auszaat (AUT)

Describing themselves as “Blackened Whatever” they mix Black Metal elements with Sludge, Hardcore, Doom and Post-Metal to create a dark and sinister atmosphere, haunting its listeners and keeping them hostage in a menacing wall of sound.

It’s not unusual for musical endeavors to arise from a deep-rooted sense of guilt and the inevitable need for creative minds to make amends. A mantra-like self-castigation, whereby forgiveness and inner peace are gradually found through the constant repetition of music and lyrics. A description that’s tailor-made for Salzburg’s post-metal act SVNTARER (Old German for ‘sinner’). Founded in late 2019 by guitarist/singer/songwriter Marko Kolac and drummer Sebastian Hübner (CRXXPY KIDS), the duo, in cooperation with session musicians, has since played a fair number of live shows. In February 2022, they self-released their debut album The Ardent Weight of Thoughts, which was produced by Georg Traschwandtner (KARG).

The three piece stoner/noise rock band from Lower Austria, Lilac Vegetal move between doom and drone, striving to explore density and minimalism, friction and consonance, improvisation and structure through deflections in all directions. With their long awaited self-titled debut album they guide us into an eerie and deeply gripping void. The band creates a soundscape like no other – in trying to see what’s coming next one just gets lost in the exquisite chaos of it all. The skillful play between gloom and lightness creates something massive and mysterious that makes this band so very absorbing.