Black metal synthwave duo Nighted release second single, 'Acronyc'

Credit: Manuel Vargaz Lepiz

New project of Ivo Henzi (Cellar Darling, ex-Eluveitie)

Nighted, the new genre-bending black metal synthwave duo, have released their second single 'Acronyc', out now via Klang Machine Records.

Stream 'Acronyc' here: https://fanlink.to/nighted

Nighted are Ivo Henzi (vocals, guitars - ex-Eluveitie, Cellar Darling, Forest Of Fog) and Marc Petralito (synths, Appearance Of Nothing). One late and misty summer night, in the enforced lockdown of 2020, the two struck on the idea of mixing black metal with 70s-era synth, à la Blade Runner and Jean-Michel Jarre: and Nighted is the result.

Ivo Henzi comments:
“The story of this song is based on the idea that humans are one of the few species that decide for themselves on which side of the life line they want to stand. One decides either for life or for death. It is a topic with many taboos and stigmatas, and this track is a love letter to life & a poem of death.”

Marc Petralito adds:
“‘Acronyc’ best showcases our core idea of playing music that is rooted in black metal and influenced by a synthwave atmosphere. We‘ve based this song on the synth lead at the beginning and developed it from there.”

‘Acronyc’ is the second of a series of songs that will be unveiled throughout 2022, leading up to Nighted’s debut album Absence, which will be released in the Autumn. The stunning single follows the band's debut, 'Aeons'.

The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Anna Murphy (Cellar Darling, ex-Eluveitie) at Lucerne’s Sound Farm Studio, with drums performed by session drummer Dylan Watson (Kassogtha). Nighted are signed to the newly-formed heavy music label Klang Machine Records, co-founded by drummer and artist manager Merlin Sutter.

For more:

www.nightedband.com
Nighted on Spotify
www.facebook.com/nightedband
www.instagram.com/nightedband
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