For good or bad, black metal is somewhat obsessed with certain topics and lyrical themes. Forests, demons, paganism vs christianity, Germanic/Norse mythology - these are all well-trod ground in the land of the GRIMFROST bands.
What is not so common, is black metal bands that take a critical look at or stance towards industrialization, capitalism, modernity, or modern life at all. Odraza sort of began a strain of critical urban theory in black metal, if you want to call it that. In addition, their music is informed by their very urban existence. Other bands like Biesy and Malencontre work in the same vein.
Wesenwille continues this strain, and makes a second solid album of what I think of as Urban Black Metal in the process.
This is explicitly anti-capitalist music, and while it flirts with some unsavory interpretations of Nietzsche, it is a refreshing departure from the standard black metal tropes.
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