Sounds | Crippled Black Phoenix - Ravenettes
- Jan Guisset
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Op het wansmakelijke af, macaber, maar ook met heerlijke toetsen van glam en kitsch.
Dat is een combo zoals alleen die van Crippled Black Phoenix ons kunnen voorschotelen.
En ons warm maken voor de release van hun nieuwe, 14e (!!!) album Sceaduhelm dat op 17 april uitkomt via Season of Mist.
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CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX present “Ravenettes”, a central and formative composition from their forthcoming album Sceaduhelm. Written as the first piece for the record, the track established the tonal and emotional framework that would shape the album as a whole. Built on repetition, restraint, and controlled momentum, “Ravenettes” captures a state of psychological vigilance, where suppressed memories resurface without warning and avoidance proves only briefly effective.
“Ravenettes” frames trauma as cyclical rather than resolved, returning again and again as a “glitch in the timeline.” Musically, its stripped-back construction and insistent rhythmic pulse mirror this sense of inevitability, favouring tension over release. Belinda Kordic’s vocal performance remains measured and urgent, carrying the song’s unease without exaggeration. Within the wider context of Sceaduhelm, “Ravenettes” introduces the album’s inward focus on endurance, emotional erosion, and the quiet violence of repetition, setting the foundation for what follows…
