брадикардия

Location: Vršac, Serbia

Year active: 2023

Members: Gavrilo (guitar, vocals) Filip (drums, bass, vocals)

Related bands: Art of Heartwork, Eva Ras, Sueisntfine, Tužan dečak kavr bend

FFO: Honeywell, Mohinder, Palatka

A few years after playing in Art of Heartwork, Gavrilo decided to start a project of his own, брадикардия - named after a type of heart condition. It is said to be the first project of its kind to emerge from Vršac. He self-released a short demo EP, kpaj, in 2023, although the demo was later taken down.

A year later, Filip joined the project, and the duo began recording a self-titled EP featuring five blistering emoviolence tracks, interspersed with samples from Kako je propao rokenrol. From the very beginning, the duo goes straight for the throat, propelled by turbulent urgency, panic-stricken dissonance and raw ferocity. The only real departure comes with “Vis Maior Dum Spiro Spero,” which opens with melancholic arpeggios, followed by spoken words and faint screams against a noisy backdrop before erupting into a lacerating finale during its final minute. The closing track takes a similarly anxious approach: at 0:35, the two voices begin screaming in anguish and agony over nervous guitar strumming, carrying the track through to its final seconds.

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Nekoliko godina nakon sviranja u bendu Art of Heartwork, Gavrilo je odlučio da pokrene sopstveni projekat, брадикардия - nazvan po vrsti srčanog poremećaja. Navodi se da je u pitanju prvi projekat te vrste koji je nastao u Vršcu. Godine 2023. samostalno je objavio kratki demo EP kpaj, iako je demo kasnije uklonjen.

Godinu dana kasnije, Filip se pridružio projektu, nakon čega je duo počeo da snima istoimeni EP sa pet žestokih emoviolence pesama, ispresecanih semplovima iz filma Kako je propao rokenrol. Duo od samog početka ide direktno za grlo, nošen turbulentnom urgentnošću, paničnom disonancom i sirovom žestinom.

Jedini pravi odmak predstavlja „Vis Maior Dum Spiro Spero“, koja počinje melanholičnim arpeđima, nakon čega slede izgovorene reči i prigušeni krikovi preko bučne pozadine, pre nego što tokom poslednjeg minuta eksplodira u razarajuću završnicu.

Završna pesma zauzima sličan anksiozni pristup: na 0:35, dva glasa počinju da vrište u bolu i agoniji preko nervoznog gitarskog rifovanja, noseći pesmu sve do njenih poslednjih sekundi.