Dartmouth, NS’s Orchid’s Curse shares latest EP, The Decay
Orchid’s Curse formed way back in 2005 with their first release in 2006. 18 years have passed and they have withstood the test of time. Whether persevering through member changes or a pandemic, the band continues to push forward and release new music. The Decay is their sixth release and will highlight that the band has no plans to stop creating music any time soon.
Musically, The Decay is their most mature work yet, consisting of five songs with a variety of different musical influences but also still having the Orchid’s Curse signature sound. Listeners will experience a two-minute thrash banger, a six-minute melodic epic, and everything in between with lyrics that explore the decline and decay of our modern society. The band shares their excitement:
“We are elated to finally be releasing THE DECAY to the masses. Writing for this album started before the pandemic and we are glad the time to release it is finally here. One positive is that with the shutdowns we had a lot of extra time to spend refining these songs to ensure it was the most mature and competent release to date. With each new album we always try to continue to progress and up the ante musically and artistically. We all feel really confident in these songs and this release as a whole.”
Listen to The Decay below and learn more about Orchid’s Curse via our Five Questions With segment.
Care to introduce yourself to our readers?
We are Orchid’s Curse, a 5-piece metal band from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada. We formed way back in 2006 and just released our 6th album The Decay in June.
Tell us a bit about your most recent release.
Our most recent release is a 5-song EP called The Decay. We started writing it before the pandemic/ lockdown, however, with this we spent a lot of time refining the songs. We demoed everything and then did pre-production where we spent time tweaking some songs. Then after we were all content we then recorded the album.
We are incredibly proud of this album, and across the 5-songs we really tried to showcase our various influences and diversity in our songwriting.
Where do you tend to pull inspiration from when writing?
Our rhythm guitarist Brian is our principal songwriter however everyone contributes throughout the songwriting process. All five of us have some eclectic tastes in music (heavy metal and beyond) and we really try to blend as many influences into our music as we can.
Do you have any upcoming shows you’d like to tell us about?
We just finished a series of shows to support the new album. Our next show is Aug 4th in Halifax and we will soon be announcing some upcoming shows this fall.
What’s your goal for 2023?
Our goals remain unchanged, we are just five people who want to write, record and perform live.