thumbing his nose to genre convention and inviting his bandmates into the studio to make their boldest statement yet… Listen to Zeal & Ardor’s brand-new single to my ilk – which has ...

Manuel Gagneux began writing music as Zeal & Ardor with a point to prove. A regular on 4chan forums around 2013, he was taking requests to mash genres together when one user, with a racist ...

If you’ve ever listened to Zeal & Ardor, you know those guys know how to go off. Mixing spiritual music with black metal to create a blissfully hellish avant-garde powerhouse, the brainchild of Manuel ...

There is more to Zeal & Ardor than just "the black metal blues man who brands his fans". Derek Robertson meets him to find out If you’ve read something you love on our site today, please consider ...

Plus new music from Sevendust, At the Gates, Zeal & Ardor and Chelsea Grin, touring news from Anthrax and more in Wire-to-Wire. Zeal & Ardor’s mix of black metal, blues and traditional slave ...

The next track from Zeal & Ardor’s self-titled third LP sees Manuel Gagneux focussing on lyrics and atmosphere, rather than “using harsh tones to convey heaviness”. ArcTanGent 2022 has ...