From her upcoming debut album The Grove (February 9th), Ember Belladonna has collaborated with Laura Inferno of The Inferno Doll for her latest single, “Spirit Woman”.
On the song,
“We [Ember Belladonna and The Inferno Doll] wrote this song inspired by the Irish legend of the Dearg-Due. The tale tells the story of a woman who was wronged by men in life. After her death she rises from the grave and hunts the people who wronged her and drains their blood. The legend goes that the young woman was married off by her father to an abusive man. Her father ignores her pleas to let her marry the man she loves. The woman dies shortly after. Her rage continues past the grave and she seeks vengeance on the people who wronged her. After taking her revenge on the men who wronged her, she lives on as a legend. A woman of terrible beauty who lures men in and drains their blood.”
What is quite magical about the song, flutes aside, is the ominous etherealness of “Spirit Woman”. The music and vocals have a wonderful yin and yang to them. The softness and harshness balance each other out and create a mood world that is doomed. The interplay of the siren-like vocals and the demon-like harsh vocals perfectly compliment each other and are hauntingly beautiful with heartache and rage.
“Spirit Woman” is where one learns that hard way of what revenge, vengeance, and rage of a woman scorned can do to those that wronged her.
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