Music Premiere: Wyatt E.’s “The Diviner’s Prayer to the Gods of the Night (feat. Nina Saeidi)”

We love the trippy. We love the dippy. We love literally anything that is a good distraction from anything and everything that is of the now. Thankfully, we’ve got a bit of meditative metal zen coming at us with Wyatt E’s new single. Please indulge in all of the sounds of “The Diviner’s Prayer to the Gods of the Night” below.

Droney and stoney is the way to go, and that’s very clearly the route they took. It’s natural and organic in every sense. Such sounds are deeply embedded—instrumentally, from downtempo drone to doom as a part of their equation. It’s atmospherically haunting, especially musically—which is elevated by Nina Saeidi’s intoxicating vocals. She’s in a band of her own called Lowen if you so happen to want to check it out.

Whether you or they, like it or not, sociopolitics heavily weighs not only in this song but into the performers themselves. No one is shying away from who they are or what they represent, which is all the more the reason to give it a listen.

Let’s get into some history here. The track is a pure emotionally invigorating endeavor, which should further be appreciated for its Akkadian poem structure, as well as being written in cuneiform type. The track’s name runs deep in its roots, coming from an ancient Babylonian poem that mainly existed within the depths of night’s darkness (considering how most Babylonian rituals took place under the sun’s grace of daylight).

The album housing this track, Zamāru ultu qereb ziqquratu Part 1, was mixed by Tim De Gieter (Amenra, Brutus, Absent in Body) and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Botanist).

It’s out on January 10 on Heavy Psych Sounds.