Modern Metal Duo Daedric Strip Back and Go Deep on Acoustic Single “Iridescent Wings”
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Daedric have always operated in the space where heavy and emotive intersect. “Iridescent Wings” (Acoustic), out now via FiXT, finds vocalist Kristyn Hope and producer Geoff Rockwell peeling back the armour entirely. The track is the first single from the forthcoming Reborn EP, which revisits select songs from their 2025 album ‘As The Light Left’, and it announces that project with quiet, haunting authority.
The original “Iridescent Wings” was described by the band as what Daedric would sound like if they made an emo song. The acoustic version takes that vulnerability further, stripping away the ferocity to leave something bare and confessional. Hope’s vocals, always a commanding presence in the band’s heavier work, take on an entirely different weight here, intertwining with gentle acoustic guitar while Rockwell adds subtle backing vocals that deepen the intimacy without crowding it.
Hope is candid about the process: “Getting the energy and emotion right took some real effort, but we ended up with something we think is a great addition to the Daedric canon.” That effort is audible. This is not a throwaway acoustic exercise. It is a fully considered reimagining that reveals new dimensions in the songwriting. A track this restrained and this affecting confirms Daedric as one of modern metal’s most versatile and compelling acts working today.
The band’s trajectory makes the arrival of this single feel significant. Since launching in 2021, Daedric have toured North America twice, shared stages with Vola, earned recognition from Cristina of Lacuna Coil in a Spotify Women of Metal roundtable alongside Spiritbox and Halestorm, landed in Outburn issue 112, and placed their collaborative track “Abandon” with Andromida inside a Ubisoft Rainbow Six Siege promotional trailer. Nearly 500,000 followers across platforms and a European tour ahead, 2026 is already shaping up as their biggest year yet.