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| Photo credit: Guilia Valentina Riccioni |
It's been a while, but guess where I'm going this week? If you guessed back to Italy, then you are a loyal reader of this blog, and I thank you for your support!
It seems that the talent coming from Italy is pouring out faster than I can keep up, so there is never a shortage of bands to discover. This Friday's feature is Onydia, a prog-metal outfit formed by ex members of the band Elarmir, who decided to break off and put a band of their own together. The newly-formed Onydia signed a deal with Revalve Records in 2016, and this year saw the release of their debut album.
The video for the song “A New Safe Path” begins with a woman emerging from underwater, and dancing her way to the shore in quick, jerky movements. There is another woman there, standing completely still, in a long cloak and hood. The dancing woman moves around her, removing the hood in one swift gesture. She struggles to pull at the cloak until it falls away, and the dancer takes to the air in quick little jumps. (I believe the correct ballet term is “petit allegro”.) Soon, both women are gracefully moving about, as the cloak blows in the wind. Before long, the women are moving together in time, playing tug-of-war with the cloak, and ultimately finding their own rhythm as they move in their own way to the song. The second woman walks into the depths of the water and completes the cycle, showing a great metaphor for daring to step outside your boundaries and try new things; to be unafraid of the unfamiliar, and to stand alone as an individual without cutting off from the world, and its lessons for us.
For more information on Onydia, visit their official Facebook page.
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