The outer reality is forming
The primeval void to fill
The Night is the one and the many
The muse to rule the celestial sphere
In the oldest hush of Greek imagining, before Olympus learned its own name, Nyx moved across the void as mother and measure of all that would follow. From her body came Sleep and Death, Nemesis and Strife; from her darkness, the tremor of beginnings. Even Zeus kept his distance. To invoke her is to speak of origins that are neither gentle nor cruel, but immense.
Athens gothic and post-punk act Reflection Black further immerse listeners into their dark world with their ode to Nyx of their new single and music video Wonders of Night. Originating from the urban landscapes of Athens, Greece, the group draws a long breath from that ancient well of their ancestors and exhales it into amplifiers and drum machines. Synths gather like weather along the horizon, guitars cut deliberate figures through the air, and melodic vocal hooks rise with a solemn clarity that suggests invocation rather than performance.
The band draws from The Sisters of Mercy, The Damned, and The Mission, but also brings to mind the modern vibes of She Past Away, Drab Majesty, and Twin Tribes…and, true to Alex’s metal past, elements of early Metallica can also be heard at intervals, especially in the thundering vocals. Yet what takes hold here is less citation than consecration. The guitar-driven textures move with purpose, steady and tensile, while the rhythm section keeps a disciplined march beneath an atmosphere thick with occult intent.
Alex offers insight into the song’s theme: “Nyx…according to Orphic Theogony, is a primordial force from which the universe has spawned. She is considered the mother of several divine beings, but also breeds a number of primordial negative forces like Thanatos, Nemesis and Eris.” In that lineage, the song finds its gravity. It carries the sense of standing before something older than doctrine, older than daylight.
Wonders of Night is the last of the series of singles from the band’s upcoming full-length album, Burning Obsidian Star, set for release through Swiss Dark Nights on March 20th 2026. The animated lyric video by Costin Chioreanu lends the hymn a visual rite, each frame bending toward the same ancient mother whose night still covers the earth.
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