Decibel final checked in with Slovenian black steel duo Snøgg (and their myriad collaborators) in June 2019, after we premiered the band’s Chhinnamasta album. They’ve been busy in that point, releasing one other three albums and now Huda Luknja, their new EP, which is formally out later this week. Like Snøgg’s earlier work, lyrically they delve into a mix of mystical and real-life occasions.
“After Dan, ko je vrag vzel šalo, Snøgg proceed their storytelling with a brand new album that incorporates two mythic tales,” vocalist Ulv tells Decibel. “This time we’re centered on a slim canyon close to our hometown, full with pure caves and army bunkers referred to as ‘Huda Luknja.’ ‘Huda’ is a narrative of a ghost of a younger woman that haunts the canyon, bewitching the passing drivers and main them into despair. ‘Luknja’ talks a couple of healer and a poet Valentin Eremit who really lived there as a hermit and tells his unhappy life story (based mostly on true occasions).”
Stylistically, Huda Luknja continues the band’s self-described fashion of “freeride black steel,” which is greatest described as quite a lot of post-black steel that pulls influences from throughout the black steel spectrum. Huda Luknja is riff-heavy, meditative, atmospheric and even symphonic via its 18-minute runtime.
Huda Luknja is out on November 29 by way of Kvlt and Kaos however you possibly can stream it now.
