HYLDR is a Gothic Doom Metal band from Belgium formed in 2021 whose music focuses on an emotional approach to morbid themes.
The name HYLDR is a reference to a valkyrie that one character wishes she could become in a book written by singer Lady IX. That book is used as a template for song concepts and is about a japanese woman who ends up in the middle of a viking turmoil. In that story there are elements of the supernatural combined with doses of Greek tragedy.
The band quickly structured itself as a quintet. Both guitarists build rich harmonies and intoxicating melodies on a strong rhythmic structure provided by a bass player and a drummer. This musical setting allows Lady IX to pose her extraordinary voice, with a remarkable range.
Visually, the band intrigues. Dressed in a black kimono, masked, Lady IX comments : “The mask has been a transitional process. The half mask is practical for singing, while also being a gateway to the story of Kyoko and the Norsemen; reality and fantasy all in one.”
HYLDR decided to enter Wavelight Factory during summer 2022 to record, mix and master its first album ‘’Order of the Mist” : 8 tracks sometimes haunting and hypnotic, sometimes epic and melodic.
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