ryr (islandic: barren, sparse, weak) is an instrumental post-metal band from Berlin, Germany. "transient" is their second full-length album. Like on the first album "left fallow", the band creates diverging spheres and heavy riffs, but with a more riff-centric focus on this album, to create a slightly more versatile and forward-going atmosphere. The sound origin is located in post and black metal, but the band tries to incorporate inspirations from every genre of music that has atmospheric and forward-going parts in it, without being too accommodating. The five songs constitute a diverting, 40 minutes long auditive journey.