A Triumvirate of Voices Steps Into the Spotlight
The Erinyes unveil the official music video for “Betrayed,” a standout cut from their self-titled album on Frontiers Music Srl. Conceived as a vocal-driven symphonic metal project, The Erinyes brings together three commanding singers—Justine Daaé, Mizuho Lin and Nicoletta Rosellini—whose distinct timbres and phrasing form the heart of the group’s identity. The video, directed by Samuele Valle with Truck Me Hard, places that vocal interplay center stage, framing a song that fuses melodicism, orchestral sheen and metallic muscle.
Vocal Alchemy: Three Leads, One Narrative
The power of “Betrayed” lies in how its three leads occupy different emotional registers without crowding one another. Lines are traded, doubled and stacked, creating a shifting dialogue that amplifies the song’s theme. One voice leans into piercing clarity, another shades the story with a darker midrange, while a third soars over the chorus with an arena-ready lift. The result is less a duet or trio in the traditional sense and more a single, composite protagonist fractured into multiple perspectives.
Call-and-response sections intensify the effect, with the recurring vow “We will find you” delivered like a verdict. Harmonies are deployed for impact, not excess, giving the track a narrative arc that moves from shock and disorientation to steadfast resolve.
Sound Design and Instrumental Drive
Guitarist and producer Aldo Lonobile anchors the arrangement with tight, riff-forward writing that favors punch over ornament. The rhythm section of Andrea Buratto on bass and Michele Sanna on drums keeps the track pacing brisk, steering verses with focused propulsion and opening the chorus into widescreen release. Antonio Agate’s keyboards supply the symphonic chassis—string swells, choral pads and subtle counter-lines—that elevates the song beyond a straight melodic metal framework.
Production is polished and balanced, allowing the guitars to bite without eclipsing the vocal nuances or the orchestral underpinnings. Transitions are clean, pre-choruses breathe, and the chorus lands with a memorable hook that lingers after the fade.
Themes of Vengeance, Memory and Release
True to the band’s name—drawn from the Erinyes of Greek mythology, avengers of moral wrongs—the lyrics trade in the language of reckoning. Images of storm and blade set the scene for a narrative of deception and aftermath. Repeated imperatives such as “Run for your life” and “Give up, you’re paralyzed” read as both a warning and a self-exorcism, suggesting the singers embody opposing forces: accuser, confessor, witness.
Across the track, memories are invoked and discarded, love curdles into hate, and the pursuit becomes not only external but internal, a hunt for the truth beneath the seduction of a “decoy.” The layered voices lend the words a choral authority that fits the mythic subtext without sacrificing immediacy.
Video as Performance Lens
Directed by Samuele Valle with Truck Me Hard, the video focuses on performance and presence. Shot and edited to intensify the song’s dynamics, it places the trio’s interplay at the forefront, framing their exchanges with crisp cuts and framing that track the song’s crescendos and retreats. The visual language underscores the project’s core proposition: three frontwomen sharing narrative space without diluting individual character.
Position Within the Album
“Betrayed” sits comfortably alongside the album’s broader palette of symphonic and melodic metal, where orchestral textures meet grounded riffcraft and refrains are built for impact. It follows the tone set by prior singles and highlights what differentiates The Erinyes in a crowded field: the disciplined use of three leads as a single dramatic instrument rather than a rotating spotlight.
Personnel and Production
- Vocals: Justine Daaé, Nicoletta Rosellini, Mizuho Lin
- Guitars: Aldo Lonobile
- Bass: Andrea Buratto
- Drums: Michele Sanna
- Keyboards: Antonio Agate
- Producer: Aldo Lonobile
- Executive Producer/A&R: Serafino Perugino
- Video: Directed by Samuele Valle & Truck Me Hard
- Label: Frontiers Music Srl
Final Take
“Betrayed” crystallizes the project’s strengths: a sleek, modern symphonic metal sound built around a rare three-voice chemistry. Precision in arrangement and production meets lyrical gravity, while the video frames that synergy with clarity. It is a concise statement of purpose from The Erinyes, and a compelling invitation into the world their debut sets in motion.
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