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Angry Metal Guy<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/euphrosyne-morus-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Euphrosyne – Morus Review</a>By IcebergDeath is an omnipresent theme in metal, and art in general, but the subject matter is especially poignant when approached by survivors of its trauma. Post-black quartet Euphrosyne tackle the loss of a loved one, in this case songwriter Alex Despotidis’ mother, on their debut LP, Morus. Post-black seems an appropriate style for the Greeks, with a focus on atmosphere, melody, and stillness to balance black metal fury. While the lyrics are credited to frontwoman Efi Eva, all the music was composed by Despotidis, an unenviable but hopefully cathartic duty for someone who just lost a parent. Observing the grieving process always feels a bit intrusive, and Morus reveals itself to be an intensely personal collection of songs. Nevertheless, the motionless death shroud on Morus’ cover invites the listener into a journey of pain, death, and that which remains.Euphrosyne isn’t content to paint themselves into a post-black corner. Efi Eva is a convincing, multi-faceted vocalist, and her chameleon-like vocal performance drives the different moods of Morus. Her clean soprano, not unlike Evanescence’s Amy Lee, guides the acoustic sections, featuring reverb-drenched piano melodies and simple, plucked guitar lines (“Morus,” “Valley of White”), while also unleashing impressive hardcore shouts (“Asphodel”) and black metal roars (“Lilac Ward”). Despotidis’ lead guitar acts as a counterpoint, his soaring melodies anchoring instrumental sections (“Funeral Rites,” “Mitera”). Euphrosyne’s rhythm section is dependable, deploying predictable blasting alongside less predictable odd time signatures and filtered grooves akin to Mer de Noms-era A Perfect Circle (“Valley of White,” “Eulogy”). At its heart, Morus is a narrative album, and Euphrosyne wisely employ different sounds and styles to shape the story as its told.Euphrosyne excel at painting the tale of death with their music. From the pivotal moment of “July 21st” where Eva takes her ethereal clean tone and warps it into a furious snarl, the listener sits sidecar to Despotidis’ grieving process. The frustrated proselytizing of “Eulogy,” the spiraling guitar riff closing “Funeral Rites” (perhaps signifying the lowering of a casket), and the wailing guitar melody of “Mitera” that segues into “Asphodel” feels more at home in the theater than the recording studio. Spoken word, all in the band’s native Greek, humanizes the performance and reinforces the narrative concept (“Morus,” “Mitera”). While the production shows its limits in the black metal riffage, Euphrosyne know how to use silence and space when it counts, particularly at the edges of their songs (“Morus,” “Funeral Rites”). Morus is also edited well, running at a well-rounded 43 minutes with not much fat to trim. The slimmer run time allows the listener to fully appreciate the story on their first pass, and then discover layering and thematic through-lines on repeats.Euphrosyne drip creativity with their more adventurous sections, but they seem to move to the tried and true side of melodic metal elsewhere. Eva’s performance is solid throughout, but the constant reliance on a clean vocal chorus becomes rote by the end of the album. The black metal passages of the album, while serving their role as a pressure valve for the music’s pent-up emotion, feel by-the-numbers and more like a bridge between the more exciting, less heavy moments. Production is handled by Psychon of Septicflesh fame, and while the mixing/mastering job lends the quieter parts of Morus breathing room, the crushed DR5 rips any sense of dynamic from the black metal blasting and trilling, an industry-standard approach that takes away from Euphrosyne’s unique take on the genre. Its difficult to pinpoint specific songs that work better than others since they all contain aspects of the “post and the black,” but it’s easy to see after a couple weeks of focused listens that Euphrosyne shine in the empty spaces when they’re less restricted to a post-black label.Despite these gripes, Morus is a deeply affecting album, one that moved me more the longer I left it to marinate. I don’t know that singular pain of losing a parent, but I know the pain of losing someone very close to me, and Despotidis’ memoir has brushed that scar tissue. Though this score may seem to describe a somewhat middling listening experience, I highly recommend this album for fans of dark, weighty music that tells a story. I think with some fine-tuning, Euphrosyne have quite the mark to make in the post-black world. Until their next effort, I’ll keep Morus in my back pocket for the grey days when I need to commiserate with another wounded soul. Rating: 3.0/5.0 DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3 Label: <a href="https://blacklionrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Black Lion Records</a> Websites: <a href="http://euphrosyneblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/morus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/euphrosyneproject" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> Releases Worldwide: March 21st, 2025<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/30/" target="_blank">#30</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/a-perfect-circle/" target="_blank">#APerfectCircle</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/black-lion-records/" target="_blank">#BlackLionRecords</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/black-metal/" target="_blank">#BlackMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/euphrosyne/" target="_blank">#Euphrosyne</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/evanescence/" target="_blank">#Evanescence</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/gothic-metal/" target="_blank">#GothicMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/greek-metal/" target="_blank">#GreekMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/mar25/" target="_blank">#Mar25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/melodic-metal/" target="_blank">#MelodicMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/morus/" target="_blank">#Morus</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/post-metal/" target="_blank">#PostMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/reviews/" target="_blank">#Reviews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/septicflesh/" target="_blank">#SepticFlesh</a>

