Cleveland melodic death metal crew, Druparia, have released their debut full-length, The River Above. The album is now streaming in its entirety on their Bandcamp page. Listen to it below and read more from the band.
Buy/stream The River Above here: https://druparia.bandcamp.com/album/the-river-above
The River Above is chock full of riff-heavy melodic death metal, similar to Character– era Dark Tranquillity and Mors Principium Est, with the atmosphere and emotion of Insomnium and Darkest Hour. The word “Druparia” is a pseudo-synonym for the blackthorn plant that plays a part in some circles of occultism and witchcraft, and fits into the band’s visual and lyrical themes of nature and mysticism. Other lyrical themes include sadness, regret, mythology, and perseverance through hardship.
The River Above tracklisting:
01 Voiceless Regret
02 Under the Shade of Sand
03 Bereavement
04 Kintsugi
05 In Repose, Descend
06 Sever the Roots [Official Video]
07 The River Above
08 Of Firmament… And the Renewal
09 Bled For Comfort
10 When Cranes Return
11 The Violet Hour [The Civil Wars]*
All Lyrics by David Moran except “Kintsugi” by Tyler Clark. Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Dan Paddy at Blackroom Studios, Copley Ohio. Cello and strings by Christopher “Kakophonix” Brown. Keyboard programming and backing vocals by Dan Paddy. Cover Art by Mark Erskine (Erskine.designs). “Voiceless Regret” is dedicated to DJ Sprague.
*All songs written by Druparia, Brendan King, Dan Paddy, and Jeff Spencer, except for “The Violet Hour,” owned by The Civil Wars and Sensibility Music.
Druparia formed with members of past bands in the Cleveland area coming together to make new music. Ideas for The River Above have been brewing since about 2011, maybe even earlier and thanks to some gracious friends outside of the band who have contributed and allowed the ideas to live on, the songs have finally come to fruition. Tyler Clark (ex-Inoculation, Mythrias, Once Flesh) came together with old Apothean bandmate Kyle Taylor (ex-Monastery) who had found young drummer Noah Van Dyke (Sea Biscuit) in November 2018. Once Flesh vocalist David Moran had agreed to do vocals if ever a project was started and Druparia had begun. After a few rehearsals, Josh Gatka (ex-Mythrias, Eternal Legacy) was recruited as guitarist the following summer and a full lineup was formed and the band released their first demo entitled Alfhem in the spring of 2020.
Line-Up:
Tyler Clark – Guitars
Josh Gatka – Guitars
David Moran – Vocals
Kyle Lash-Taylor – Bass and Vocals
Noah Van Dyke – Drums and Percussion
Follow Druparia:
https://druparia.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/druparia
https://www.instagram.com/druparia_official/
https://youtube.com/@drupariaofficial
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1a8MDsY9RmApa5t4cyt98E