DAEVAR are here to shake up the stoner/doom metal scene with a menacing lo fi
sound and a fresh set ideals. Fronted b y the enigmatic Pardis ( vocals) and
completed by Caspar ( and Moritz ( DAEVAR serve up moody
anthems inspired by what really happens in the world, rather than singing about the
sweetness of the leaf or spreading eternal gloom. The youn g trio from Cologne
have recorded five atmospheric slow burners at Hidden Planet Studios with Jan
Oberg, who oversaw production and helped the band create a deceptively complex
sound. Washed in an ocean of crunchy fuzz, Delirious Rites drowns the listener in a
raw conflation of gritty textures and exalting melodies.

Album opener « Slowshine » is an astonishingly raw punch to the ears, ripping open
the carefully produced atmospheric opening with the crushing sound of bass and
guitar merging together in a haz e of lo finesse. « Leviathan » gives further insight in
the intricacy of the DAEVAR sound, opening with a lone crusty guitar glued
together by feedback to elementary tribal drumming of Moritz. Then, like flesh
enfolding the talons of an eagle, like a hand cl enching the hilt of sharpened sword,
the fuzzy bass grips around the raw and gritty guitar, reinforcing it and rendering it
powerful.

Driven by this punchy guitar and bass combination, DAEVAR plough through five
moody stoner doom anthems dissecting consequential themes like enforced
disappearance, sleep paralysis and female empowerment. The depth of Delirious
Rites is ready to unfold its elf with songs inspired by the work of political philosopher
Thomas Hobbes and quotations from Iranian psychedelic rock anthems from the
70s. Somewhere between Sleep and Paradise Lost this mysterious trio have found
a pocket that is completely their own. L ike a transmission through the snowy static,
like a ghost through the wire, Delirious Rites sees the mysterious hand of DAEVAR
reach out to grip the soul of whomever is ripe for the taking.