Blog Post Title: Rising Echoes: A Tribute to the Music of the Sirens of Sacrifice

Published by Riffuge Studio Productions

Written by: Guest Contributor, Vincent Krell of The PryBirds

When I was 19, I sat in the back of a rusted-out touring van with a broken Bluetooth speaker and listened to a scratchy, half-corrupted MP3 of a Sirens of Sacrifice demo. It wasn’t even the final mix. I don’t think the band ever released that version. But in that moment, with the wind coming through cracked windows and the smell of cheap beer in the air, something clicked inside me. Their music—dark, ethereal, and unapologetically raw—wasn’t just underground; it was under your skin. It stayed with you. It haunted you. It mattered.

Now, more than a decade later, the world has changed. Bands have come and gone. Stories have twisted into legend. But that music? It still echoes.

This new project, Sound of the Sirens, is not an attempt to resurrect the band. Let me be clear: this is not about glorifying the people involved in the Sirens of Sacrifice. Their story is complicated, tragic in some places, and radioactive in others. This album is about something far more universal—the music itself, the notes that burned into our memories, the lyrics that screamed the truths many of us were afraid to whisper.

Riffuge Studio Productions has given us an opportunity to revisit that music in a meaningful, respectful way. For those who don’t know, as part of a legal settlement with a now-defunct major label (we all know the one), Riffuge Studio Productions obtained full legal rights to the Sirens of Sacrifice catalog—songs, lyrics, recordings, everything. That settlement, while murky in origin, has cleared the way for artists who were inspired by the music to bring it back to life—without any baggage, and with full transparency.

This is a covers-only tribute album, organized and creatively led by yours truly, Vincent Krell, frontman of The PryBirds. I was one of the first to openly admire the Sirens back when most people didn’t know what to make of them. I remember trading burned CDs at shows and begging garage DJs to spin “Ashes & Devotion” during closing sets. It’s not nostalgia I’m chasing—it’s closure. It’s reverence. It’s justice for the music.

Sound of the Sirens will feature reinterpretations of the Sirens’ tracks from their one and only full tour album, songs that were never given their due by the mainstream, but which earned a kind of cult immortality in the late-night playlists and after-hours radio circuits. This is about giving those songs a new voice—and letting them reach the ears they always deserved to find.

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Rituals of the Void – (Dust Altar Saints) (All Rights Reserved Riffuge Studio Productions)

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Who’s Involved

While the Ghost Riff Riders will not be part of this project, we’re grateful for Sam Nolan Carter of GRR, who is lending his talents on the back-end for post-production and distribution support. Sam understands what this music meant to the fans. His involvement is professional, precise, and appreciated.

This album is an act of community. Here are the bands bringing it to life:

• The PryBirds – With a deep symphonic alt-metal core, we’ve chosen to reinterpret “RoadKill” and “I Don’t Like The Way You Look At Me”
• Altars of Aether – Known for their ambient-doom stylings, they’re breathing life into “Shadows Within” and “Holy Water Heartache.”
• Shitty Squirrels – The garage anarcho-punk thrashers with too much attitude and not enough filters, covering the infamous “You Don’t Belong.”
• Black Mirror Sun – A doom-gaze outfit covering “All Your Lovers Die Beautiful.”
• The Velvet Pyres – Known for their gothic post-rock sound, they’ll be taking on “Wake Me in the Ashes.”
• No Signal Eden – An art-prog-metal trio handling “Anatomy of Ghosts.”
• Dust Altar Saints – Sludgecore band with a knack for sacred dissonance, they’re doing “Rituals of the Void.”
• Lover’s Lament – A haunting baroque folk-metal collective resurrecting “Ophelia’s Machinery.”

Each track will be treated with absolute respect for the original composition while adding unique modern interpretations and in some cases – reworking of the death metal grind into something melodic, beautiful and respectful.

From Vincent Krell

“I’ve always felt the Sirens of Sacrifice were like a flare shot into the night sky—beautiful, terrifying, and gone too quickly but for good reasons. When the opportunity came from Riffuge to dip into that archive, I had one rule: this has to be about the music—not the history, not the controversy, not the mythos. If we’re going to bring these songs back into the light, we do it because the music deserves to breathe again.

There were people hurt by what happened to that band. There were lies, betrayals, and an industry that swept it all under the rug. I’m not here to lift the rug. I’m here to recover what wasn’t broken: the songs themselves. Those songs carried people. They were part of breakups, road trips, heartbreaks, and healing, and late night dreaming of being in a band one day. Music doesn’t ask permission to matter—it just does. So let’s treat it like it still matters.”

On the Legacy of the Sirens

There are going to be people who say this project is in poor taste. Some will say we’re profiting off something tragic. But there’s no profit here. The entire album will be free to download—in both MP3 and FLAC formats—from Riffuge.com when the site launches. This is about music and remembrance, not capitalization.

The truth is, for about 15 minutes, the Sirens of Sacrifice were the voice of something ancient and electric rising from the depths of the underground music scene. They got a record label deal and they changed somehow for the worse. Originally as an underground group their harmonies were dangerous. Their lyrics were blunt instruments. Their songs were lit matches on gasoline days. For those 15 minutes, they weren’t just a band—they were a movement.

This album doesn’t pretend to bring that movement back. It just aims to honor the wake they left behind in people like me in that day and time.

What Comes Next

Sound of the Sirens will be released digitally via Riffuge.com later this year. We’re exploring physical limited editions for collectors—vinyl, cassette, even old-school CD runs with full liner notes and artwork. All updates will be posted on Riffuge’s official social media channels.

We’re inviting fans—old and new—to be part of this. Share your stories. Tell us what these songs meant to you. If the Sirens ever got you through something heavy, let us know. We’ll be collecting quotes and stories to share when the album drops.

Let’s light a new flame, even if it’s from the coals of the past.

Stay loud,

Vincent Krell
Frontman, The PryBirds
Creative Director, Sound of the Sirens
Riffuge Studio Productions (Denver North)