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Parenthesis-zero-parenthesisplays music at the intersections between black metal and post-metal andexperimental drone. The quintet has recently issued their sophomore album, Knæk.Mørke.Mod.Lys(2024) – Danish for Break.Darkness.Against.Light. Light plays a centralrole in the band’s music as well as in their live shows.

The songsdeal with issues relating to sorrow, depression, anger and shame. Andfrustration relating to the climate crises. The song, “Skyldnersol” (sun offault) vocalizes the kind of self-hatred that devours lust for life. Exactly atthis moment – when darkness and dejection gets to you, and you have nothingleft to fight with – the music embodies the enormous, almost unhuman effortinvolved in picking ourselves up.

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