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Parenthesis-zero-parenthesis plays music at the intersections between black metal and post-metal and experimental 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.

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The songs deal with issues relating to sorrow, depression, anger, and shame. And frustration relating to the climate crises. The song, “Skyldnersol” (sun debtor) vocalises the kind of self-hatred that devours lust for life. Exactly at this moment – when darkness and dejection gets to you, and you have nothing left to fight with – the music embodies the enormous, almost inhuman effort involved in picking ourselves up.

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