As the next wave of black metal continues redrawing the map, Bianca arrive not as tentative newcomers but as visionaries already fluent in its new contours. Formed in 2024 by bassist and principal writer Ͷ, along with vocalist B, guitarist ES and drummer Sathrath, the fiery Italians released their self-titled debut in 2025 - an utterly thrilling eight-track affair that showcases seismic waves of blackened riffage and icepick shrieks, balanced with spectral vocals, doomy atmospherics and post-BM’s cinematic swell.
“We don’t see rules,” says B, turning up to our chat in a Gaerea shirt. “We see black metal as a language.”