Ethereal Embrace

The band started its activities in the final months of 2017 to compose morbid, heavy, and aggressive music that expresses the various nuances of anguish, sorrow, skepticism, and pessimism so peculiar of human nature. The live trajectory of the band began on 07/11/2019 in the city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and after some lineup changes, have today the following members: Rodrigo Oliveira (bass/vocals); Rafael Severo Schiites (guitars/vocals); Guilherme Morais Corrêa (guitars/vocals), and Rafael Gelatti (drums). With instrumentals that vary fast and heavy compasses with slow and calm interludes, the lyrics approach not only daily themes like anxiety, depression, sorrow, and exploitation but also social and historical themes like wars, colonization, and totalitarian regimes, as well as references to universal and Latin-American literature. In 2019, with the first lineup, the band started recording its first EP with 3 tracks. Due to issues brought by the Covid-19 pandemics, however, the EP was released only on May 16 of 2021 on the digital platforms and carries the title Lethean River. The lineup of the EP was: Rodrigo Oliveira (bass/vocals); Rafael Severo Schiites (guitars/vocals); Guilherme Morais Corrêa (guitars/vocals); Cibelle Hollerbach (keyboards/transversal flute/vocals), and Daniel Lopes (drums).