Stranger Fruit is the second studio album by avant-garde metal band Zeal & Ardor. It was released on June 8, 2018, through MKVA records. It is Zeal & Ardor's first release as a full band, previous releases were entirely composed by singer Manuel Gagneux, although Stranger Fruit only features drummer Marco Von Allmen from the full band alongside Gagneux. Preceded by the singles "Gravedigger's Chant", "Waste" and "Built on Ashes", the album was released to critical acclaim. It charted on several international charts, including nearly top… read more
Stranger Fruit is the second studio album by avant-garde metal band Zeal & Ardor. It was released on June 8, 2018, through MKVA records. It is Ze… read more
Stranger Fruit is the second studio album by avant-garde metal band Zeal & Ardor. It was released on June 8, 2018, through MKVA records. It is Zeal & Ardor's first release a… read more
The African American-influenced black metal of Zeal & Ardor's music is the brainchild of musician Manuel Gagneux. He moved from his native Switzerland to New York, and took up the moniker Zeal & Ardor, having previously released music under the name Birdmask. The chamber pop of his Birdmask recordings is a far cry from the darker, heavier music he created for his Zeal & Ardor debut Devil Is Fine. He released the record in 2016, and Gagneux claims the project was kickstarted by a thread on a music board on the website 4Chan, on which he was posting anonymously. On he… read more
The African American-influenced black metal of Zeal & Ardor's music is the brainchild of musician Manuel Gagneux. He moved from his native Switzerland to New York, and took up the … read more
The African American-influenced black metal of Zeal & Ardor's music is the brainchild of musician Manuel Gagneux. He moved from his native Switzerland to New York, and took up the moniker Zeal & Ardor, having previously re… read more