RIUL DOAMNEI is an Italian symphonic extreme metal band formed in 1999. Their name means "the Lady's River" in Romanian, inspired by the eponymous river and the legend according to which Vlad the Impaler's wife threw herself from the castle's tower into the rapid waters below to escape Ottoman captivity.


The band started out playing symphonic black metal, however in time their style matured into extreme metal, taking on thrash and death influences along with an interesting array of ethnic elements. The melodic touch was preserved under majestic symphonic passages and complex guitar riffs.

Their latest release, FATIMA (2011, AXiiS Music), is the closing chapter of a conceptual trilogy on Christianity and the Church started with "Le Serpent Rouge" (EP, 2006) and "APOCRYPHAL" (LP, 2007) revolving around the controversial issues that mark both themes.

Below you can watch their new video for the single "Of Misery and the Final Hope", featuring Sakis Tolis from Rotting Christ:




More information is available here:
http://www.riuldoamnei.it/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/RIUL-DOAMNEI/59023913710

Riul Doamnei have a brand new video for the second single "Greenglow Which Filters Through" extracted from their latest album "FATIMA".

The video premiered on the band's social networks with the following message: "The white sidereal vacuum, the abominable evil, the absence of colour, the face of pure terror. Don't let it swallow you! Follow the Greenglow..."