“This is the last show of the tour,” Zeal & Ardor mainman Manuel Gagneux says onstage. “So we decided to make it a night to remember.” Let’s be honest though: this lot have never been something you’d easily forget.
Since 2016 debut Devil Is Fine went madly viral, this band have been defined by the catchy catch-all ‘black metal meets spirituals’. It wasn’t just a memorable and head-turning tag; it was an accurate one. Inspired by a racist 4chan comment, Gagneux had the unprecedented idea to mix snarling metal with crooning slave music, formulating a combo so unique and melodic that the whole world listened.
