Like the titular whirlpool of their second album Corryvreckan, Hand Of Kalliach’s rush of melodic death metal and Gaelic folk music will pull you under a vortex of powerful guitars and ethereal siren songs. The Edinburgh-based husband-and-wife duo weave tales around ancient myths and legends as grand as their Scottish homeland.
“It was a wild and weird project that we wanted to do just for us,” guitarist and vocalist John Fraser says. “Something to really escape and break up the monotony [of the pandemic lockdowns].” John and his wife, co-vocalist Sophie Fraser, have three young children and have led a quiet life in the nine years they’ve been married. Never in their wildest dreams would they have thought they’d be releasing music together, let alone sign to a record label. “I got asked in an interview how I feel about being a musician,” Sophie says. “I don’t think I’d actually realised that I was a musician. It’s just very strange to think of myself like that. I’m a very accidental musician.”
