"Doom metal has become a genre that is in constant flux, with artists constantly re-imagining and reinventing its timbre and manipulating its characteristics. This most recent album from Promethean Misery, Ghosts, represents doom metal under a neoclassical/ darkwave gaze, with the aim to capture the dark melancholic atmosphere often embraced by doom metal, but stretches the instrumentation and how it can be used in the genre. So if you're a fan of doom metal, and open to something that sits just outside the realms of distorted guitar, than give this a go.
Promethean Misery is an ongoing tale of misery; a collection of pieces composed over many years by Australian solo artist Samantha Kempster. The use of piano, voice, violin, percussion, and other orchestral and distorted elements, are interwoven into melancholic melodies, and dark deep riffs. Each release features these instruments in different capacities, giving each release its own identity, while maintaining the melancholic feel. The first installment of Promethean Misery was the debut EP Before my Eyes (2016) which is piano and voice led. The second release, Bloodlet (July 2017), introduced distorted violin and percussion. This most recent release, Ghosts (Oct 27, 2017), is a blending of the two. "