Formed in 2014 in northern Italy, Oreyeon emerged from the convergence of musicians who previously played in bands such as Woodwall, Mexican Mud and Army of Angry Youth. From the outset the quartet – Richard Silvaggio (bass/vocals), Andrea Ricci (guitar), Matteo Signanini (guitar) and Pietro Virgilio (drums) – showed an affinity for heavy riff-based rock, drawing on 70s hard rock foundations (notably the early days of Black Sabbath) and combining them with stoner, doom and more progressive influences.
Writing about their new album, fittingly released this Friday, February 13, the band say:
“The Grotesque Within is what we proudly call our first true self-produced album. Recorded in the winter of 2025 between Outside Inside Studio in Treviso and our own home studio, it marks a raw and uncompromising chapter in our sound. The record weaves a dense narrative inspired by the unsettling atmosphere found in the works of Thomas Ligotti — where reality constantly threatens to unravel, and horror seeps into the everyday. Much like Ligotti’s existential tales, The Grotesque Within doesn’t simply portray darkness – it observes how the absurd and the horrific have become indistinguishable from our modern reality.
“Each track is a confrontation – with the bizarre, the dissonant, and the disturbingly familiar. This is not just an album. It’s a descent into the uncanny that already surrounds us.”
Talking about new track and video premiere, ‘Dead Puppet Eyes’ the band describe it as, “A slow, surreal descent through emptiness and decay. Built on suffocating tension and bleak atmospheres, the song evokes a world where life has become mechanical – a theatre of dead marionettes staring with hollow eyes. . . a reflection on numbness, loss, and the quiet horror of simply existing.”
The Grotesque Within is released on February 13 via Heavy Psych Sounds and can be pre-ordered here from their site and here from Bandcamp.
