Michal Kacunel (leads/rhythm guitars, clean vox),
Maciej Kupiszewski (guitars/growled vox),
Adam Romanowski (drums and percussion),
Jakub Kupiszewski (bass)
Influences
metal, progressive rock, medieval folk, celtic, jazz (drums)
Sounds Like
Progressive death/black metal countered with clean electric and medieval folk passages.
Founded and based in New York City, Gwynbleidd is a band whose four
members all hail originally from Poland. It is this experience --
leaving one’s homeland and relocating halfway across the world -- that
served as the original inspiration for the band's debut album,
Nostalgia (out October 27, 2009 on BlackCurrant Music.) Gwynbleidd
guitarist/vocalist Maciej Kupiszewski explains:
“The concept for the album started with the theme of nostalgia --
memories of childhood and places left behind, influenced mainly by the
fact that the members of the band all moved from Poland to the States
in their early teens. Although the band is based in Brooklyn, New
York, in the heart of the biggest city in the US, the music conveys a
yearning toward primeval and pristine wilderness landscapes. We took
this theme of nostalgia and developed a whole story around it -- a
paradoxical tale of yearning, deceit, and treason.”
Nostalgia showcases Gwynbleidd’s signature style, blending elements of
progressive metal, black metal, death metal, and traditional European
folk music.
Gwynbleidd will be touring throughout 2009 and 2010. In the past two
years, the band has played with the likes of Novembers Doom, Turisas,
Kalmah, Bal-Sagoth, and Slough Feg, including slots on festivals such
as Chicago Powerfest, Heathen Crusade, and the travelling Pagan Fest.
Gwynbleidd has also performed with the Ballet Deviare dance company
(which counts Opeth, My Dying Bride, and Arsis amongst its other
musical collaborators.)
Six years in the making, the first full length album is arriving on October 27th 2009 through BlackCurrant Records, released as a digipack and including a 20 page booklet.
Amaranthine EP (2006)
The debut EP is currently available through our web site and sites listed below. At the moment there are about 300 copies remaining as Amaranthine will never be re-printed again. Use the PayPal buttons below if you'd like to get a copy!
I'm seriously so obsessed over your music. It always manages to put me into a good mood :] You should try coming to CT because I would definitely go see you :D
Hey my Polish friends. great show tonight @ the lit lounge. i enjoyed your band the most, very talented stuff dudes. i love the progressiveness in it. great cd release party. hope to see more of you at future shows. Keep It Metal As Always!!!
hope things are going well with the band... facebook deleted my music site..wtf?? anyway ..write me here.. ..metal grtz. ..rhsc bass.nyc /flute msitress altar of oblivion
Thanks to everyone who came out to this years Powerfest. We had a great time and made alot of new friends. And, Thanks for stopping by the Dark Star Records Booth. We hope to see you all again next year. Here are some pictures from all three days, May 7th, 8th, 9th, 2009.
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