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ANGSTSKRÍG
Danish black metal duo ANGSTSKRÍG returns with its sophomore album ‘Angstkrig’ (Danish for ‘anxiety war’) following up on the 2021 debut album ‘Skyggespil’. ‘Angstkrig’ was created during the pandemic and completed as the world re-opened. This has made its mark on the album’s seven black metallic, genre-fusioning and uncompromising songs, which revolves around and confronts the modern world’s inhuman pressure on the human.
The story about ANGSTSKRÍG took its beginning towards the end of the previous millennium. From a young age the duo were taken under the wing of a common mentor, by whose guidance they taught themselves how to play, write and perform. Here, their urge to create, their artistic curiosity and wealth of ideas as well as the need to challenge boundaries and convictions was founded. And the duo’s common musical journey began.
Although circumstances and choices separated the two and took them down diverging paths – one pursued the road of knowledge, the other a path of entertainment – they never lost touch, and the idea to reunite remained. So after a decade of gaining invaluable individual experiences, life was taking new dramatic turns and the time was right to reunite as the two Blackened Brothers in ANGSTSKRÍG.
The two Blackened Brothers formed ANGSTSKRÍG in 2019. Intoxicated by inspiration, they quickly wrote the material for the debut album ‘Skyggespil’ (Danish for ‘shadow play’), which
was recorded with producer Frederik Brandt Jakobsen, just as a pandemic world locked down. ‘Skyggespil’ was released in 2021, and the duo remained obscure, while the album’s
convincing songwriting and unique Nordic tone made the rumours of ANGSTSKRÍG spread widely.
ANGSTSKRÍG’s new album ‘Angstkrig’ took shape in the final days of the pandemic, where the band found a big source of creativity in the free space of the lock down. But as society reopened, everyday life with its many commitments hit, and the mental challenges
increased, as the world once again came up to speed. Both music and lyrics were written in and by a mind under pressure. The writing process was a fight in itself, a war and a concrete
manifestation of the album’s lyrical focus: The modern world’s inhuman pressure upon the humans.
‘Angstkrig’ is basically about the strain, which the contemporary world inflicts on humans and the mental consequences this pressure has for many – as well as the pragmatic need to resist and handle this pressure, which arises. The songs are examples of situations where the pressure sets in and mental breakdowns occur. For example are the songs ’Luk Dine Øjne’ (‘Close Your Eyes’) og ’Uro’ (‘Unrest’) two very personal stories, where the latter is a
compositorial attempt at capturing the essence of an anxiety attack.
Since the inception, ANGSTSKRÍG’s vision has been to create music that challenges both themselves and the listener. “No comfort zone” is the underlying principle, and the aim is to convey thinking and challenge convictions. Thus taking part in creating a basis for a better world. There are no taboos for the band, only those meant to be broken – like the one surrounding mental health – and what better music to express the discomfort of uncertainty
than metal?
‘Angstkrig’ encloses the listener in a great sounding darkness which draws especially from both Norwegian black, Swedish melody, Danish groove and Icelandic melancholy. The music is riff based and conveys a solemn vibe spreading throughout the band’s genre fusioning music that carries black metal as the main musical characteristic. The album features guest appearances by the solo guitarists Mendel (ex-Aborted), Nils Courbaron (Sirenia) and Carl
Mörner Ringström, while Danish rapper Jøden delivers a heavy, well-delivered verbal performance. ‘Angstkrig’ is recorded, mixed and mastered by Frederik Brandt Jakobsen in Hikikomori Studio, the artwork is created by NMAAR, and the album is released March 31st
2023 through Despotz Records.
BIZARREKULT
Since the genre’s inception, black metal has been ruled by lone wolves. Individuals who blur the lines between “masterminds” and “madmen,” creating in solitude and willful confinement.
From first and second wave purveyors such as Bathory and Burzum to this century’s revivalists like Saor and Panopticon, these anomic souls have made incomparable contributions to the dark arts. And in 2022, Bizarrekult paves a new yet familiar path, establishing itself as one of the cult visionaries of this decade.
Before finding his way to music, multi-instrumentalist Roman V was first a poet. Since childhood, Roman found an outlet in writing and by 2006, he created Bizarrekult as an auditory accompaniment to his verbal expressions. “Bizarrekult since the beginning was a
quest of identity and philosophical search for answers on the questions that bother the mind at night and day,” explains Roman.
Despite the project’s inception 16 years ago, Bizarrekult’s music did not make its debut until the release of ‘Vi Overlevde’ in 2021. As he started feeling challenged by the declining state of the world, Roman pursued a new path and decided to go straight to the environment that incubated and birthed the genre that he loves. As he relocated from Siberia to his current home of Norway, his new surroundings had its intended purpose and greatly impacted his
musical journey. “After some initial recordings the project was set aside in order to deal with increasing mass challenges from the surrounding world. And then it ended up getting a
spark a decade later in a different environment, nature, language and culture. So distant, but so close. Norway has become my second home and the last few years that led to revitalization of Bizarrekult were spent on reflecting on myself, meaning, purpose and reuniting with the things that were important – art and creativity.”
Meaning “We Survived,” ‘Vi Overlevde’ was a very intimate, vulnerable, and personal offering. Roman describes the record as “a testament to survival through personal crisis” and
notes that it is “filled with reflections on childhood, family and societal relations.” The musician took care to ensure that the record delivered a comprehensive package, aligning the music, artwork, and lyrics with exact precision.
As the world was collectively reckoning with the turmoil of year two of a global pandemic, the album’s message gave many hope. Fans started to emerge, reacting to the record with their own artistic interpretations as a way to pay tribute. The album also won the hearts of the media, appearing on a handful of “album of the year” lists, including scoring a third place position from Sweden’s biggest newspaper, Aftonbladet.
Now, Bizarrekult is ready to enter a new chapter, forging a new union with Season of Mist and completing the work on its sophomore full-length, ‘Den Tapte Krigen.’ Meaning “The
Lost War,” ‘Den Tapte Krigen’ thematically picks up the thread from where ‘Vi Overlevde» left off, but sees a musical evolution as Bizarrekult continues to find and establish its identity.
“The main message of ‘Den Tapte Krigen’ is about a constant war inside our lives, war with ourselves, our closest ones, our societies,” says Roman. “It’s a war in which we can lose everything, including our personality, faith, honour and dignity. However, similar to ‘Vi
Overlevde’ that ends on a rather positive note, ‘Den Tapte Krigen’ contains a message of hope and reconnection, of necessity to make a peace with yourself, accept what you are, your identity, and share forgiveness and love. This is the only way out of the vicious circle.”
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