NEW SINGLE - WATCH NOW Youtube Spotify Itunes-note Deezer Amazon Bandcamp Soundcloud Progressive Doom Opera. Metal, classical, doom, and jazz meet. All with a gothic outlook steeped in ancient ritual. Shredding riffs, hypnotic drums, and soaring vocals. Oryad comes from the Temple of Diana, deep in the woods, with music both heavy and expansive. Join us. RELEASES "The main attraction of Oryad’s music is the incredibly powerful and expressive lyric soprano voice of Moira Murphy."-Metal Goddesses "SACRED & PROFANE" 25 MAY, 2023 Oryad’s debut full-length album, featuring 10 diverse tracks exploring grief, dreams, and the divine and rebellious feminine. Pre-Save Streaming CD Pre-Order "...the percussion is somehow both elegant and forceful; the guitar runs tasteful, evocatively syncopated and almost more another voice than what one might expect from a metal band. "-Queen City Sounds Buy Cool Merch. SHOP Survey The Sacred Scrolls. Press Reviews & Interviews "Oryad is on the right track to find that distinctiveness from other gothic bands which will definitely make me keep an eye on them and check what other surprises they will bring"-Heavy Queens PRESS MEDIA KIT "[one of the] things that really impressed me from the beginning [was] the drummer Matt Gotlin-Sheehan, who shows such imaginative and creative rythmic figures: drum dynamics that set a very special touch to the experience of listening to Rossini’s Stabat Mater."-Heavy Queens HYMNS OF EXILE & DECAY Our first EP from 2021, a collection of 6 tracks that began the journey. LISTEN NOW Youtube Spotify Itunes-note Amazon Bandcamp READ THE REVIEWS "...the operatic vocals from Moira are out of this world"-Loud Unity