Rioghan - dritte neue Single 'Distance'
Finnish progressive metal act Rioghan have released the third single 'Distance' from their forthcoming album!
Finnish progressive metal band Rioghan is set to release the second studio album 'Kept' on February 14th 2025 via Inverse Records. The third single 'Distance' is released today and it's available on all essential streaming services:
Rioghan comments: https://push.fm/fl/rioghan-distance
" ‘Distance’ paints a soul wrenching story of misplaced trust. You are invited to enter a dream, where eventually things are not what they seem and it ominously turns into a nightmare. Music-wise this song was written with Vikram Shankar, where we experimented with dark pop elements and huge contrasts, and made the softness turn seamlessly to a destructive force.
About the Wheel-tour:
Now when the tour is over, we were left with yearning back to the stages. The shows really were the highlight of this year, and also the people from Wheel were so friendly and welcoming toward us – like their fans too! We couldn’t have had a better crew to try out our first tour. Hope there’ll be much more to come!"
The music video of first single 'Edge' can be seen here: https://youtu.be/SYz0locEGn4
The music video of second single 'Hands' available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_-4BO6FTB8
BIOGRAPHY
Rioghan is a fresh breeze to progressive metal scene from Finland. The band consists of singer Rioghan Darcy, guitarists Teemu Liekkala and Tero Luukkonen, bassist Antti Varjanne and drummer Valtteri Revonkorpi.
Their debut album ‘Different Kinds Of Losses’ was made in collaboration with Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Einar Solberg (Leprous) and Teemu Koskela (ex-Celesty), and it was rolled out during 2022 sparking interest widely. The singles got airtime in Finland and also internationally, and after the album release in December, Rioghan’s monthly listeners on Spotify peaked at 40 000. The songs also got into multiple Spotify editorial playlists.
Live line-up was put into action in 2023, and this autumn Rioghan returned to stages supporting Wheel on their Charismatic Leaders -tour, bringing their stellar show to Tampere, Kuopio, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Lahti, and Oulu. Fans’ welcome was spectacular, and their energetic show brought a lot of new fans too.
Rioghan started out as a solo project by singer and poetess Rioghan Darcy, based in Lapua, Finland. After years of writing poetry and lyrics, Rioghan was founded in 2019 with an intention to fleshen up some of her words with music. After a while, it grew into a trio with Teemu Liekkala (guitars, bass, keys, production) and Valtteri Revonkorpi (drums) added as permanent stars for the band, and in 2024 guitarist Tero Luukkonen and bassist Antti Varjanne also officially joined the band from live line-up. Rooted deeply in both gothic and progressive metal scenes, they sure should bring something interesting on the table.
Rioghan - Distance (Single 2024)
Composed by Vikram Shankar & Jenni Perämäki
Lyrics by Jenni Perämäki
Arranged by Teemu Liekkala,Tero Luukkonen, Antti Varjanne, Valtteri Revonkorpi
Line-up:
Rioghan Darcy - vocals
Teemu Liekkala - guitar
Tero Luukkonen - guitar
Antti Varjanne - bass
Valtteri Revonkorpi - drums
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/rioghandarcy
https://www.instagram.com/rioghandarcy
https://rioghan.bandcamp.com
https://spoti.fi/36nTHP7
https://www.rakkausrunot.fi/runoilijat/emma-rioghan-darcy
Quelle: Inverse Records