Band info
Band: Cazvra
Album: ‘Elsewhere‘
Released: October 30th, 2024
Genre: dark ambient
Location: US
Review
Cazvra is a 100 per cent D.I.Y. solo bedroom project. Although the music and accompanying story is completely non-political, the person behind this multi-instrumental and eclectic music project is an anti-authoritarian anti-capitalist who comes from anarchist and queer punk backgrounds.
The music on the ‘Elsewhere‘ EP is predominantly gloomy and heavy, despite the fact that we are dealing here mainly with dark ambient and one in which electronics dominate and for an orthodox ear – the raw black metal technically speaking – we have only a moment. But as we have proven many times with similar projects, black metal often transcends the traditional form, and through electronic sound, it is possible to generate a suitably dark, gloomy and harsh image that is a beautiful abomination from the dull and conservative norm, that is still emanating black metalness. It should be added that having dark ambient in mind is a general indication of the direction in which Cazvra‘s music goes, as we have several different aesthetics such as noise and gaze woven in. This is some serious dark ambient alternative government.
With dark music comes dark subject matter. ‘Elsewhere‘ is entirely about death, and loss, but is also a kind of celebration of it in a truly pagan way. No one else can describe it better than the artist so: ”This EP I did for Samhain / Halloween this year. I dedicated it to the dead, all those lost & stolen from us by injustice. And to my goddess The Morrigan. The release date of this EP – October 30th – was probably not a coincidence either.
Other links and platforms:
BC: https://cazvra.bandcamp.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/caz_ura?
YT: @cazvra
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cazvra