Rising Sun

Rising Sun pulls together work from the last couple years where I've been chasing a specific friction—what happens when you layer strings across distorted riffs in a way that doesn't feel like one side swallowing the other. These tracks all came from that same headspace: heavy, textured, refusing easy resolution.

“You're hearing strings and heavy riffs occupy the same space without apologizing for either one.”

The collection opens with "Rising Sun," where modal progressions stack against layered violin and guitar until the whole thing builds into something that feels like it's pulling in opposite directions at once. "Generation Alpha" and "Break Free from Hell" both lean into that collision hard—orchestral strings and aggressive breakdowns fighting for space. But there's also space here. "Lost in Time" uses modal melodies and tremolo work to create something more immersive, less about the impact and more about the texture, while "Moments of Silence" strips things down across eight tracks of atmospheric alternative metal that actually gives you room to breathe between the weight.

What ties Rising Sun together isn't a concept—it's a sonic DNA. I'm using guzheng and shamisen alongside violin, tuning guitars to unlock different harmonic possibilities, and letting distortion sit alongside orchestral arrangements without resolving the tension. "Binary Emotions" and "Wired to Feel" are probably the clearest examples of what I mean: guitar-driven alternative metal that uses strings as an equal voice, not a garnish. The collection ends on "Now or Never," which trades atmosphere for pure urgency—distorted, driven, the kind of track that doesn't let you settle into comfort.

You're hearing strings and heavy riffs occupy the same space without apologizing for either one.