Horrenda’s “Nun’s Tears” doesn’t just scream into the void. It drags one down with it. Religious decay, blackened wrath, and a voice like fire, this is blackened extreme metal in its most vicious and confrontational form. It’s where unfiltered fury meets deliberate desecration.
The final single before their upcoming physical release of 2024’s Think On Your Sins (May 9th), “Nun’s Tears” is a harrowing descent into spiritual ruin. Feral. Confrontational. Scorched with intent.
The band’s ability to fuse black metal’s chaotic charge with punk’s spit-in-the-face aggression is key. It’s not clean. It’s not polished. And it’s absolutely not safe. Shrieking guitars and relentless blast beats threaten collapse at any moment, but the chaos is choreographed with a sharp, instinctive hand. The tension between absolute disorder and razor-sharp control is what makes the track feel alive.
Arron “Nomad” O’Shaughnessy tears through the song like he’s dragging buried guilt to the surface. It’s not just performance, but a purging. His delivery lands somewhere between sermon and punishment and pairs perfectly with the band’s cathedral-burning energy.
He says,
‘Nun’s Tears’ is a dark, raw, and unapologetic ballad.
Unapologetic rings especially true. This is Horrenda at their heaviest, taking aim at corrupted faith with iron conviction and zero restraint.
Nothing is sanitized.
Nothing is softened.
