Music Suggestion
Zeal & Ardor
African spirituality and black metal in the arms of Satan
“What if American slaves had embraced Satan instead of Jesus?” – MG
Cover photo by David Henselder
Zeal & Ardor is an ambitious project born from the mind of Manuel Gagneux, which combines the sounds of African-American spirituality with European-style black metal.
Gagneux was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1989, to an African American mother and Swiss father. Both of Gagneux’s parents were musicians, and he learned piano at an early age.
Wikipedia
Growing up, he frequently listened to grindcore and technical and melodic death metal artists.
As a teenager, he was in a black metal band named Hellelujah.
The compositions of the single songs are unsettling, always articulated on several musical genres, which can range from pop, to soul music, from spiritual tribal music to electronic, but always with references to black metal or post metal, in a continuous progression, musical evolution.
Little one gotta heed my warning
Devil Is Fine
Devil is kind
He come in early morning
Devil is fine
He go by many names
Devil is kind
We gonna go home to the flames
Devil is fine
He gon’ forgive my sin
Devil is kind
He promise many things
Devil is fine
I can’t do him no wrong
Devil is kind
I see him before long
Devil is fine
Nobody gonna show you the way now
Nobody gonna hold your hand no
Nobody gonna show you the way now
Devil is fine
Waiting for the new album, scheduled for February 2022, 4 singles have been released that immediately make us understand the size and caliber of the band and that leave great expectations for what the homonymous LP will be.
Black cats showing up out of nowhere
Bow
Macbeth on heavy rotation
Hope dies at last and we don’t care
A young girl screams death to the nation
A Greek god on the back of a stallion
Coming up on a three-lane highway
Prepare for the death of a billion
Wake up at the end of my day
Definitely a unique musical project to be kept in sight and listened to carefully, especially for lovers of musical contamination and those who do not like labels and to clearly delineate musical boundaries.
