Musically, Terzij de Horde combines complex black metal compositions with doom metal, post metal and screamo elements, to create music that is a raging fire. The band draws energy and inspiration from the most progressive black metal (anything from Yellow Eyes and Krallice to Emperor), but also from the height of hardcore punk intensity (Integrity, Converge, Frail Body) and wide-ranging influences such as Neurosis and Ulcerate.
Terzij de Horde is primarily about raw visceral energy and a whirlwind of contrasting emotions – from grief to rage to hope. But the band’s lyrical focus combines this intensity and fire with deep reflections on the nature of life in a destructive and unequal world and time. The band members bring their backgrounds and experience in academia, education and activism to these reflections. Eschewing the simplistic romanticism of mainstream black metal, Terzij de Horde instead takes a stand in the chaotic heart of society, and challenges listeners to engage with its work on multiple levels.
Support: Teardrinker
In a world that seems to only get more brutish, more despondent and more ruthless. Where marginalized and downtrodden peoples are abused, exploited and dehumanized more and more, and in the face of a total collapse of natural systems and biodiversity, there seem to only be three options left: apathy, assimilation or rebellion. Teardrinker is a band that in style and in substance chooses the third. Composed of members of varying local acts (NûH, Lijkschouwer, Void Diver) and headed by Kim Hoorweg, the ever-pugnacious frontperson of VULVA they play songs of revolt. Their music proves that subversion comes in many flavours: rage and desperation, naturally, but also hope and belligerent joy.
Musically their songs can be described as a mix of post-hardcore, sludge and screamo. As the old saying goes: “If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything”. So Teardrinker wears their conviction on their sleeve. Their music speaks truth to power. with themes like overcoming personal trauma, the beauty and legitimacy of the trans experience and justice and liberation for dispraised and disregarded people everywhere.
“No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.” – Marsha P. Johnson
