CINEMARTYR (originally called OST) was formed in Limerick, Ireland by composer Shane Harrington in 2012, before relocating to New York shortly afterwards. Cinemartyr is in many ways the culmination and result of a childhood forged amidst the gang feuds, burglaries and stabbings of the Southill ghetto in Limerick City. “Stab City,” a place once notorious for being the murder capital of Europe, is where composer Shane Harrington was raised. To date, Cinemartyr has released five diverse-sounding albums. Their sounds have spanned from somber experimental rock, to indie/folk approach, ambient and noise experimentation, to soundtrack and score-inspired. Their newest album, OPT OUT, to be released June 17nd, 2022, the band takes a more “lean, direct, and industrial” approach. Today, w...