marks a real upshift in sonic and aesthetic confidence for Moodring, picking up the sensual scents of last year’s SYNC.WAV but mashing it with the raw, stomping aggression of a track like ‘BLACK_WAVE’, while, ‘WOULDYOUWAITFORME?’, managed to straddle the line between anthemic and pit ready with an effortless grace that shouldn’t be present amongst such downtuned nastiness… but that’s how Moodring do it.

“We really wanted to push ourselves to experiment with vocals on these new songs,” shares vocalist Hunter Young, “and find a way to work our signature chorus hook in amongst new approaches to melody and aggression. The fact that it was written whilst Hurricane Ian raged literally outside the studio windows very likely contributed to the stormy, dramatic tones and emotions within the track.”

Speaking of today’s new one, ‘SHI=DEATH’, Young explains, “Before falling ill (more here), I had a feeling something was wrong, but I was assuming a lot of what I was feeling and going through was due to over a decades worth of insomnia. “SHI=DEATH” sees co-collaborator iRis.EXE and I explore the lyrical topic of “sleep debt”. Every missed hour spent writhing in bed accumulating a high price to pay. Eventually everything catches up to you. We personified “sleep debt” as death with a woman’s anatomy to help paint the story.”

MOODRING – ‘SHI=DEATH’ (Official Visualiser)

MORE ABOUT MOODRING

Moodring previously released the full length album Stargazer in June 2022. The album was soaked and splattered with shades of crimson, black, and blue. It explored themes of pain and loss, sex and addiction, love and death against a gloriously patchwork musical backdrop. Moodring mix swaths of moody, ’90s grunge and thunderous, ’00s hard rock into a unique and unforgettable sonic blend. Ultimately, Stargazer served as a sonic document about letting go and giving in — letting go of trauma and pain and giving into temptation, vices, and the void.

‘YOUR LIGHT FADES AWAY’ / Tracklisting

1) SHI=DEATH

2) BLACK_WAVE

3) WOULDYOUWAITFORME?

Listen to the EP:

http://moodring.lnk.to/yourlightfadesaway