On March 6, black metal trio ROSA FAENSKAP release Ingenting forblir (Norwegian for “Nothing Lasts”), the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2023 debut Jeg blir til deg. A central theme of the upcoming album is the exhausting feeling of witnessing the seemingly safe world one grew up in gradually mutate into a bleak and uncomfortable place.
The album’s title is dualistic, being both nihilistic and optimistic at the same time. Nothing Lasts – all the world’s beauty, all the struggles fought and won – everything is at risk of being lost. Yet, nothing lasts: no matter how bleak the world feels, no matter how hopeless everything may seem, the darkness will eventually reach its end – as long as the fight persists. Faced with fascism and existential threats, pessimism is a luxury we cannot afford. Ingenting forblir insists on something else: endurance. Resistance. Revolutionary optimism forged in fire.
Throughout the album, ROSA FAENSKAP explores these themes from different angles — from the direct to the poetic, from the analytic on to the brutally direct and deeply personal. Anti-fascism, environmentalism, queer rights and Palestinian liberation are among the political struggles addressed throughout the album.
Musically, the band continue to blur boundaries, bringing hardcore, post-rock, and progressive textures into their sound, but this time their black metal core is more pronounced than ever, within a dark, twisted musical universe.
Ingenting forblir is there for you both when you need to linger for a moment in all the pain, and when you are ready to ignite a revolutionary optimism in the midst of the madness.
01 – Den Svake Mannen
02 – Faenskap for Alltid
03 – La Barna Leve
04 – Klarhet i Kaos
05 – Bygg til Himmelen
06 – Famler i Hatet
07 – Jeg Våkner Snart
Links:
ROSA FAENSKAP
https://www.rosafaenskap.com
https://www.facebook.com/rosafaenskap
https://rosafaenskap.bandcamp.com
Fysisk Format
https://fysiskformat.no
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