With ‘Dance’, Cellar Darling have created a song that takes up the “Death and the Maiden” theme of their 2019 concept album “The Spell,” but at the same time adapts it into the here and now: a “dance of death”, an end-time vision.
In this epic 11-minute track, the Swiss heavy progressive rock trio takes the listener on a dark musical journey worthy of the band’s name, combining mystical folk elements with heavy riffs and intricate structures. Once again, the highly unusual instrumentation typical for Cellar Darling, including a hurdy-gurdy, flute, and piano, colors their signature sound. Inspired by the dancing plague of 1518, their lyrics for the first time do not tell of an exclusively fictional world but represent an examination of both our history and current events. Thus, Cellar Darling continue to move in a new direction, resuming the radical path they have chosen since departing from Eluveitie in 2016.
‘Dance’ is available digitally now, and will soon be available physically in a strictly limited vinyl-only picture disc released directly from the band. Listen to ‘Dance’ here, here, and below.