Due 17th October, Daedric’s sophomore album As The Light Left is an album forged in both chaos and catharsis. With an unrelenting blend of nu-metal grit, cinematic darkness, and raw vulnerability, Daedric pushes their sound further than ever before, channelling pain, nostalgia, and primal fury.
The album opens with ‘The Other Terror’, fuelled by a mental breakdown and relentless guitar riffs keeping the chaos sharp and direct. ‘Sand Tiger’ stomps onto the scene like a nu-metal time capsule from the early 2000s, gritty, groovy, and scratched to hell… Throughout As The Light Left, Daedric strips away polish in favour of pain, letting raw emotion bleed through genre-bending production and ferocious vocals. It’s not an album of easy answers or tidy resolutions. It’s the sound of collapse and creation, of dancing on the edge of the fire, torn between fury and fragility. Born from breakdowns, creative tension, and fearless reinvention, As The Light Left is both a cathartic purge and a statement of artistic intent: Daedric refined, but still untamed
Thisalternative rock and metal project led by vocalist and artist, Kristyn Hope, alongside producers, Clay Schroeder and Geoff Rockwell, draws inspiration from an eclectic array of sources including the open world role-playing game series.
As The Light Left can be ordered here.
You can check out the videos for previous single ‘Undone’ and new single, ‘Sand Tiger‘, here at RAMzine.
Inspired by the Cave of Wonders tiger from Aladdin, ‘Sand Tiger’ captures a dark, growling presence both sonically and lyrically. It tackles themes of existential exhaustion and emotional numbness, pushing forward even when it feels pointless. The chorus reflects the fleeting nature of emotion: what’s overwhelming now might be forgotten in minutes.
