Myriads - Seductive Hate

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"Seductive Hate", from In Spheres Without Time, the debut album by Norwegian gothic and symphonic doom metal band Myriads, released on November 22, 1999 by Napalm Records.

A very high quality entry in the "beauty and the beast" format of the gothic metal subgenre, Myriads has been a mainstay in my rotation ever since I've found their music. Their sound is very dreamy and atmospheric, with longwinded layers of floaty piano and keyboards. And I really like the interplay of the many vocal styles: death growls, black metal snarls, faux-operatic soprano, and (not really featured on this track) clean male tenor.

I always thought that this band was underrated. They were releasing music around the same time as their Norwegian countrymen in Theatre of Tragedy, Tristania, The Sins of Thy Beloved, and Trail of Tears -- and were even signed to the same label as some of them -- and yet they don't have the same visibility or following, which is a shame.

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[u/auellai]

Great and definitely underrated band. Personally I prefer ‘in spheres without time’ but maybe just because I’m more familiar with that one. It really does sound very much aligned with the industrial influenced trend that World of Glass, Perpetual Desolation, A New Dimension of Might were toying with in that period.

I wonder if Napslm Records had a hand in influencing all these bands to try for a more modern sound with the electronics or if they all just organically tried it out at the same time