Merceneary is a testimonial in storytelling, an audacious piece of melodic metal that any rock fan get behind. The eerie and ominous tune from the Vancouver group is driven by vocal harmonies and haunting production that contrast each other deftly. It’s about a desire for power, a lust for control, and a yearning for ownership over an other. You’re taken on a journey that’s crafted entirely by Asterous on this track, completely their own and apart from anything else you might have heard by other metal groups. It’s meant to be over the top, to be grand and cinematic, stupendous almost in its scope.
Formed last year, the group yearns to get the opportunity to play live shows across Europe. They have a penchant for imagery, an inescapable ability to paint vivid imaginations in the listeners head mere moments after the first strings are played. For fans of metal, Asterous is going to be well on their way to carving their own space in the niche of metal. Uniquely melodic, and luxuriously grand, it is a style of metal that is well and truly their own.