Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor (2022)

If you don't already know Manuel Gagneux, keep this name in mind, he is the mentor of the Swiss band Zeal & Ardor, which has just released its third album of the same name.
Formada em 2013, a banda mistura como poucos uma variedade extensa de sonoridades como notoriamente o Black metal com Groove, Blues, Soul, Pop, Gospel, Country e muitos outros estilos, tudo feito de uma forma arrojada, única e primorosa. Na verdade, está fórmula foi adotada logo no início do projeto no seu ótimo debut ? Devil os Fine? lançado em 2016 e no segundo álbum o incrível Stranger Fruit de 2018.

It is important when listening to Zeal & Ardor to leave all your ties out, and open your horizons, this is not a black metal album it is much more than that, it is an album of powerful music, with a huge explosion of energy, that shocks right from the beginning of the album. Songs like Run, Death To The Holy, catapult us into an almost evangelical experience such is the visceral intensity of the songs. From there things only get better, Golden Liar, Bow, Church Burns just not to mention all are works of art in every way.
This third album is without a doubt the consolidation of Zeal & Ardor, closing this first trilogy in a unique and great way, we are in front of one of the most interesting bands of the scene and one of the best albums of 2022 without a doubt.
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