Blackbriar

About

Blackbriar is a Dutch gothic/symphonic metal band from Assen, active since 2012, fronted by vocalist Zora Cock alongside guitarists René Boxem, Bart Winters, Robin Koezen and Ruben Wijga. They built a devoted following through cinematic music videos and dark fairytale storytelling, signing to Nuclear Blast Records in 2023 and releasing their second album A Dark Euphony that same year. Their third full-length, A Thousand Little Deaths, followed in August 2025.

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"Until Eternity" music video views on YouTube

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2026-06
Blackbriar released a four-track EP Our Long Cursed Sleep (June 19, 2026), presented as a collection of "lost pages" to the album A Thousand Little Deaths.
2026-06
For the single "A Thousand Anemones" from the new EP, the band released a music video featuring guests Marjana Semkina (iamthemorning) and Marina La Torraca (Battle Beast).
2026
The band launched a headlining tour across the Balkans and Central Europe with stops in Munich, Zagreb, Belgrade, Thessaloniki, Sofia, Bucharest, Ljubljana, and Budapest.
2025-08
The third studio album A Thousand Little Deaths was released on August 22, 2025 on Nuclear Blast Records, produced by Joost van den Broek.
2025
Zora Cock was a guest on the track "Days of the Knights" by Arjen Lucassen alongside Troy Donockley from Nightwish.