Russian Doomers Moanhand Deliver on Awesome in New Music Video, “Serpent Soul”

Lately, I’ve been revisiting an album I reviewed earlier this summer, ‘Present Serpent’ (2021) by Moscow mayhem makers MOANHAND. At the time I encountered it, I was slowly emerging from a dark cocoon of depression that overlapped with the already stressful events of pandemic. Let’s just say that Moanhand was choice music to my ears, with a knack for striking just the right emotional chord with me from song-to-song. I admire a band that can truly commiserate with the depth and breadth of human emotion.

So how does the longplay hold up four months later? Quite well, actually! Turns out, you don’t have to be downcast to enjoy it, either. And to prove my point, Doomed & Stoned is debuting the band’s brand new vid, “Serpent Soul (a Tale of Angels’ Slaughter).” The earnest vocals, caustic outbursts, windy tremeloes, searching riffs, and driving energy are most effective against the backdrop of turning leaves, most of which have fallen as nature hunkers down for the foreboding winter months ahead. You could couple these forlorn songs with standards from Black Cobra, Warning, Pallbearer, and Monolord, but the album also settles in quite nicely as a straight listen from edge to center. I hope even more people will discover the band as they catch up on their year-end listening.

What’s special about this music video is that we get to see the composer Roman Filatov in action. Joined by drummer Sergey Dridiger, the two make quite a formidable pair and the performance is brimming with fierce energy . Nicely filmed and recorded by Igor Butz. Our Halloween gift to you!

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After the summer release of crushing debut album Present Serpent that was noted by Metal Hammer, Decibel, Doomed & Stoned, Metal Injection, Doom Charts, The Obelisk and other key-medias, Moanhand’s captain Roman Filatov teamed up with drummer Sergey Dridiger to spread these serpent vibes live. In between their quickly organized gigs in Moscow this autumn, the duo returned to Pentagram House Studio to film their furious live performance of the track Serpent Soul (A Tale of Angels’ Slaughter).“

Following the obsession with multimedia double releases in 2019 with Plague Sessions EP, Moanhand once again presents to audiences audio and visual sides of its dreamy and violent slow metal art.

This live-track will be released on Bandcamp and all digital platforms on November 1. Performed live at Pentagram House Studio, Moscow, Russia at the end of September 2021. Filmed, edited, recorded & mixed by Igor Butz