Besna - Zverstvá (2022)

Besna are from Bratislava, Slovakia and create "mournful melodies and mad screams from the Carpatian underneath". Their heavy music is complimented by folk inspirations and a good deal of atmosphere building. We can now check it out on the band's debut album called Zverstvá.

The band has this unique ability to successfully combine the aggression and rapidness of black metal with catchiness and attractiveness of the tunes. Yes, it is extremely loud and guitar-heavy, there are only metal-like screaming vocals, it does sound violent and desperate and its this music's advantage, no doubt about it. But there's also a good flow, the compositions are very much engaging and entertaining, not only for the metal music lover - also post-rock aficionado would find it very appealing.

Besna seem to take inspirations from the might of nature (in L'adovec with its touching similes: "A snowflake falls, followed by another/ A blizzard of lies/ Beneath a ton of sediment/ the truth is altered") and folk art. The latter is not only about the beautiful cover art that uses a minimalist take on eastern folklore, but it's also about the construction of the songs that, when you think about it, is not so different from the traditional folk music.  

Zverstvá costs 4 EUR.

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Country: Slovakia

Genre: atmospheric black metal

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