⠵⠻⠷⠕⠭ 🍥🍉⚪🌹So fuck <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ticketmaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ticketmaster</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dice</a> for both requiring you to have an Apple or Google corporate spyware pocket device. Won't be attending any of their concerts from now on. Unless a friend that likes the shackles gets me a ticket. You used to be able to get your ticket on their mobile website. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CdnPoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Primus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Primus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APerfectCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APerfectCircle</a> :(

devopscatsWhat Makes This Song Great? "Weak and Powerless" A Perfect Circle<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJtZJMNhdY4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJtZJMNhdY4</a><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#guitar</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/aperfectcircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aperfectcircle</a>

william.maggosIs the Venn diagram of <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Primus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Primus</a> and <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tool</a> fans <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/APerfectCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APerfectCircle</a>?

GavinSeems topical <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsH686xWl0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsH686xWl0</a>"Time to put the silicon obsession down, take a look around, find a way in the silence."<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/aperfectcircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aperfectcircle</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/disillusioned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disillusioned</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a>

DaLetra EnglishLyrics for the song “The Hollow” by A Perfect Circle <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/APerfectCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APerfectCircle</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TheHollow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheHollow</a> <a href="https://daletra.com/a-perfect-circle/lyrics/the-hollow.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://daletra.com/a-perfect-circle/lyrics/the-hollow.html</a>

DaLetra EnglishSee the lyrics for the song “The Package” by A Perfect Circle <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/APerfectCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APerfectCircle</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ThePackage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThePackage</a> <a href="https://daletra.com/a-perfect-circle/lyrics/the-package.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://daletra.com/a-perfect-circle/lyrics/the-package.html</a>

Thomas<a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/TuneTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TuneTuesday</a> bonus round! Because this week's prompt is <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/ItsForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ItsForYou</a>, I dedicate the following songs...To <a href="https://metalhead.club/@yourfutureex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@yourfutureex</a> 👁️ Tempest Temper Enlil Enraged by <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Melechesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melechesh</a> <a href="https://song.link/y/y7Fau2MH6Uo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://song.link/y/y7Fau2MH6Uo</a>To <a href="https://metalhead.club/@trendskater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@trendskater</a> ☠️ What Doesn't Die by <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Anthrax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anthrax</a> <a href="https://song.link/y/oTH224Sc8GY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://song.link/y/oTH224Sc8GY</a>To <a href="https://metalhead.club/@thomas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thomas</a> and <a href="https://metalhead.club/@HailSatan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@HailSatan</a> ⚓ Die Havarie by <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Kanonenfieber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kanonenfieber</a> <a href="https://song.link/y/lWuLvCQoNb8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://song.link/y/lWuLvCQoNb8</a>To <a href="https://metalhead.club/@HailsandAles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@HailsandAles</a> 🐕 Hounds of Kuenring by <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/K%C3%BCenring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Küenring</a> <a href="https://song.link/at/i/1514808579" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://song.link/at/i/1514808579</a>...and to all Thomases 🧐 Thomas by <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/APerfectCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APerfectCircle</a> <a href="https://song.link/i/723436638" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://song.link/i/723436638</a>

🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheMetalDogArticleList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheMetalDogArticleList</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalInjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MetalInjection</a> MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Plans To Write New TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE & PUSCIFER Over The Next Year-Ish "I've got three bands that need to write songs, so I'm going to be doing that."<a href="https://metalinjection.net/news/maynard-james-keenan-plans-to-write-new-tool-a-perfect-circle-puscifer-over-the-next-year-ish" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metalinjection.net/news/maynard-james-keenan-plans-to-write-new-tool-a-perfect-circle-puscifer-over-the-next-year-ish</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaynardJamesKeenan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaynardJamesKeenan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tool</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APerfectCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APerfectCircle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Puscifer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Puscifer</a>

Theta the Krampus CatWhat does it mean to be <a href="https://fandom.ink/tags/woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woke</a>, and what is the opposite?I think <a href="https://fandom.ink/tags/APerfectCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APerfectCircle</a> very successfully described the desire not to be woke and the reasons to wake up“Counting bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drumsPay no mind what other voices say They don't care about you, like I do, like I do Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils See, they don't give a fuck about you, like I doJust stay with me, safe and ignorant Go back to sleep”<a href="https://deezer.page.link/3RAfpGCQCsYxrPfNA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://deezer.page.link/3RAfpGCQCsYxrPfNA</a>

🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱Noting A Perfect Circle has done will ever get old... it might even get better with time. Tool too but Tool is more of a mood I think.<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/APC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APC</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/aperfectcircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aperfectcircle</a>

nydelreally great video for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/aperfectcircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aPerfectCircle</a> single "so long and thanks for all the fish"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkHSmDxX1t4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkHSmDxX1t4</a>

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