ORYAD | Progressive Doom Opera

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.

"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.

"...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.

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

"[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.

Progressive Doom Opera.

"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

"...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.

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

"[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

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"...the operatic vocals from Moira are out of this world"
-Loud Unity

Progressive Doom Opera.

"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

"...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.

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

"[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

LISTEN NOW

"...the operatic vocals from Moira are out of this world"-Loud Unity

"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

"...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

"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

"[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

"...the operatic vocals from Moira are out of this world"
-Loud Unity