#zealAndArdor published this picture on their Facebook.
We expect great things, musically and politically >
We expect great things, musically and politically >
> if you don't know them, Zeal and Ardor is an "avant-garde #blackmetal" project by these guys. Yet, avant-garde black metal is quite reductive as a definition >
> the music is actually a mix of #AfricanAmericanSpiritual and #BlackMetal. Now, the project has started when Manuel Gagneux, engaged in a discussion on 4chan, was told by 2 users to fuse "black metal", with "nigger music" >
> so Zeal and Ardor was born. Soon the concept for the band was added, for some lore: "what if American slaves had embraced Satan instead of Jesus?"
The first album "Devil is fine" followed. >
The first album "Devil is fine" followed. >
> music break >
> after the release of a few singles the second album arrived: "Stranger Fruit". The title is a reference to "Strange Fruit" by #BillieHoliday, a song about #racism and lynching of African Americans >
> music break (one of the heaviest songs of Z&A): waste
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> tours and a live album (live in London) followed. And then some silence for almost a year. Yesterday that picture was posted, in a moment of great unrest in the US, started from the rage of black people against the cops. Is it a coincidence?
We know it isn't. This guy doesn't.
We know it isn't. This guy doesn't.
