NEGURA BUNGET · Zirnindu-Sä Zi | 2CD+DVD ARTBOOK

Deluxe hardcover Artbook (28x28xcm, 72 pages) with additional artwork, lyrics and English translation of all lyrics. Contains album, bonus CD with 4 remixes and bonus DVD with movie clips and the Zi movie.

Background information about 'Zirnindu-Sä Zi'

There are albums that feel less like records and more like landscapes you have to walk through, and "Zirnindu-Sä Zi" by Negura Bunget is exactly that kind of trip. The Romanian collective built something that breathes with the soil and the folklore of Transylvania, and this one leans hard into ritual and atmosphere. Guitars shimmer and then suddenly cut like cold wind, the drums roll from fragile percussion into full-on thunder, and those vocals move between chant, whisper and a raw, wounded roar. It is black metal, sure, but it is black metal that has been out in the forest for a week and came back with stories.

What makes this thing so special is the patience of it. Tracks like "Gradina Stelelor" and the eleven-minute "Marea Cea Mare" take their sweet time, layering traditional instruments, field-recording textures and eerie choirs until the whole thing feels like a ceremony you accidentally wandered into. Nothing here is rushed, nothing is cheap, and the production keeps enough grit to remind you this is still heavy music made by humans with dirt under their nails. It is hypnotic, it is strange, and it rewards you every single time you press play.

This deluxe hardcover artbook edition is a proper object, too: 72 pages of additional artwork and the full lyrics with English translations, plus a bonus CD with four remixes and a DVD featuring the Zi movie and two video clips. For fans of: Negură Bunget, Dordeduh, Enslaved, Agalloch, Drudkh

Track listing

CD 1:

1. Tul-Ni-Ca-Rînd
2. Gradina Stelelor
3. Brazda Da Foc
4. Baciul Mosneag
5. Stanciu Gruiul
6. Marea Cea Mare

CD 2:

1. Tul-Ni-Ca-Rînd (Remix By Daniel Dorobantu)
2. Brazda Da Foc (Remix By Silent Strike)
3. Schimniceste (Remix By Tibor Kati & Ionut Cârja)
4. Baciul Mosneag (Remix By Adrian "Oq" Neagoe & Tragacanth)

DVD:

1. Zi-Movie
2. Video-Clip Zu "Stanciu Gruiul"
3. Video-Clip Zu "Tul-Ni-Ca-Rînd"

Manufacturer: ProMedia GmbH, Im Gartenfeld 1, 54516 Flußbach, Germany, Contact: prophecy.de