DREAD MAJESTY + C Z A R I N A - Gemini
Written by Chris Magdalenski
A Union Forged In Ethereal Flames. Sealed In Sacred Blood: A Review of the song Gemini by Dread Majesty and C Z A R I N A.
Somewhere across the multiverse there exists a world cast in the likeness of Dread Majesty’s music. Add one part Gothic Steampunk, one part Spanish Inquisition and mix vigorously with the Warhammer 40k aesthetic you begin to get an idea of the darkly brutalist sonic structures that are this Colorado-based band’s stock-in-trade.
Simply put, I consider Dread Majesty to be purveyors of some of the most creative metal I’ve heard in quite a while. When I heard they were doing a collaboration with one of my favorite artists of all time, CZARINA, I was beyond excited to hear what they were going to bring us.
I’m not sure what I was expecting exactly, but Gemini delivers it. Dread stays true to form, delivering a coal-hearted liturgy baptized in the souls of one hundred dead gods. The full fury of their amazing musicianship is on display, only this time the obsidian thick slabs of metal are shifted with the presence of CZARINA’s Warrior Queen vocals. Her powerful, yet soaring delivery gives the music a space that wasn’t there before. A sense of white hot divine fury penetrating every blackened corner and shadowy spire with lyrics that speak to control, betrayal, and chaotic co-existence…
Your hand raised in light
Mine, the night
The mirror cracked when they named me divine
One half left holy, the other maligned
Together now we are both crucified
Two nails, one name:
The Gemini
The intriguing lyrics give the song an even greater depth, especially when delivered with the fierce convictions that power both CZARINA and Dread vocalist Rex Vincent. I found myself reading through them a number of times, trying to put visuals to the epic story that unfolds across the song’s 7:24 runtime.
Eventually however, I gave up, content to let the music speak for itself, while quietly hoping this duo will grace us with another collaboration sometime soon.
— ABOUT GEMINI —
From opposing altars of shadow and starlight, Gemini emerges—a divine convergence of the sacred and the elemental. Avant-garde gothic metal architects Dread Majesty join forces with cosmic darkwave priestess CZARINA to summon a tempest of fire and grace. This haunting duet of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine channels celestial rage and rapturous devotion, painting a mythic portrait of fractured holiness and sacred duality. Two voices, one soul—nailed to the same fate, baptized in ash, and crowned in stars. Gemini is not merely a song—it is a ritual invocation.
With thunderous grandeur and crystalline fury, Dread Majesty’s iron-clad soundscape entwines with CZARINA’s fierce etherealism, birthing a sonic revelation where saint and storm dance as one. Beneath veils of gothic futurism, the Twins reclaim what was stolen, casting off their cages to sing the world awake. This is the gospel of sacred rage. This is Gemini.
For more Dread Majesty, visit https://dreadmajesty.bandcamp.com
For more C Z A R I N A, visit https://czarinaofficial.com
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