Clay Vessels (2021)
https://cruelwonders.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CruelWonders/
Cruel Wonders are a neofolk/post-metal duo of Tamar Singer (Zeres hhttps://zeresh.bandcamp.com/) and Vlad Shusterman (Ghost Bikehttps://ghostbike.bandcamp.com/ ). Their music, based on sweeping guitars and sorrowful vocals backed by Mideastern-tinged electronics, has been described as cinematic and haunting. They have shared stage with such heavyweights as ROME and Spiritual Front.
Cruel Wonders
Israel
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1.
The Crown 00:00
2.
Heart Like Water (ft. Davide Borghi – Albireon) 09:37
3.
Lonely Sits The City 15:15
4.
My Anguish 21:37
5.
The Gold 28:01
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As their 2017 debut Gentle Doom slowly grew into something of an underground classic, vocalist Tamar Singer (Zeresh, Autumn Tears, Necromishka) and multi-instrumentalist Vlad Shusterman (Ghost Bike, Sleep’s Sister, Fallen Astronaut) have been busy refining their distinctively emotive take on art metal-inspired dark folk. Adding subtle flourishes of traditional doom and blackgaze into the equation, the duo’s sophomore effort Clay Vessels, based on the biblical Book of Lamentations, is truly apocalyptic in both sound and scope – complete with epic running times and ghostly choirs alongside their trademark soaring guitars, Eastern strings, and heart-wrenching vocals.
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released October 14, 2021
Tamar Singer – vocals, acoustic guitar
Vlad Shusterman – electric guitars, bass, programming
Music written, arranged, performed and produced by Cruel Wonders
Mixed and mastered by Déhà at Opus Magnum Studio / Brussels 2021
Art by Yael Schwartz
Design by Vlad Shusterman