RIENA set release date for SIGNAL REX debut mini-album, reveal first track - features members of IÄTÖN

Today, Signal Rex announces June 5th as the international release date for Riena's striking debut mini-album, Miekka ja Varjo, on CD and cassette tape formats.

Riena are a brand-new duo hailing from the ever-fertile Finnish black metal underground, with Woewrb Korpinsiipi of Iatön among their ranks. Indeed, they're rooted in a foundation as equally old as those labelmates, but their particular dungeon of black metal is that of the deepest French and Finnish scenes of the late '90s: times of strife when the commercialization of "black metal" instigated in earnest a counterreaction of grim majesty. Riena effortlessly conjure those same spells across their public debut, the six-song / 28-minute mini-album Miekka ja Varjo. With Woewrb on vocals and rhythm guitar and Draghn on lead guitar, bass, and drums, the two men whip forth an alternately galloping / surging storm of hatred and despair. Raw yet righteous and mastered at Trollhouse Audio, the MLP sounds exceptionally era-authentic, with the lead-work ever so subtly suggesting newer dungeons to spelunk. This is Riena's first possession!

Tracklisting for Riena's Miekka ja Varjo
1. Intro
2. Tuhkana Käsissämme
3. Jotka Yössä Kulkevat
4. Käärmeen Kuiskauksia
5. Kun Usva Maan Peittää
6. Outro (Pedon Sanat)