Diana's Day by Fourth Dominion

'Diana’s Day' is a spiritual journey through gender, trauma and healing.

I started writing the first songs for this album when I came out in Autumn of 2018. I remember the smell of dying leaves drifting through Baltimore as I made discreet drugstore trips, sneaking off with eyeliner and black lipstick. The music I wrote was the result of exploring my gender at goth nights, and getting really into the back catalogue of Anathema.

Most of the lyrics were written in response to my experience with post-viral ME/CFS, which left me bedridden and immobile for nine months in 2020-2021. I didn’t know what was happening to my body or if I would ever get better. Looking out my window and watching the seasons change was all that made sense to me. I knew that they would always keep turning. Thankfully, I recovered to continue my relationship with the natural world and tell my story. Many do not.

While 'Wings of a Dying Crow' is a starting point I’m still happy with, this feels like the album where Dave, Brady and myself have truly found our sound. I like to think of it as our version of Bad Religion’s 'Suffer,' an album released six years after the band’s debut, but redefined BR entirely and has become one of the most enduring punk albums since. 'Diana’s Day' is an introspective response to the promise of the Deathwave scene, but no less catchy or full of riffs.

Tracklist

1.	Bloodstains	4:22

2.	Lilim	4:39

3.	Burn the Prisons!	3:46

4.	From Below	4:12

5.	Goetia	3:45

6.	Hill of Swords	3:58

7.	Death in Fall	4:11

8.	Tormenta Purgatoria	3:51

9.	Her Wings	5:11

10.	Casca Dreaming	4:49

Credits

released August 1, 2024

Meadow Wyand: Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Compositions
Dave Milburn: Guitar
Aldi Priyanto: Guitar
Brady Mentz: Drums

MarGoat Art: Cover Illustration

Casey Ahrens-Cavallo: Recording and Engineering
Tom Gerwitz: Mixing and Mastering
Recorded at More Sound Studios in Syracuse, NY

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