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Zeal & Ardor balances black metal, negro spirituals, and greater songcraft on Stranger Fruit
“What if American slaves had embraced Satan instead of Jesus?” That’s the question used to describe the style of Zeal & Ardor, an audacious mix of black metal, Negro spirituals, electronic accents, and synth interludes created by Swiss-American singer and multi-instrumentalist Manuel Gagneux. The closest analog might be the soulful, political, gospel-infused postpunk of Algiers, […]
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Hank Pearl of Black Pearl Photo on masked Swedish synth masters Priest
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In Zeal & Ardor, Manuel Gagneux mixes black metal with black music—specifically blues and gospel
Swiss-born, New York-based multi-instrumentalist Manuel Gagneux found inspiration for Zeal & Ardor, his solo black-metal project, in the asshole of the Internet: 4chan. Gagneux had taken to asking the online message board’s anonymous users to suggest genres he could blend together, and Zeal & Ardor came about when somebody suggested mixing “black metal” with the […]