Daygraves

"Daygraves combines blackgaze and post-rock in an effective and emotive fashion,
weaving bright melodies into shimmering black metal." - Decibel Magazine

BIO

Daygraves is a solo project from Austin, Texas musician Travis Estes.

The project started as a way to pass time in the early days of isolation but quickly grew into something more. His first EP, Silver, spent a significant amount of time featured as a best selling blackgaze album on Bandcamp and can currently be seen as #4 on Sputnikmusic's "Best Alternative Albums of 2020." Soon after releasing Silver, he release a Split EP, Nocturnes, with Within Thy Wounds. It's currently #23 on Bandcamp's blackgaze "best selling" list.

Daygraves is gearing up to release his next EP, Imperishable.

Originally, he was going to release a full but not everything goes according to plan. An unshakable illness and some hospital visits changed a record that was going to be about the fierce beauty of life into an EP about struggling to hold onto hope and health.

Nearly all the lyrics to this EP were written from a hospital bed with an IV in his arm. All the vocals were recorded while those arms were still bruised. The result is a chilly EP full of despair and desperation.